First view: 2025 special issue of SSLA

Here’s an update on the 2025 special issue of Studies in Second Language Acquisition: Disability and Second Language Learning. It’s been a pleasure working with our contributing authors, and I’m as grateful as ever to my co-guest editor Rob Randez.

Three “teaser” articles are out in first view:

Reza Rezvani, Hessameddin Ghanbar, & Yasamin Khanshir

Exploring ableism in English language education in DHH university students’ lived experiences: A critical disability studies perspective

Judit Kormos

The role of first language skills, working memory, and anxiety in second language reading. Implications for assessment of language learners with specific learning differences

Sara E.N. Kangas & Molly Ruiz

Data skepticism and capacity for data-based decisions: The case of reclassifying English learners with disabilities