Online Journals for ELT

• TESL-EJ (The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language): Peer-reviewed, accessible research for ELT professionals, hosted by universities.
• English Teaching Forum: Published by the U.S. Department of State, offering practical ideas for ESL/EFL teachers.
• Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (SSLLT): Covers various aspects of second language acquisition and teaching.
• L2 Journal: Interdisciplinary, open to general audiences, covering language learning, literature, and culture.
• ELT Journal (Oxford University Press): While some content is paywalled, it’s a leading journal with some accessible articles on applied linguistics.
• ESP Today: Focuses on English for Specific Purposes in higher education.
• ELTED (English Language Teacher Education and Development): Annual journal from the University of Warwick on teacher training.
• Arab World English Journal (AWEJ): Open access with a focus on English language studies in the Arab world.
• The Journal of Asia TEFL: Quarterly journal from the Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language.
• JOALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature)is a double-blind peer-reviewed international journal with an editorial board of scholars mainly in applied linguistics, literature, and English language teaching (ELT).
• Journal on English as a Foreign Language is a peer-reviewed and open-access journal on teaching and learning English as a foreign and second language. The journal follows a double-blind review policy.
• TESOL Journal – Click to download and read pdfs of research articles collected by TESOL International’s official journal.
• JALT Journal – This is the research journal of the Japan Association for Language Teaching, which is published semiannually, in May and November.
• MinneTESOL Journal – Find current research you can download as pdfs from the Minnesota Teachers of Speakers to Other Languages organization.
• TESL-EJ – Updated and current research articles collected by The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language.
• Language Learning and Technology Journal – Online journal devoted to technology and language education research for foreign and second language educators.
• Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics – Scroll down to download pdfs of the articles of the most recent issue.
• ETAS Journal – Find articles hosted by the English Teachers Association in Switzerland. This database is kept current.
• CLC Web – Comparative Literature and Culture via Purdue University has an open access journal with peer-reviewed articles. On the left side choose which issue to browse.
• LTL Journal – Find peer-reviewed research articles collected by Literacy Teaching and Learning: An International Journal of Early Reading and Writing.
• JOLT – This is peer-reviewed research from 2005 to 2015 conducted by the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching.
• The ALAN Review – This database has articles from 1994 to 2014 collected by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English.
• CALICO Journal (subscription, with significant open access) This is the official journal of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), a US-based international organisation supporting CALL research and development.
• Foreign Language Annals (subscription, with some open access) – Do check the video abstracts on this page
• Language Learning and Technology

You can find fuller and more comprehensive lists below

• Dr Duy Van Vu’s Comprehensive list – a professor at Lancaster University
• Journals of interest (by paid subscription most of them by the Univ of Alabama