{"id":180,"date":"2013-09-16T23:32:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T20:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/espsig-new.iatefl.org\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:43:29","slug":"esp-sig-journal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/espsig.iatefl.org\/?page_id=180","title":{"rendered":"Professional and Academic English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Professional and Academic English<\/em> is a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on a wide range of topics in occupational, professional and academic English as well as English medium instruction from around the world, insights into the classroom and book reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"m0\">The journal is produced in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expresspublishing.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Express Publishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editorial Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns m0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Editor-in-Chief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peer reviewers<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Prof Jason Chan (Austria)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Hao Pang (China)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Sharif Alghazo (Jordan)<br>Patricia Lorena Bustos Gonzalez (Colombia)\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<br>Dr Elis Kakoulli Constantinou (Cyprus)\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<br>Dr Hung Phu Bui (Vietnam)\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<br>Andrew Northern (UK)\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<br>Martin Percy (UK)\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<br>Dr Jemma Prior (Italy)\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<br>Cristiana Rodrigues (UK)\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<br>Dr Mark B. 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