Volume 16, Number 4, December 2025
Edited by Jo Mynard, Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa, and Eduardo Castro

Contents
- Introduction, by Jo Mynard and Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa, and Eduardo Castro (612–615) [Full text] [PDF]
Articles
- AI as a Language Learning Facilitator: Examining Vocabulary and Self-Regulation in EFL Learners by Behnam Behforouz and Ali Al Ghaithi (616–634)[Full text] [PDF]
- Autonomous Learning Support Outside the Classroom: Focusing on the Planning and Reflection Phases of Self-Regulated Learning Theory by Junko Carter-Takahashi (635–652) [Full text] [PDF]
- Integrating Social-Emotional Learning into L2 Instruction in Higher Education: Effects on Learner Autonomy by Pınar Üstündağ-Algin (653–672) [Full text] [PDF]
- Establishing Self-Access Learning Centers in Saudi Universities: A Scoping Review, by Jihan Zayed (673–702) [Full text] [PDF]
Book Review (Edited by Hisako Yamashita)
- Book Review: Students’ Narrative Journeys in Learning Communities: Mapping Landscapes of Practice, by James Taylor (703–706) [Full text] [PDF]
Ethnographies of Self-Access Column
- Perspectives on Technology and Teaching in Self-Directed Learning, by Leoncio P. Olobia [Full text] [PDF]
Call for Papers
- SiSAL Journal Special Issue on Navigating Constraints in Self-Access Language Learning (December 2026), edited by Andrew D. Tweed and Bryan Buschner. More details.
Acknowledgements
Sincere thanks to all our reviewers and editors for their help this year: Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa, Phillip Bennett, Euan Bonner, Elena Borsetto, Ariel Bosque, Anja Burkert, Junia de Carvalho Fidelis Braga, Eduardo Castro, Neil Curry, Curtis Edlin, Kerstin Dofs, Dominic Edsall, Daniel Hooper, Shu Hua Kao, Hatice Karaaslan, Paul Lyddon, Phoebe Lyon, David McLoughlin, Marcella Menegale, Diego Mideros, Atsushi Mizumoto, Jo Mynard, Ward Peeters, Roderick Julian Robillos, Jennie Roloff Rothman, Rachael Ruegg, Adelina Ruiz-Guerrero, Yukari Rutson-Griffiths, Sina Takada, Satoko Watkins, Atsumi Yamaguchi, and Hisako Yamashita
