Building Resilience: The Role of a Peer-Reviewed Journal in Strengthening the Field

The 2025 editorial for the BC TEAL Journal underscores the role of peer-reviewed journals within the wider field of English as an additional language (EAL) teaching and learning. In complex and challenging times, these kinds of journals can be a source of resilience for the field by overcoming negative perceptions and providing a repository for scholarship that strengthens teaching and learning. This editorial also highlights the current issue’s articles related to moments of tension in the teaching practicum and the importance of interpretive capacity for navigating research-based evidence. It ends with a positive note on the ongoing role journals play in providing a space for theory building, knowledge creation, and transformative practice.