NIDA Journal of Language and Communication, (NIDAJLC), ranked in the first tier of the Thai Journal Citation Index (TCI), is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal of the Graduate School of Language and Communication, National Institute of Development Administration. This journal aims to disseminate information of interest to language and communication scholars, language teachers, and students as well as others interested in related interdisciplinary sciences. Published biannually (January - June and July - December), NIDAJLC encourages the submission of original research articles, academic articles, and book reviews on topics of significance to linguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language teaching and learning, discourse studies, translation studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and communication.