My warmest congratulations to the Central South University Press on its decision to launch a new series of publications with the title Writings on Foreign Language Education. The series will publish a representative selection of uptodate articles on educational linguisticslanguage pedagogy and the significant fusion of business, management, and education sciences with linguistics, literature, and translation studies. The contributors will be leading scholars in their field at Zhanjiang Normal University and elsewhere.
The university, founded as the Leiyang Academy in 1636, has encouraged teachers and students to engage in multidisciplinary studies in order to develop their capacity as responsible members of a knowledge based economy. This series, with its fusion of theoretical and practical fields, continues this distinguished tradition.
The books that will be published are a contribution to Chinas recognition of globalization and the significance of multilingual proficiency in a complex interdependent world. It aims to show the intimate ties between language and education, and help develop the careers of students of educational linguistics.
I am honored to have been invited to write a preface for this important series which will, I am sure, contribute greatly to the advancement of science and the international reputation of the Press and the University.