《中国应用语言学（英文）》原名为《中国英语教学》，是目前国内唯一一本全英文的外语教学研究类学术期刊，本刊于1978年由英国大使馆文化教育处作为交流刊物创办。自1997年起本刊由北京外国语大学主办，外语教学与研究出版出版发行。主要栏目包括教学法、二语习得、语言测试与评估、课程设计与教材评估、教师发展、语言政策、跨文化交际、专门用途英语教学、计算机辅助外语教学、翻译、词典学、书评与文评等。

The Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics (CJAL) (formerly known as Teaching English in China – CELEA Journal) was created in 1978 as a newsletter by the British Council, Beijing. It is the affiliated journal of the China English Language Education Association (founded in 1981 and now the Chinese affiliate of AILA [International Association of Applied Linguistics]).

The Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics is the only English language teaching (ELT) journal in China that is published in English, serving as a window to Chinese reform on ELT for professionals in China and around the world. The journal is internationally focused, fully refereed, and its articles address a wide variety of topics in Chinese applied linguistics which include – but also reach beyond – the topics of language education and second language acquisition.

Beginning with volume 34 in 2011, the journal is now co-published by De Gruyter Mouton, the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP), and the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy.

本刊已被Web of Science的ESCI（新兴资源引文索引）、Scopus引文索引、中国学术期刊网络出版总库及（CNKI）数据库、现代语言学会国际书目（MLA International Bibliography）、EBSCO期刊全文数据库（EBSCO Host）等索引或全文数据库收录。本刊国际版自2011年起由德国著名学术出版社de Gruyter出版，已连续多年被《中国学术期刊国际引证年报》评为“中国最具国际影响力学术期刊（人文社会科学）”，“2022年度中国人文社会科学期刊AMI综合评价”外文刊核心期刊。