VIRAL: Veritas International Research in Applied Linguistics focuses on the study of language in real-world contexts by integrating linguistic theory, empirical research, and practical applications in education, communication, and society. The journal publishes original and interdisciplinary scholarly works in areas including applied linguistics, language education and pedagogy, English language teaching (ELT) and TESOL, second and foreign language acquisition, literacy and multiliteracies, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, intercultural communication, multilingualism, translanguaging, language policy, curriculum and materials development, language assessment, technology-enhanced language learning, digital communication, corpus linguistics, academic writing, English for specific purposes (ESP), critical applied linguistics, and studies on language, identity, and culture. VIRAL welcomes empirical, theoretical, and practice-oriented studies that demonstrate clear academic significance and practical implications for language learning, teaching, communication, and policy across diverse sociocultural contexts.