Preface to Launch Issue

Abstract

This is the preface to the first issue in the new Digital Modern Languages section of Modern Languages Open. It engages with the content of the articles in the issue, and also reflects on the intersections between Modern Languages research, and digital media technologies. It highlights how the articles within the special issue, through the guidance of Spence and Wells, raise the visibility of digital research and pedagogy in Modern Languages, and also engage closely with the distinctive linguistic and cultural perspectives of digital practice.