k@ta: a biannual publication on the study of language and literature is a refereed journal published twice a year in June and December by the English Department, Faculty of Humanities and Creative Industries, Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia. k@ta has been indexed by international databases including the DOAJ, EBSCO, Index Copernicus, ASEAN Citation Index, BASE, WorldCat, Dimensions, Mendeley, CrossRef, and Google Scholar. It currently holds a SINTA 2 ranking from the Indonesian Ministry of Research and Higher Education.

Volume 24, Number 2 of k@ta Journal presents five articles written or co-written by nine scholars based in four countries—Indonesia, Vietnam, Turkey, and the USA—affiliated with six different institutions. We are grateful to our authors for their contributions. Additionally, we thank our reviewers whose feedback continues to enhance the high quality and integrity of k@ta Journal.