The latest issue of Jurnal Arbitrer (Vol. 12, No. 3, 2025) features a diverse collection of ten research articles that explore a wide range of topics in applied linguistics, language education, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies. This issue includes innovative work such as the development of DICO-JALF, an AI-assisted corpus of Japanese learners of foreign languages in Indonesia, and examines book-review discourse in language-related journals. Other articles delve into Malay language learning among Malaysian Chinese students, transmodal teaching practices in EFL classrooms, and politeness strategies in Sasak elopement rites. Additionally, it offers insights into reading level distribution in school districts, AI-integrated learning strategies in Omani EFL contexts, and anthropolinguistic studies of ritual in the Ende-Lio ethnic culture of Flores. The issue also critically analyzes pro-English discourse in Morocco's language policy and investigates the identity shifts of Pakistani MA TESOL students in academic writing. These articles highlight research across multiple disciplines including corpus linguistics, language teaching, sociolinguistics, language policy, and literacy assessment. The authors come from a wide array of countries, including Indonesia, Japan, China, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Oman, Morocco, and Uzbekistan.