Asian Englishes seeks to publish the best papers dealing with various issues involved in the diffusion of English and its diversification in Asia and the Pacific. The journal particularly highlights such themes as:

1. Varieties of English in Asia (phonetics, phonology, prosody, vocabulary, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse, rhetoric)
2. Theories and methods of promoting effective teaching of English and testing of English proficiency
3. Social roles and functions of English in Asian countries
4. English-medium education
5. English-knowing bilingualism
6. English-language journalism, literature and other media
7. Borrowing of English by other Asian languages/Structural and functional influences of English on other Asian languages
8. English as a language of international, intercultural communication in Asia
9. Multicultural English and Mutual inteligibility
10. Language policy and language planning