Book excerpt: This 4th ICON LATERALS proceeding consisted of 27 reviewed papers under the following subthemes of (1) foreign language teaching and learning (2) innovation in language teaching and learning, (3) macrolinguistics: Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Forensic Linguistics, and Linguistic Landscapes, (4) Translation, and (5) Literature. Prior to this publication the selected papers have been reviewed by three different reviewers to provide more comprehensive and in-depth perspectives for the intended respected readers in the respected areas. The keynote speakers invited to the conference, Prof. Heather Zwicker from University of Queensland, Prof. Hsueh-Hua Chuang, Ph.D. from Institute of Education, Center for Teacher Education National Sun Yat-sen University, Prof. Ogasawara Hiroki from Kobe University, Ismatul Khasanah, S.Pd., M.Pd., M.Ed., Ph.D. from Universitas Brawijaya, Syariful Muttaqin, M.A., Ph.D. from Universitas Brawijaya, Han-Chin Liu, Ph.D. Associate Professor from Sun Yat-sen University, Yu-Hui Chang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor from National Sun Yat-sen University, and Asri Saraswati, Ph.D. from Universitas Indonesia, have provided some insightful ideas for enriching the multidisciplinary perspectives of the selected articles in this proceeding. We are also indebted to the support and the encouragement from Universitas Brawijaya and Faculty of Cultural Studies for proving all means to the success of the event. Finally, we are thankful for the excellent work from the organizing committee who have been working very hard, effectively and efficiently before, during, and after the conference. Finally, it is our honour and pleasure to present this conference proceeding to our respected readers with the hope that the papers are inspiring and stimulating for the development of the knowledge in the field of language, literary, and cultural studies.