Author Guidelines
- The Language-Edu journal accepts articles on English language teaching and learning, and the articles that have not been published before.
- Articles can be in the following types: Empirical Studies, Literature Review, Theoretical Articles, Methodological Articles, Case Studies, and other types of article including brief reports, comments and replies on previously published articles, book reviews, and monographs.
- Author (s) must be responsible for the authorship of their works. The article must be the author’s original work. The Language-Edu journal is not responsible, if later, it is founded that the article published in the Language-Edu journal is not the author’s work (presenting the work of others as their own).
- Manuscripts should be typed in Microsoft Word document format, size 12 of Times New Roman font, doubled-space on A4-size paper, and 10-20 pages.
- Articles will be reviewed blindly and the editors reserve the right to edit the articles without altering the substance.
- Author puts full name and institutional affiliation, and omits all titles and degrees. Institutional affiliation is usually where the research was conducted. If there is no institutional affiliation, author lists the city of residence below the author’s name.
- Author provides a point of contact for the interested readers. It can be e-mail address or phone number.
- The article should have an abstract, which typically ranges from 150-250 words.
- Research report typically consists the following sequences (a) introduction (b) method (c) results (d) discussion (e) conclusion and suggestion.
- Author sends his/her article and brief curriculum vitae (includes phone/cell phone number) via e-mail to journal.language.edu@gmail.com
- The article should follow the APA (American Psychological Association) citation formats (citing sources and reference list).
http://www.apastyle.orgor
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
- The following are some examples of APA citation and reference formats:
Citation Style:
The citation style uses the last name or surname of the author.
First Citation in Text
Karimullah (2012) mentioned that …
Parenthetical Format
“ A theory of language….”(Karimullah, 2012, p. 35).
Reference Format:
From Journals, Newsletters, and Magazines
Author, A.A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Tittle of periodical, xx, pp-pp. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
From Book
Author, A. A. (year). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
Chapter in a Book
Author, A. A. (year). Tittle of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xxx-xxx). Location: Publisher.
From an Unpublished Dissertation or Thesis
Author, A. A. (year). Title of doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis (Unpublished doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis). Name of Institution, Location.
(Source from APA 6th edition, 2010)
- Articles use APA heading style (introduction without heading).
Level One: Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading
Level Two: Flush Left, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading
Level Three: Indented, boldface, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.
Level Four: Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.
Level Five: Indented, italicized, lowercase paragrapah heading ending with a period.
For example:
Method (Level One)
Sample (Level Two)
Research Design
Types of research design. (Level three)
Indented, boldface, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.
Randomized experiements.(Level four)
Indented, italicized, lowercase paragrapah heading ending with a period.
Results
Outcome
Flush Left, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading
(Source from APA 6th edition, 2010)
