Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Educalitra: English Education, Linguistics, and Literature Journal welcomes articles and research reports on English Language Teaching and Literature that have never been published elsewhere. The writing guidelines are as follows:
1. Manuscripts should be written in English and typed in MS Word format, font Corbel 12 (except abstract 10, and article title 18), single spacing on A4-paper size (left 2.5 cm, right 2.5 cm, top 2.5 cm, and bottom 2.5 cm), 10 to 20 pages, or about 4,000-8,000 words in length including references and appendices.
2. The title of the article should be no more than 15 words.
3. Manuscripts can be based on research papers, which report interesting and relevant research, or non-research papers, which provide detailed, contextualized reports of aspects of ELT, linguistics, and literature.
4. All submissions must include a 100-250 word abstract and 3-5 keywords. The abstract of research papers should contain the purposes, methodology, and findings of the study.
5. Full name(s) of the author(s) must be stated, along with their institution and email address.
6. All references must follow the APA Style 7th edition Manual.
7. It is strongly suggested to use Mendeley for reference management.
8. Article Format: Introduction, Literature Review, Research Methodology, Findings, Discussion, Conclusion, References. See the template.
9. Peer reviewers will review articles. The editors reserve the right to edit the article for format consistency without altering the substance.
10. Educalitra only provides online publication.
11. Contributors whose articles are rejected will receive written notification. Rejected articles will not be returned unless requested by the contributor.
12. Contributors should consult the current author guidelines before submitting articles, as this contains important information about the focus and format of articles. Articles not submitted following the guidelines will not be considered for publication.
Referencing Style
Journal Article
Cendra, A. N. (2017). BBC radio drama series Cabin Pressure: Abu Dhabi for giving listening exposure to students: A view from humour perspective. Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 2(2), 2017.
Nurhayati, D. A. W. (2016). Using local drama in writing and speaking: EFL learners’ creative expression. Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics, 1(1), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.21462/jeltl.v1i1.13
Book
Punch, K. F. (2014). Introduction to social research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. Sage Publications Ltd.
Van Leeuwen, T. (2008). Discourse and practice: New tools for critical discourse analysis. Oxford University Press.
Book Chapter
Fairclough, N., Mulderrig, J., & Wodak, R. (2011). Critical discourse analysis. In Van Dijk (Ed.), Discourse studies: A multidisciplinary introduction (pp. 326-343). Sage.
Van Dijk, T. A. (2007). Lecture First International Conference on Discourse and Intercultural Relations, University of Murcia, September 2004. In U. D. Scheu Lottgen & J. Saura Sánchez (Eds.), Discourse and international relations (pp. 326-341). Springer.
Internet Source
Abu Bakar, N. (2007). Factors that contribute to the effective use of computers in the classroom: A case study. AsiaCall Journal Online, 2. Retrieved April 14, 2009, from http://www.asia-call.org/AsiaJournal2.php Nov2007.
Conference Paper/Proceedings
Fauzan, U. (2014). Developing EFL speaking materials for the second semester students of STAIN Samarinda. In Proceedings of the 61st TEFLIN International Conference (pp. 861-864). UNS Surakarta.
Thesis
Post, M. D. (2009). Representations of meaning within textual personas: An analysis of 2008 US presidential campaign speeches. [Unpublished master’s thesis]. University of Birmingham.
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1. Author's Rights: The author retains the copyright and grants the journal the right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
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3. Self-Archiving: The author is permitted and encouraged to post his/her work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of the published work.
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