Journal of studies in language learning and teaching (JSLLT) is an academic, scholarly and peer-reviewed journal which publishes articles tied to modern achievement in research about foreign language learning and second language acquisition and education.

To submit your paper, you as a dear contributor, need to register as a corresponding author in the journal website http://jsllt.yazd.ac.ir. Please go to manuscript submission section and through online process you can register there. An email will be sent to you with log-in details which can be used for future reference including submission of your paper.

Before being informed of the specifications of the manuscript, you as a corresponding author, require to know some general guidelines about your submission.

 

1- The manuscript you submit to JSLLT should follow the latest edition (7th) of APA  (American Psychological Association) publication manual style. You need to read this document carefully and follow its instructions.

 

2- Please prepare a bio-data of about 50 words for each author and send it as a separate supplementary file upon submission. DO NOT include it in the anonymous main manuscript file. 

 

3- Please also prepare a Persian abstarct of your manuscript anی send it as a separate supplementary file upon submission. Non-Iranian authors do not need to send a Persian abstarct.

 

4- The manuscript should be sent in two separate files: title page file and an anonymous manuscript file.

a- In the title page file you should include the title (bold, font 16, Times New-Roman style with initial capital letter of the proper words), author's/authors' name/s (bold, font 12, Times New-Roman style), their affiliation, phone number and the email address, preferably the academic one (unbold, font 12, Times New-Roman style).

b- In the main manuscript file, you should start with the title immediately followed by the abstract (150-250 words) with 3 to 5 keywords separated by commas (in italic, one line below the abstract, indented 0.5 inch), font 11, Times New-Roman style). The abstract is to be composed of five moves or sections: background, aim, method, results, and conclusions/implications. After the abstract and keywords, the main body of manuscript appears which is divided into 7 sections with Roman numbers: I INTRODUCTION, II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE, III AIM OF THE STUDY, IV METHODOLOGY, V RESULTS, VI DISCUSSION, VII CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS. These sections can be followed by Bio-data, Acknowledgements (if needed), and References (and Appendices, if required). The reference list should appear on a new page, double spaced, and the hanging indent method is used (all lines after the first one should be indented). The length of the paper should be between 7000 and 85000 words (font 12, Times New-Roman style, double-spaced, all paragraphs should be indented except those immediately following the headings. The paragraphs should also be justified and no additional space after is needed between them).

 

More specifications of the manuscript:

Headings: First-level headings (e.g., I INTRODUCTION, IV METHODOLOGY) should have Roman numbers I, II, III, IV... and should be bold, with a capital letter for all words and font 14, left justified on  A4 papers and margins of 2.5 cm (1 inch).

 

Second-level headings: Each main section of the manuscript may have subsections, for example in section II REVIEW OF RELATD LITERATURE, there may be 3 subsections, 1, 2, 3, ... or in IV METHODOLOGY section you have, e.g. 1. Participants, which should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns, and font 14.

 

Third-level headings: Each subsection of the manuscript may have its own subsections (e.g., in IV METHODOLOGY section you may have 3. Instrumentation subsection and under this subsection, you may have another subsection, e.g. 3.1 The Proficiency Test, which  should be typed bold and in italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns and font 12.

 

Fourth-level headings: Under each subsection of a subsection of a manuscript, in turn, there may be another subsection (e.g. IV. METHODOLOGY, the manuscript has a subsection: 3. Instrumentation which has its own subsection 3.1 The Proficiency Test and one more subsection 3.1.1. Oxford Placement Test). These minor subsections should also be in bold, italics and at the beginning of a paragraph, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns and font 12.

 

In summary, all headings should be justified left and an exemplary manuscript can appear as follows:

I INTRODUCTION

II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

III AIM OF THE STUDY

IV METHODOLOGY

1. Participants
2. Instrumentation

2.1 The Proficiency Test

2.1.1 Oxford Placement Test

3. Data Collection Procedure

V RESULTS

VI DISCUSSIONS

VII CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

The foregoing description and examples are taken from different sources including APA Style Manual. More information on APA style can be found on the website: http://www.apastyle.org/

 

Formatting of the tables and figures:

Tables should be numbered consecutively. Captions should be placed above the table, and footnotes would go below the tables with lowercase letters, font size 11, Times New Roman style, No vertical rules and lines (e.g. Table 1: The double-coding of attitude and graduation). The tables should be supplied in their actual place in the text.

Figures should also be numbered consecutively. Place both captions and footnotes below the figure, font size 11, Times New Roman style (e.g. Figure 1: A summary of teaching and learning activities). The figures should also be supplied in the actual place in the text.

 

Text citations and referencing: Whatever source has been cited in the manuscript must be listed in the reference list at the end of the article before appendices. Likewise, all references listed must be cited somewhere in the text which must follow the specifications of the APA manual.

Some examples for the style of text citations: 

1-...Smith (1985) has stated......

2- ...Some works (e.g. Elis, 2005) have asserted....

3- ...it has been explained (Goodman, 1987, p. 245) that... (where there are direct quotations).

4- ...Smith and Goodman (1995) have mentioned that.... (Where there are two authors in the source of the text).

5- ......it has been declared (Just & Carpenter, 1998) that... (where there are two authors inside the parentheses, use ampersand "&". You must also use "&" in tables, in captions and in the reference list).

6- …Just, Cuetos, Mitchell, Corley, and Beck (2010) found that.....(where there is a work with three, four or five authors, cite all authors the first time the citation occurs; in the subsequent citations, include only the surname of the first author followed by 'et al.' If all the authors’ names are inside the parentheses, use ampersand "&" instead of "and")

7- Seidenberg and McCelell (1990, as cited in Coltheart et al., 1993) showed......(for secondary sources, include the original work and its date only as in text citation, followed by the secondary source you have read. In the reference list, however, only the secondary source is included.

 

Some examples of entries in the reference list:

1-Books:

Slabakova, R. (2008). Meaning in the second language. Mouton DeGruyter. (Do not mention the location of the publisher)

2- Journal articles and journal articles with DOI:

Clement, M. & Vandenberghe, R. (2000). Teachers' professional development: a solitary or collegial (ad)venture? Teaching and Teacher Education, 16(1), 81-101.

Paivio, A. (1975). Perceptual comparisons through the mind's eye. Memory & Cognition, 3,635-647. DOI:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

3- Articles in a book:

Decher, H. (1983). How a story is done in a second language? In C. Faerch & G. kasper (Eds.), Strategies in inter-language communication (pp. 175-195). Longman.

4- Encyclopedia and Handbook articles:

Johnstone, R. (2004). Language teacher education. In A. Davies & C. Elder (Eds.), The handbook of applied linguistics (pp. 649-671). Blackwell.

Developmental genetics. (2005). In Cambridge encyclopedia of child development. http://www.credoreference.com.liberary.mulenberg.edu:entry/cupchilddev

5- Online sources with DOI: (If not available, use URL).

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: The official guide to APA style (7th ed.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

6- Hamfi, A. G. (1981). The funny nature of dogs. E-journal of Applied Psychological, 2 (2), 38-48. Retrieved from http://www.ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/fdo

 

For a sample paper written in APA style consult:

http://apastyle.org/manual/related/sample-experiment-paper-1.pdf

 

Some further important information:

The foregoing and following guidelines are for authors submitting a manuscript, as well as those preparing the final version of articles which have been accepted for publication. Failure to follow these guidelines will delay the review and publication process.

Authors should not submit more than one manuscript at a time to the JSLLT. Only one manuscript per author will be assigned to the review process at a time.

Authors have the right to withdraw their manuscript from the JSLLT but should inform the editors as soon as possible and do so before the review process begins so as not to inconvenience reviewers.

Submissions should consist of original work that has not yet been published and/or is not under consideration elsewhere.

Authors submitting manuscripts are required to adhere to the guidelines outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition) as well as the following:

1. At the beginning of the article, include the title and an abstract (maximum 250 words).
2. The author’s name, address, and affiliation should be included on a separate page and not given on the first page or elsewhere in the article. Be sure to anonymize the manuscript by removing any references or information that may identify you as the author(s). Any reference(s) to an author's own work should be cited as "Author (year)" in the manuscript at the time of submission.
3. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
4. The language of the journal is English. Authors should make every effort to consolidate on the language style, which should conform to the international English standards. Either British or American spelling may be used but it must be used consistently throughout the paper.
5. Limit manuscripts to a maximum of approximately 7000 to 8500 words in length including notes, tables, figures, and references.
6. Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line. The Ethics  Commitment Form is also downloadable from here. It is also necessary for the authors to sign the Conflict of Interests Form retrievable from here.
7. The overall content of the article should include the following features: Abstract, Introduction, Review of the Related Literature, Aim of the Study, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusions/Implications, References, Appendices. Before the final References section, the following sections can also be optionally added: Acknowledgements, Information on Informed Consent or any data Privacy statements, Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest, Ethics Board Approval Statements, Funding.
8. Submit the manuscript using the process outlined in the Online Journal System.

 

Please note: Before beginning the double anonymized peer-review process, all submissions are verified for evidence of plagiarism.

Book reviews

Content/format:

1. Begin the review with the complete APA (7th ed.) reference for the book and indicate the number of pages (Roman and Arabic).
2. On a separate line, indicate the first and last names as well as the institutional affiliation of the reviewer(s).
3. Length – no more than 1000 words (approximately 2 pages, double-spaced).
4. Overview of the book.
5. Brief review of individual chapters.
6. Critical evaluation – contribution to the field, target audience, etc.

Please note: All book review submissions will be screened by the book review editor, and the decision to publish is up to the discretion of the editorial team. A submission does not constitute a guarantee of publication.