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Guidelines for Submissions

The Editorial Board welcomes articles and research reports on ELT that have never been published elsewhere. The work must not be an extended version of previously published papers in conferences and/or journals as well. The manuscript has to be sent to jet@uki.ac.id by conforming to the following writing guidelines.

  1. Manuscripts should be written in English in Micro Soft Word document (DOCX/DOC), single-spaced, font 12, Times New Roman in A4 paper (left 3 cm, right 3 cm, top 3 cm, and bottom 3 cm), 4,500-6,500 words in length including references and appendices.
  2. The manuscript can be based on a research paper, which reports interesting and relevant research, or non-research papers, which provide detailed, contextualized reports of aspects of ELT.
  3. To facilitate the blind review process, the author's name, affiliation, and email address should appear only on a cover sheet, not on the manuscript body. Click here for the Cover Sheet. Upload the Cover Sheet together with the manuscript submission to the OJS.
  4. Manuscripts submitted to JET may have only up to five authors. Each author may only propose one manuscript per issue. Additionally, an author's name may appear only once per issue, regardless of whether he/she is a single author or is listed as the first, second, or any subsequent author. This policy helps maintain a diverse range of contributions within each volume.
  5. Every manuscript should conform to the APA Style Manual. All sources mentioned in the manuscript must be mentioned in References, and all sources stated in the references must also be cited in the manuscript.
  6. Authors are suggested to ensure that at least one publication from JET, which aligns with your paper's topic, is included in the references. Citing relevant articles from JET serves several important purposes: it demonstrates authors engagement with the existing body of work within JET’s community, enriches the context and depth of the research, and ensures that the work contributes to and dialogues with ongoing scholarly discussions addressed in JET. It also extends the possibility of the work to be cited.
  7. To ensure the quality and readability of the manuscript, the editorial team utilizes Grammarly to assist in reviewing grammar and other surface-level language features. 
  8. Each manuscript will be checked for its similarity index using Turnitin. The editorial team reserves the right to reject manuscripts that contain a similarity rate exceeding 10%. Only manuscripts with an overall similarity index of 10% or less are considered for publication.
  9. Peer reviewers will review articles. The editors reserve the right to edit the article for format consistency without altering the substance.
  10. Manuscripts should be sent in Microsoft Word format through Make a Submission 
  11. All manuscripts must be sent by uploading them to the Open Journal System (OJS). First, the author must register an account. Next, the author needs to log in using the registered account, then make a submission in the system. Submissions sent by email will not be processed.
  12. JET only provides online publication.
  13. Contributors whose articles are rejected would get written information. The rejected article would not be sent back unless it is requested by the contributor.
  14. Contributors should consult the current Guide for contributors before submitting articles, as this contains important information about the focus & scope, format, length, and referencing style. Articles submitted without following the Guidelines will be rejected. Authors are welcome to revise their submissions to meet these criteria; however, revised manuscripts must be submitted as new submissions.
  15. Authors can expect a period of one to three months from submission to acceptance, assuming that no more than minor revisions are required.
  16. The editorial team reserves the right to turn down manuscripts without stating the reasons.

Manuscript Structure:

A research-based article (see the Template) should consist of:

  • Title (bold typed and centered)
  • An abstract of approximately should not be more than 200 words
  • Keywords
  • Introduction (without subtitle, containing the background of the study, a short review of literature, and statement of problem/purpose of the study)
  • Method
  • Findings and Discussion
  • Conclusion and Suggestions
  • References (only the ones used in the analysis)
  • Appendices (if any), provides relevant additional data to the discussion of the study. The author(s) can include max. two appendices.

 A Review/Conceptual manuscript (see the Template) should consist of:

  • Title (bold typed and centered)
  • An abstract of approximately should not be more than 200 words
  • Keywords
  • Introduction (without subtitle, presents the background of the problem the paper addresses, limitation of the problem to discuss, and an explanation of the relevance of the paper to JET)
  • Methods (for 'Best-Evidence Review' and 'Systematic Review') which describe the data sources (e.g., bibliographic databases), search terms and search strategies, selection criteria (inclusion/exclusion of studies), the number of studies screened, and the number of studies included, and statistical methods of meta-analysis.
  • Finding and Discussion
  • Conclusion and Suggestions
  • References (only the ones used in the analysis)
  • Appendices (if any)

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