NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (Revised on December 1, 2010)

The content of the manuscript to be submitted to English language Teaching should concern theories and/or practices in the field of learning and teaching English. The manuscript may be on an experimental analysis, a new proposal, or a critique of theories and/or practices in the field. The manuscript dealing with topics in linguistics, literature, or interdisciplinary areas must have implications for English language learning and teaching. The manuscript is accepted for review with the understanding that the same work has not been submitted elsewhere, or previously published. .

1) The length of the manuscript should not exceed 20 pages of English Language Teaching. When exceeding this limit, 10,000 won per extra page needs to be paid by the author.

2) The manuscript should be prepared in MS Word (2000 or a higher version) in the A4 - size paper setting.

3) The left and right margins should be 4.2 cm; the top margin, 5 cm, and the bottom margin, 5.2 cm; the top header, 4.2 cm and the bottom header, 1 cm. The line spacing of the title, the main text, and the reference list should be fixed 14.5-point, while that of the abstract and direct quotations should be fixed 12.5-point, and footnotes should be fixed 10-point. The main text should be Times New Roman 10-point and the letter spacing should be 100% in 0.1- point narrow spacing.

4) The title of the article should not exceed two lines.

5) The abstract should be composed of approximately 200 words. (Please indicate how many words are included in parentheses at its end.)

6) The subheadings should be numbered in the following manner: I. 1. 1) (1) ①

7) The dash should be presented as “.” rather than “--”.

8) Quotation marks should be in the format of . . or “ ”.

9) A new line in the body of text should begin with letters not with symbols or punctuations such as dashes or hyphens. For example, if there is a hyphen in the beginning of a new line, the hyphen needs to be moved to the previous line.

10) Korean words cannot be mingled with English ones.for a reference, a title, or any other information, English words need to be used or Korean words should be romanized.

11) A list of references, tables, and figures should conform to the style of Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) (2010).

12) A list of references should be made using reverse indentation. For a book, the place of publication and the publisher should be provided. When the place of publication is a city in the U.S., specify the name of the state by writing the abbreviation of the state (e.g., TX for Texas). For other places in other countries, provide both the name of the city and of the country. When citing an article or a chapter in an edited book, include its page numbers. When citing a revised book, cite the edition used with an Arabic numeral in parentheses.

13) Korean references need to be presented in English. If the title of the article and of thejournal is not known in English, romanize it including its English translation in brackets.

14) In the list of references, single-author citations precede multiple-author citation regardless of when the citations were published.

15) “Applicable levels” and “key words” should be listed at the end of the article.

16) After the list of the key words, the author.s name, affiliation, mailing address, home/office phone number, fax number, email address, and cell phone numbers should be provided.

17) When two or more authors submit an article, the degree of authorial participation should be indicated such as a co-author, a corresponding author, a first author, a second author, etc.

18) Detailed specifications for a sample manuscript are as follows:

1) The manuscript prepared using MS Word (2000 or a higher version) should be emailed to the editor-in-chief.

2) After paying the reviewing fee (70,000 Won), the author should inform the treasurer of this by email.

3) The deadline for submission is:

(1) the spring issue: December 31 of the previous year,
(2) the summer issue: March 31,
(3) the fall issue: June 30, and
(4) the winter issue: September 30.

1) When a Korean author.s name is romanized, the first name is written before the last name for the title (e.g., Kil-Dong Hong); the last name is followed by a comma and first name for the abstract and the list of references (e.g., Hong, Kil-Dong).

2) Manuscripts will undergo a strict editorial process based on the blind review system. Articles submitted will be sent to three reviewers whose areas of expertise correspond to the subject of the manuscript. The manuscript will be rated by the reviewers as “publish without revisions,” “publish with revisions,” “revise and submit for reevaluation,” or “reject.” The writer will be informed of whether the article will be published or not about a month after the deadline for submission.

3) The author is responsible for revisions of the manuscript for publication.

4) After the manuscript is rated as “publish with revisions,” the revised version and the “report of revisions” should be emailed to the editor-in-chief.

5) Publication of more than two articles by the same writer per year is not allowed in principle.
(However, when the article publishes a research study conducted by PKETA's special research committee, or when a special edition of the English Language Teaching is published, this regulation is not applied.)

6) The expenses for publication will be paid by the paper contributors (Contact the editor for details.)

7) A certificate verifying that the paper will be published in English Language Teaching can be issued upon request, after the final decision for publication is made by the editorial board.

8) The author of the published article will receive two copies of English Language Teaching.

All submissions to English Language Teaching should conform to the requirements of Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). The following are some important examples taken from the manual.

1) Text Citation

(1) One Work by a Single Author:
The last name of the author and the year of publication are inserted in the text at the appropriate point.

— He stated, “[t]he .placebo effect. disappeared when [his own and other.s] behaviors were studied in this manner” (Smith, 1982, p. 276). — Smith (1982) found that “[t]he .placebo effect. disappeared when [his own and other.s] behaviors were studied in this manner” (p. 276).

(2) One Work by Two Authors:
Cite both names every time the reference occurs in the text.

(3) One Work by 3-5 Authors:
Cite all authors the first time the reference occurs; in subsequent citations include only the surname of the first author followed by “et al.” and the year in parentheses.

(4) One Work by More Than Six Authors:
Cite only the surname of the first author followed by “et al.” and the year in the first and subsequent citations. However, in the reference list, the names of all six or more authors should be spelled out.

(5) Two or More Works Within the Same Parentheses:
Arrange two or more works by the same author by year of publication, and list two or more works by different authors in alphabetical order by the first authors. surnames. Separate the citations with semicolons.

(6) Authors with the Same Surname:
If a reference list includes publications by two or more authors with the same surname, include the authors. initials in all text citations to avoid confusion, even if the year of publication differs.

(7) Personal Communications:
Personal communications may be private letters, memos, some electronic communications (e.g., e-mail, messages from nonarchived discussion groups, or electronic bulletin boards), personal interviews, telephone conversations, and the like. Because they do not provide recoverable data, personal communications are not included in the reference list. Give the initials as well as the surname of the communicator, and provide as exact a date as possible.

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2) Reference List

All sources cited in the text must be included alphabetically in the reference list. Below are examples of the entries: journal articles, books, articles or chapters in the edited book, magazines or newspaper articles, reports, proceedings of meetings and symposia, and doctoral dissertations or master.s theses. Reference examples of online sources are added in each entry.

(1) Journal Articles

(2) Books

(3) Articles or Chapters in the Edited Book

(4) Magazines or Newspaper Articles

(5) Reports

(6) Proceedings of Meetings and Symposia

(7) Doctoral Dissertations or Master.s Theses