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Author Guidelines

PLEASE NOTE: THIS SITE IS ONLY FOR SUBMITTING FEATURE ARTICLES AND READERS' FORUM PAPERS. FOR OTHER COLUMNS, PLEASE SEND YOUR SUBMISSIONS DIRECTLY TO THE COLUMN EDITOR

The editors welcome submissions of materials concerned with all aspects of language education, particularly with relevance to Japan. If accepted, the editors reserve the right to edit all copy for length, style, and clarity, without prior notification to authors. Materials in English should be sent in either Rich Text or Microsoft Word Format (NOT PDF) via our website here: http://www.jalt-publications.org/content/. Manuscripts should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition style. Please note that we can only consider one submission at a time for Readers' Forum and Feature Articles.

日本国内での語学教育に関わる投稿をお待ちしています。できるだけ電子メールにリッチ・テキスト・フォーマットの添付ファイルでお送り下さい。書式はアメリカ心理学協会(APA)スタイルに基 づき、スタッフリストページにある各コラムの編集者まで締め切りに留意して、提出してください。

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • For research involving human participants, I confirm that informed consent was obtained from all participants, that institutional ethical approval was obtained where required, and that both are stated clearly in the manuscript.
  • I confirm that this paper is my original work.
  • I confirm that this paper has not been published elsewhere and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • I confirm that this paper follows APA 7th edition style.

Feature Articles

Feature Articles should be well-written, and well-documented, research articles. Analysis and data can be quantitative or qualitative (or both). Manuscripts are reviewed and evaluated anonymously by members of The Language Teacher Editorial Advisory Board and or Additional Reader team, based on reviewer expertise and interest. Papers are evaluated for degree of scholarly research, relevance, originality of conclusions, etc. Submissions should:

  • Be of relevance to language educators in Japan.
  • Be 3,000-4,000 words (including title, abstract, and references; not including appendices).
  • Blind for review: remove your name, affiliation, and acknowledgments from the text. Refer to your own prior work in the third person, or, if that would identify you, replace the citation with "(Author, year)" in the text and "Author. (year)." in the reference list. Also remove author information from the file's document properties before uploading.
  • Include an English-language abstract of up to 150 words and a Japanese translation of it (authors are responsible for providing their own translation of abstracts). Both of these abstracts should be in the paper andentered into the Online Journal System (see Online Submissions オンラインでの投稿 below). Abstracts are used by reviewers to determine whether they wish to review the paper.
  • Format according to APA 7 manuscript guidelines (double-spaced throughout, indented paragraphs with no extra line between them, and APA heading levels, not numbered headings).
  • Follow APA 7 guidelines for citations, references, tables, figures, and any necessary appendices. On acceptance, authors will be asked to supply figures as separate high-resolution image files (JPEG or PNG) and tables in editable form.
  • Include the DOI for every reference that has a DOI. Preface the DOI https://doi.org/.
  • Include a separate, supplementary file, including the article's title, the author's name, affiliation, contact details, and word count at the top of the first page, submitted along with the blinded paper. This will not be made available to reviewers. 
  • Include a statement of AI use. TLT requires that any use of generative AI tools in preparing the manuscript (e.g., drafting, revising, translating, generating or checking references) be disclosed at submission. If no AI tools were used, state that. Place this statement in the supplementary file with the author's details. Disclosure is not in itself grounds for rejection. However, undisclosed use may be. TLT will update this requirement as JALT Publications develops guidance on AI use. 
  • Include a file with a 100-word biographical background. This will not be made available to reviewers. 

Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum articles are thoughtful essays on topics related to language teaching and learning in Japan. These may include reflective accounts of practice, discussions of pedagogical issues, or arguments about the field. Submissions do not need to be research based, but ideas should be supported with reference to relevant literature or practice. We cannot publish promotional materials. Manuscripts are reviewed and evaluated anonymously by members of The Language Teacher Editorial Advisory Board, based on reviewer expertise and interest. Papers are evaluated for relevance, quality of argument, and their contribution to knowledge or practice in language education. Submissions should:

  • Be of relevance to language educators in Japan.
  • Be between 2,000 and 2,500 words (including title, abstract, and references; not including appendices).
  • Blind for review: remove your name, affiliation, and acknowledgments from the text. Refer to your own prior work in the third person, or, if that would identify you, replace the citation with "(Author, year)" in the text and "Author. (year)." in the reference list. Also remove author information from the file's document properties before uploading.
  • Include an English-language abstract of up to 150 words and a Japanese translation of it (authors are responsible for providing their own translation of abstracts). Both of these abstracts should be in the paper andentered into the Online Journal System (see Online Submissions オンラインでの投稿 below). Abstracts are used by reviewers to determine whether they wish to review the paper.
  • Format according to APA 7 manuscript guidelines (double-spaced throughout, indented paragraphs with no extra line between them, and APA heading levels, not numbered headings).
  • Follow APA 7 guidelines for citations, references, tables, figures, and any necessary appendices. On acceptance, authors will be asked to supply figures as separate high-resolution image files (JPEG or PNG) and tables in editable form.
  • Include the DOI for every reference that has a DOI. Preface the DOI https://doi.org/.
  • Include a separate, supplementary file, including the article's title, the author's name, affiliation, contact details, and word count at the top of the first page, submitted along with the blinded paper. This will not be made available to reviewers. 
  • Include a statement of AI use. TLT requires that any use of generative AI tools in preparing the manuscript (e.g., drafting, revising, translating, generating or checking references) be disclosed at submission. If no AI tools were used, state that. Place this statement in the supplementary file with the author's details. Disclosure is not in itself grounds for rejection. However, undisclosed use may be. TLT will update this requirement as JALT Publications develops guidance on AI use. 
  • Include a file with a 100-word biographical background. This will not be made available to reviewers. 

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