Submission Guidelines
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 Rich Text Format by either email (preferred) or post. Postal submissions must include a clearly labeled disk or memory stick and one printed copy. Manuscripts should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) style as it appears in The Language Teacher.
Following are the guidelines for submitting articles to TLT. Guidelines for material for columns can be found in the pages for each department.
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。郵送の場合には、フロッピーディスクかCD-ROMにラベルを張り、プリントアウトしたものと一緒にお送り下さい。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。提出されたものにつきましては編集者に一任していただくことになります。
Restrictions
Papers submitted to The Language Teacher must not have been previously published, nor should they be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The Language Teacher has First World Publication Rights, as defined by International Copyright Conventions, for all manuscripts published. If accepted, the editors reserve the right to edit all copy for length, style, and clarity without prior notification to authors.
Feature Articles
English Features. Submissions should be well-written, well-documented, and researched articles. Analysis and data can be quantitative or qualitative (or both). Manuscripts are typically screened and evaluated anonymously by members of The Language Teacher Editorial Advisory Board. They are evaluated for degree of scholarly research, relevance, originality of conclusions, etc. Submissions should:
- be up to 3,000 words (not including appendices)
- have pages numbered, paragraphs separated by double carriage returns (not tabbed), and subheadings (boldfaced or italic) used throughout for the convenience of readers
- have the article's title, the author's name, affiliation, contact details, and word count at the top of the first page
- be accompanied by an English abstract of up to 150 words (translated into Japanese, if possible, and submitted as a separate file)
- be accompanied by a 100-word biographical background
- have tables, figures, appendices, etc. attached as separate files.
日本語論文：実証性のある研究論文を求めます。質的か、計量的か（あるいは両方)で追究された分析やデータを求めます。原稿は、匿名のTLTの査読委員により、研究水準、関連性、結論などの独創性で評価されます。8,000語(資料は除く）以内で、ページ番号を入れ、段落ごとに２行あけ、副見出し(太文字かイタリック体)を付けて下さい。最初のページの一番上に題名、著者名、所属、連絡先および語彙数をお書き下さい。英文、和文で400語の要旨、300語の著者略歴もご提出下さい。表、図、付録も可能です。
Submissions: See the guidelines at the bottom of this page.
Readers' Forum
Readers' Forum articles are thoughtful essays on topics related to language teaching and learning in Japan. Submissions should:
- be of relevance to language teachers in Japan
- contain 2,500 words (including title and references)
- include English and Japanese abstracts, as per Features above
- include a short bio and a Japanese title.
読者フォーラム：日本での言語教育、及び言語学習に関する思慮的なエッセイを募集しています。日本での語学教師に関連していて、6,000字以内で、英文・和文の要旨、短い略歴および日本語のタイトルを添えて下さい。
Submissions: See the guidelines at the bottom of this page.
Interviews
Interviews. If you are interested in interviewing a well-known professional in the field of language teaching in and around Japan, please consult the editors first. Lengths range from 1,500-2,500 words.
インタビュー：日本国内外で言語教育の分野での「有名な」専門家にインタビューしたい場合は、編集者に最初に意見をお尋ね下さい。3,600語から6,000語の長さです。
Submissions: See the guidelines at the bottom of this page.
Conference Reports
Conference Reports. If you have attended a conference on a topic of interest to language teachers in Asia, write a 1,500-word report summarizing the main events. Send as an email attachment to the Co-Editor. (A list of contact addresses can be found in every issue of TLT. Contact can also be made through the Contacts Page.)
学会報告：語学教師に関心のあるトピックの大会に出席された場合は、4000語程度に要約して、報告書を書いてください。
Submissions: See the guidelines at the bottom of this page.
Online Submissions オンラインでの投稿
Note: If you already have a JALT Proceedings or The Language Teacher account, you don’t need to create a new account; you can use your existing account.
- Visit http://jalt-publications.org/access/
- Select REGISTER (if you don’t already have an account. If you already have an account, skip steps 2-8)
- Select The Language Teacher
- Complete the information (if you are already registered with another JALT publication, then there is a link from this page to enroll your account)
- CHECK AUTHOR: Able to submit items to the journal 1.
- Click register.
- IF YOU DON'T SELECT AUTHOR, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER.
- You will automatically be logged in.
- Select the Author link that appears under The Language Teacher.
- Select CLICK HERE to start your submission.
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Follow the steps to complete your submission, with these caveats:
a. You need to click the upload button to upload your file.
b. You must click finish submission in order to complete the submission process. - You can check on the progress of your review and on the editing process through your author page in the journal
