The slides were presented at AsiaCALL Conference 2011, Bangkok, Thailand.

1. Publishing language and
technology articles in journals
AsiaCALL 2011 Keynote Address
Associate Professor Dr. Saadiyah Darus
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(National University of Malaysia)
adi@ukm.edu.my

2. Publishing
 An essential part of academic life.
 It involves
 scholarship,
 research,
 synthesis and interpretation (discovery), and
 communicating it well with peers and
colleagues.
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3. What do we get when we
publish?
 Able to attract grants (research funding) and
 Able to attract students (research supervisions)
and
 Publish more
 Get cited in other colleagues’ work,
 Get invited as keynote speakers and consultants,
 Contribute to the present knowledge.
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4.  Increase our reputation,
 Increase your status
 Increase your expectations
 A prerequisite for tenure, promotion, pay rise – in
many universities.
 The number of publications required depends on
whether we are in the teaching and research
 or teaching only appointments.
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5. Language and technology
journals
 Language Learning & Technology
 CALICO Journal
 CALL
 ReCALL
 System
 Teaching English with Technology
 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
 CALL-EJ
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6.  Others:
 Computers & Composition
 Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
 Literary and Linguistics Computing
 Computers & Education
 Research in Learning Technology
 Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
 IALLT
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7. Language Learning & Technology
 Papers should report on original research/present
original framework
 Links second language acquisition theory, previous
research, and language learning, teaching, and
testing practices that utilize technology.
 Articles containing only descriptions of software,
pedagogical procedures, or those presenting results
of surveys without providing empirical data on actual
language learning outcomes will not be considered.
 Publishes commentaries that discuss material either
previously published in LLT or otherwise offering
interesting opinions on issues related to language
learning and technology.
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8. Language Learning & Technology
(cont.)
 Quantitative & qualitative research paper
 Follow the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association, 6th edition (2009).
 No statement of length of article.
 Publisher - Language Learning & Technology
 3 issues per year – February, June, October
 Open access articles.
 Homepage: http://llt.msu.edu/archives/index.html
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9. CALICO Journal
 Articles should address the use of technology in
language learning and language teaching.
 Follow the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association, 6th edition (2009).
 Double-spaced, no more than 8000 words in
length (excluding bibliography, tables, notes,
abstract, and bio statement)
 Publisher - The Computer Assisted Language
Instruction Consortium, Texas State University.
 https://calico.org/journalTOC.php?current=1
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10. CALL
 An intercontinental and interdisciplinary journal
 Dedicated to all matters associated with the use of
computers in language learning (L1 and L2), teaching
and testing.
 Provides a forum to discuss the discoveries in the
field and to exchange experience and information
about existing techniques.
 Submitted articles may focus on CALL and:
 Research Methodologies
 Language Learning and Teaching Methods
 Language Testing Systems and Models
 The Four Skills
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11. CALL (cont.)
 HCI
 Language Courseware Design
 Language Courseware Development
 Curriculum Integration
 Evaluation
 Teacher Training
 Intelligent Tutoring
 New Technologies
 The Sociocultural Context
 Learning Management Systems
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12. CALL (cont.)
 Papers – 5000 words in length.
 Readers are advanced researchers.
 Submit papers to ScholarOne Manuscript site
 Publisher - Routledge
 Five issues per year
 Homepage:
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ncal20/current#.V
B_WmPmSyuI
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13. ReCALL
 Two different versions of scope
 Papers - should not exceed 8000 words
(including abstract, references and appendices)
 Should be preceded by an abstract of
approximately 300 words.
 Six Key Words of your choice.
 Publisher – Cambridge
 3 issues a year – January, May, September
 Homepage: http://www.eurocall-languages.
org/publications/recall
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14. System
 International journal
 Devoted to the applications of educational technology
and applied linguistics to problems of foreign
language teaching and learning.
 Attention is paid to all languages and to problems
associated with the study and teaching of English as
a second or foreign language.
 The journal serves as a vehicle of expression for
colleagues in developing countries. System refers its
contributors to provide articles which have a sound
theoretical base with a visible practical application
which can be generalized.
 The review section may take up works of a more
theoretical nature to broaden the background.
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15. System (cont.)
 Manuscripts should not exceed 5000 words (not
including references, appendices, etc.)
 Please prepare the manuscript using double spacing
and wide margins on one side.
 Use a font size of 10 or 12.
 Publisher - Elsevier.
 Open access.
 Four issues per year – March, June, September,
December
 Publication fee USD3000.
 Homepage:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.c
ws_home/335/description#description
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16. Teaching English with Technology
 Seeks to disseminate cutting-edge work focussed
mainly on the use of technology in TESOL
(Teaching English To Speakers of Other
Languages).
 The journal is interested in theoretical and
practical articles that resonate with the
international audience. TEwT occasionally
publishes special issues in more specialised
areas of technology use in language education or
education in general.
 A free online double-blind peer-reviewed journal
 No information available for length of article etc.
 Homepage: http://www.tewtjournal.org/
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17. Journal of Computer Assisted
Learning
 Covers the whole range of uses of information
and communication technology to support
learning and knowledge exchange.
 Aims - to provide a medium for communication
within this research community - as well as
facilitating mutual understanding between
researchers and practitioners.
 A rich source of material for research students in
areas such as collaborative learning, knowledge
engineering, open, distance, mobile and
networked learning, the developmental
psychology of learning, and evaluation studies.
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18. Journal of Computer Assisted
Learning (cont.)
 The research themes are treated in a way which
will maximise their influence on both theory and
practice within education, vocational training and
professional development.
 Each volume includes one, sometimes, two
"Special Issues": these provide readers with an
in-depth perspective on a specific topic.
 JCAL welcomes theoretical and review articles as
well as empirical reports. The publishers
copyright policy allows authors to display PDF
copies of their papers on personal websites.
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19. Journal of Computer Assisted
Learning (cont.)
 The Journal contains a variety of contributions
and there is much JCAL material on the Web.
Publication includes:
 Empirical reports, single studies or programmatic
series of studies
 Critical and original reviews of literature
 Theoretical expositions
 Materials and book reviews
 Papers that develop theory in this area
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20. Journal of Computer Assisted
Learning (cont.)
 The main text should be preceded by a short
abstract of 100-200 words and the whole
manuscript should normally be between 3000 and
7000 words double spaced in 12-point font.
 Publisher - Blackwell.
 Bi-monthly, peer-reviewed, international journal.
 Homepage:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISS
N)1365-2729
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21. CALL-EJ
 CALL-EJ solicits and welcomes articles and
reviews on research and practice in the fields of
computer-assisted instruction (CAI) / computer-managed
instruction (CMI) / computer-assisted
learning (CAL) / computer-enhanced language
learning (CELL) / computer-mediated
communication (CMC) in ESL, EFL or other
languages.
 Contributions to second language acquisition and
computers, language assessment and
computers, applied linguistics and computers,
and other related areas are also encouraged.
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22. CALL-EJ (cont.)
 Full length articles should not exceed 5,000
words.
 Abstract should be no more than 200 words.
 Publisher - APACALL
 Homepage: http://callej.org/
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23. Next discussion
 What do editors look for?
 What are the submission requirements?
 Take a look at 1 journal
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24. GEMA Online™ Journal of
Language Studies
 Internationally refereed
 The aim of this journal is to provide a venue for
language researchers and practitioners to
share theories, views, research results and
classroom practices.
 Papers on theories and practices including those
on discussions of and reflections on methods,
techniques and ideas useful in the classroom are
also welcomed.
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25. GEMA Online™ Journal of
Language Studies (cont.)
 The articles can be from any of the following
areas:
 Linguistics; cross-cultural linguistic research and
theory, and applied linguistics. All branches of
linguistics
study on languages and cultures of Asia and the
Pacific Rim area.
 Teaching of English as Second/Foreign
Language.
 Literature; postcolonial literature from or on Asia
and the Pacific Rim, Asian literature in English.
 Teaching of other Languages, particularly the
teaching of languages from the Southeast Asia
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26. GEMA Online™ Journal of
Language Studies (cont.)
 Language Learning and Technology.
 Research Methods in Language Studies
 The journal invites articles between 3,500 to
5,000 words in length excluding
acknowledgement, references, appendix, and
biodata of authors.
 Publisher – UKM Press
 Homepage:
http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/gemahome.html
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27. GEMA Online™ Journal of
Language Studies (cont.)
 Initial screening – Chief Editor
 Review process – double blind
 Revision based on reviewers’ comments
 Satisfactory? - publish
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28. GEMA Online™ Journal of
Language Studies (cont.)
 Initial screening
 Title – not more than 10 words
 Authors’ particulars – institution, e-mail
 Abstract – introduction, methodology, results,
discussion, conclusion
 Keywords – 5 keywords
 Content – 3,500 to 5,000 words
 Acknowledgement
 References – 15 to 30 only. 30% are journal articles
 Biodata of authors – maximum 50 words each
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29. GEMA Online™ Journal of Language
Studies (cont.)
 Review process – double blind
 Revision is based on reviewers’ comments
 Satisfactory revision - publish
 Unsatisfactory revision – return to author for
further revision
 Formatting
 Typesetting
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