How to Be Published in the IALLT Journal
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This document provides tips and guidelines for submitting articles to be published in the IALLT Journal, including: 1) The IALLT Journal is a peer-reviewed journal focused on instructional technologies for foreign language instruction. It is published twice a year and accepts submissions on a rolling basis. 2) Accepted submission types include feature articles, lab notes, and columns. Feature articles are in-depth explorations of topics, while lab notes provide less formal discussions. 3) Topics of interest broadly relate to technologies that support teaching and learning foreign languages. Submissions should follow APA style guidelines and be submitted in RTF format to the editor for peer review.
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- 1. How to Be Published in the IALLT Journal: Tips from the Editor Douglas W. Canfield, Editor-In-Chief, The IALLT Journal 2009 SCOLT/FLAG/SEALLT Conference March 5, 2009
- 2. The IALLT Journal A fully peer-reviewed journal devoted to all areas of instructional ✤ technologies for foreign language instruction. Published twice a year ✤ Accepts articles for publication on a rolling basis. ✤ Subscription to the IALLT Journal is included in membership to ✤ IALLT and there are individual, institutional, commercial, and library memberships available (www.iallt.org) Journal Website: www.ialltjournal.org. ✤
- 3. Nature of IALLTJ — “1.5” to “2.0” IALLTJ became a native-digital journal as of Volume 39 (2007), residing at ✤ ialltjournal.org for members, and IngentaConnect for libraries. 1.0 — 1.5 more than just digitization, includes collaboration with TEI Consortium to ✤ create and define a highly-configurable system for APA digital scholarship. 1.5 — 2.0 currently underway, includes direct embedding of rich media and Web 2.0 ✤ collaborative tools into the IALLTJ real estate. Currently envisioned as a member benefit. Also investigating how metadata can be leveraged to enhance access and research. ✤
- 4. Nature of Our Readership Readership is comprised of teachers, faculty, language resource center ✤ directors, instructional technologists, and media specialists working to improve language learning through technology. Praxis is the key common denominator to which IALLTJ strives to ✤ cater.
- 5. We welcome your submissions The IALLT Journal encourages submissions from K-12, higher education, community college, and private institutions’ faculty and instructional technology professionals. The IALLT Journal welcomes papers on topics as they relate to technology for teaching and learning foreign and second languages.
- 6. Categories of Interest facility planning and renovation ✤ Other topics may be appropriate, as well. Technologies of interest to our funding and grants ✤ readers include, but are not limited to: audio, video, satellite, computing, selecting hardware and courseware ✤ multimedia, and virtual / mobile materials development and evaluation networks. Submissions should appeal ✤ to a broad audience, including those copyright / legal issues ✤ without background knowledge of the topic addressed. You are encouraged to management of facilities and personnel ✤ contact the Editor-In-Chief to discuss teaching language / literature / culture your topic prior to submission. All ✤ with technology manuscripts are read by anonymous peer reviewers, some with expertise in the topic addressed by the author. training others to use technology ✤
- 7. Categories of Submissions There are Feature Articles ✤ three ✤ Lab Notes categories of ✤ Columns submissions:
- 8. Feature Articles Feature Article manuscripts are generally ✤ from 4,200 to 10,500 words in length. Feature articles explore a topic in depth, draw on relevant research and related professional literature, usually include a bibliography, and may present original research findings. Keynote addresses or speeches may also appear as features.
- 9. Lab Notes Lab Notes are less formal in nature, may adopt a conversational tone and are generally ✤ 2,800 to 7,000 words in length. Possible topics include experiences at individual institutions or labs in any of the topics ✤ listed above under “Topic Information”, or • a summary of available information on a given topic • descriptions of projects • techniques for teaching with technology Bibliography and citations of other experts in the field are appropriate but not required.
- 10. Columns Authentic Materials ✤ Columns are written by Conference Reports ✤ specific individuals who Courseware Update ✤ welcome material from Distributed Learning ✤ contributors. This can take In the Professional Literature ✤ the form of a piece of Intellectual Property ✤ information, a suggestion, a K-12 Update ✤ Lab Management brief report (which will be ✤ LLTI Highlights ✤ credited to you), or a guest Multilingual Computing ✤ column. Contact the Editor- Satellite Update ✤ In-Chief before proceeding. Technical Update ✤
- 11. Where to Look for Ideas LLTI (www.iallt.org) ✤ IALLT Learning Ning (ialltlearning.ning.com) ✤ IALLT Journal (ialltjournal.org), also available through Ingenta ✤ Other CALL Journals (CALICO, CALL, LLT, RECALL) ✤
- 12. Authors’ Checklist Follow the style guidelines defined by the American Psychological Association (APA). See apastyle.org, ✤ zotero.org, endnoteweb.com and citationmachine.net. Please submit double-spaced, spell-checked manuscripts. Use Times New Roman or Palatino fonts at 10 points. ✤ All manuscripts should be submitted in Rich Text Format (RTF). ✤ Do not use headers or footers. Your name should not appear outside the body of the document. ✤ Include a statement that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere. ✤ Include a 30- to 50-word biographical statement, a short abstract of the article, and your contact information on ✤ a separate page at the beginning of the document. We encourage you to include illustrative graphics, charts, artwork, photographs and/or screen captures in your manuscript. Each graphic (tables, figures, or screen shots) should be submitted as a separate file in TIFF format, with ✤ markers in the manuscript text to indicate where the image should appear. Please contact the Editor-In-Chief for further information on graphics before you submit your manuscript.
- 13. Submission Process Your manuscript will be processed as follows: An Editor-In-Chief (there are two of us) will acknowledge receipt of your ✤ manuscript. If the editorial staff judges the content appropriate for the Journal’s readers, the ✤ manuscript will be edited so that the author is not identifiable and sent to IALLT Journal reviewers for their analysis. You will be notified of the manuscript’s status as soon as the reviewers’ reports and ✤ the commented manuscript have been reviewed by the Journal’s editorial staff. We use three broad categories: (1) publishable as is, (2) publishable with minor or major revisions, or (3) unpublishable. It is left to the author’s discretion as to whether he or she wishes to make the suggested revisions for publication.
- 14. Contact Information email: editor@ialltjournal.org ✤ OR: dcanfie1@utk.edu ✤ Slideshow available at ✤ slideshare.net. There is some informational ✤ literature on IALLTJ, LLTI, and the IALLT Learning Ning here that you can take, as well as my business card.