Tips to get your paper accepted for publication

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Disajikan di Universitas Perjuangan, Tasikmalaya, 25 Juli 2022
Bimbingan Teknis Penulisan Artikel
untuk Jurnal Internasional Bereputasi
Utami Widiati
Universitas Negeri Malang (UM)

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Tentang TEFLIN Journal
Biannual journal
Publisher
•TEFLIN (The
Association for the
Teaching of English as a
Foreign Language in
Indonesia) and UM
Double-blind peer-
reviewed journal
Scope
•conceptual and
research-based articles
within the fields of
English language
teaching and learning
and English language
teacher training and
education.
Indexed in
•Science and Citation
Index (Sinta) 1, Directory
of Open Access Journals
(DOAJ) with green tick,
EBSCO, Proquest,
ERIC, Asean Citation
Index (ACI), and Scopus
No processing and
publication fees

3. Pengelolaan TEFLIN Journal
Chief Editor
Managing Editor
Editors (including OJS, doi, dan indexing)
• 10 editors
• Various universities in Indonesia and Malaysia
Assistant Editor (Formatting)
Administrative Staff
Reviewers
• 44 reviewers
• Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam, South
Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Iran, Australia, New Zealand, USA,
UK

4. Aspek Pengelolaan TEFLIN
Journal: Manuscript Processing
Manuscript
received
Initial Review
Rejected at the
editor’s desk/
Sent to reviewers
Double blind peer
review
Review reports
received
Manuscript
rejected/ revised /
accepted
Manuscript
revised
Revisions
received
Revised
manuscript sent
to reviewer/
edited
Manuscript
rejected/ further
revisions/
accepted
Manuscript
prepared for
publication

5. Initial Review (1)
Relevance with focus
and aims of the journal
Number of words
References
Language and content
Completeness
• Use of primary sources
• Legitimate journals
• Up-to-date references

6. Initial Review (2)
• Abstract
• Introduction/Background, Literature Review and
Theoretical Framework, Problems and Significance
• Method
• Findings and Discussion (referring to relevant literature)
• Conclusions/Implications
• References
Conceptual
papers
• Abstract
• Introduction/Background, Problems, Significance
• Important headings (State of the art review)
• Conclusions/Implications
• References
Research-
based
papers

7. Peer Review dan Editing
 Clear and coherent academic writing
 Clear and justified focus, and consistency throughout the
paper
 References
 Relevant, legitimate, and up-to-date sources, esp. journals
 Referencing style
 In-text citations and references match
RQs
Rationale and
theoretical
framework 
adequate and
critical
Method 
appropriate and
rigorous
Findings and
discussion 
adequate and
critical Conclusions
and
implications 
relevant and
critical
Abstract 
representative

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Preparing for More Publishable Manuscripts:
Main Points (International Convention)
 Title
 Abstract
 Introduction
 Method
 Results and Discussion
 Conclusions
 (Acknowledgments)
 References
 Appendices (optional)

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Still novice and inexperienced?
 Invite colleagues to co-research and
co-author. Find those whom you
feel comfortable working with.
 Mutual interdependence  the
power of jamaah  research
groups/clusters (KBK kelompok
bidang keahlian)
 Sometimes no need to wait for
research grants.

10. Title
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 Relevant?
 Representing the content?
 Indicating research variables? Their
relationships?
 Between 5 – 15 words?
 Appealing?
 Elements of topic, method, sample, and results
 Example:
See: How Indonesian Student Writers Use
Directives in Academic Texts

11. Abstract
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 Background?
 Purpose?
 Method?
 Results?
 Write the abstract after the manuscript is complete.
 Take the most important information from the
manuscript for BPMR.
 Write the best abstract possible (clear, concise,
clean)

12. Abstract: Listening skill is one of the skills learned in Indonesian
language content both as a skill itself and as a conveyor of the
other content. The purpose of this study describes the
implementation of Indonesian language learning focused on
listening through the zoom meeting application which was
implemented with the scientific approach at Kepanjenlor 2 Public
Elementary School of Blitar City. This study used a descriptive-
qualitative design with a phenomenological research type. This
study identified that previous studies used printed teaching
materials and used face-to-face teaching basis. The gaps were
solved in this study by using digital teaching materials and a zoom
platform in the learning process. As Covid-19occurred, the use of
zoom as a teaching platform is the most recommended method to
apply. Results show learning Indonesian language focus on
listening by utilizing the zoom meeting application can be
accomplished appropriate the syntax in the scientific approach,
namely observing in listening to learn, asking questions, gathering
information, namely intensive listening, processing information,
namely conservative listening, and communicating in marvelously
categories.

13. Key words
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 Unique and clear meaning?
 3 – 5 words?
 Explicit in the title or implied in the text?
 Referring to relevant glossary?
 For the purpose of ‘filing and searching’?
 Examples:
- Indonesian English novice teachers
- foreign language literacy
- the teaching of EFL speaking

14. Introduction
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 Subheadings?
 Contextualization? Problematization?
 Most recent issues?
 Authors’ comprehensive knowledge?
 Summaries of empirical as well as theoretical
reviews?
 Statements of purposes?
 A CARS model (Swales’s Model):
- Why is the topic essential?
- What is (not) known?  indicating the gap
- What is it for?

15. Addressing Your Audience
 Tone (formal? informal?)
 Level of information (What can you
skip or sum up quickly? What must
you explain?)
 Persuasion (What opening will engage
readers’ interest? Which argument?
Which evidence?)

16. Writing in Your Field of Study
(Silverman et al., 2002)
 Put the main point up front and
highlight the important facts.
 Be very direct and clear.
 Use professional terminology when
necessary, but avoid any unnecessary
jargon.
 Avoid lengthy examples.

17. Five Components as Convention
 rhetorical moves
 Identifying problems
 Reviewing the relevant literature;
Criticizing/Evaluating the literature 
reflecting the author’s comprehensive
understanding concerning the topic
 Making position
 Indicating significance of the study
 Stating objectives

18. In general, Indonesians tend to have problems around article
writing (and publication) (Rakhmawati, 2014)
1
What are the problems?
2
We, as Asians, have problems regarding the tradition in
writing Introduction and Discussion
(Flowerdew, 2001; Rakhmawati, 2014)
3

19. Possible Problems in
Introduction
 Cliché
 Too much information about regulations/laws
 Definition only
 Not much literature review (lack of review of relevant
and up-to-date literature)
 Introduction focused too much on positive justification
 Introduction lacking space or niche
 Introduction weak at demonstrating “uniqueness” or
“originality”

20. Literature Review
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 Checking the recency/currency
 Considering geographical aspects
 Not just listing, but
commenting/criticizing/reviewing
 Not presenting one by one  grouping
 Minimizing positive justification
 Quality of authors? Quality of journals?

21. Types of Literature Reviews
 a survey article (sometimes called a
“review article” or a “state-of-the-art”
paper)  typically by senior and well-
known scholars and researchers, often by
invitation
 a literature review as part of a research
paper, proposal, thesis, or dissertation 
may be a separate, independent section
or chapter or integrated throughout the
whole work as the need for comparison
and evaluation arises.

22. Method
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 Statement containing information about the research
design does not have to be present.
 More on describing the research procedures
 Can be in active sentences using either I or We
 When describing the research procedures  ‘past tense’
 Still valid?  ‘ present tense’
 All in ‘present tense’? OK

23. Rhetorical Steps of Method
Section
 Research design  optional
 Description of setting and subject(s)
 Data collection (procedures and
instruments)
 Data analysis (procedures and
techniques)

24. Findings
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 Unnecessary or “nothing-new”
findings can be discarded.
 Results of statistical analysis
 Non-narrative: graphics, tables,
figures  clear and functional
 Leading to newness  new theories,
new …

25. Discussion
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 Discussing/interpreting the findings, not re-
presenting them
 Indicating/reflecting the author’s mastery of
the topic as well as the position
 Analytical, argumentative, logical, critical
 Comparing and contrasting  literature
review
 Anything new?
 Acknowledging limitations

26. Discussion Move I: Background Information
Discussion Move II: Statement of Result
Discussion Move III: (Un) expected Outcome
Discussion Move IV: Reference to Previous Research
Discussion Move V: Explanation
Discussion Move VI: Exemplification
Discussion Move VII: Deduction and Hypothesis
Discussion Move VIII: Recommendation
Swales’s (1990) Eight Move model of the Discussion section
Rhetorical Steps

27. Scientific/academic writing
requires the use of other sources
as supports. Do not plagiarize.
Some don’t’s

28. Ways of Acknowledging
 Quoting
 Paraphrasing
 Summarizing
 Referencing

29. Comparing Two Writing Pieces
(Cahyono, 2011)
Christianty Nur
(2004)
The practice of
English instruction
will continue as it
has always been the
case.
Willy Renandya
(2003)
The practice of
English instruction
will continue as has
always been the
case.

30. 3 Assumptions
No acknowledgment  is assumed to
have been written by the author.
No acknowledgement  comprehension
of text
No acknowledgment  is assumed to be
original.

31. Plagiarism
(Cahyono, 2011)
Violating ethics
Cheating readers
Confusing the text origin

32. Referencing
 Books?
 Chapter of a book?
 Journals?
 Magazines?
 Newspaper?
 The Internet?
 Others?

33. Some other don’t’s
 Double submission
 Being pushy
 Sending the manuscript without
editing/revising
 Impolite communication

34. Sample of double submission

35. Thank you.
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