Readership
From our experience of the previous Journal (The Japanese Learner),
subscribers to The East Asian Leaner are likely to be people
who teach English to learners from this region (China, Japan,
Korea). Such tutors are based either in these countries or in
English speaking countries. They are practising teachers (primarily
in institutes of HE) of EFL/EAP to Chinese, Japanese or Korean
learners, or researchers (including postgraduate students) engaged
in research on areas such as socio?cultural issues, education
and applied linguistics.
Articles
subject matter: The feature articles previously published
in the Japanese Learner have fallen into three main categories:
a) the interaction of ELT/EAP methodology with that of the
educational culture in these countries; b) contrastive analysis
and the extent to which a comparative approach is helpful
in the teaching of East Asian learners; c) classroom practice.
We are looking to continue this broad thrust but also wish
to draw on work in other areas of research that can illuminate
our understanding of the learners we teach, our pedagogic
interactions and the contexts in which we do this. Most issues
of the journal also include shorter articles of a more practical
nature as well as book reviews.
Contributions
We are looking to publish a range of articles and other
contributions:
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Research articles based on in-depth original
research which will be up to 6000 words in length. Please
give a word count at the end of your article (word counts
will not include references - see below for comments on
references). Abstracts should be provided. These should
be no more than 125 words for the 3500 word feature articles,
and 200 words for the 6000 word research articles.
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Feature articles of 3500 words in length are preferred
- such articles will be of original research or a critical
overview of research and practice in a field of relevance
to readers of EAL.
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Classroom Practice. We are keen to publish articles
on classroom practice - these should be under 1000 words.
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Reviews. If you are interested in writing a review
for The East Asian Learner, please contact the Reviews
Editor Maria Leedham at maria@leedham16.fsnet.co.uk
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Correspondence. We welcome letters from readers
in response to published articles and reviews.
Submission
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Submissions should be sent as email attachments (not
in the body of the email)
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We can only accept attachments which are formatted as
a Microsoft Word document, with file name <yourname.doc>.
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Please note that documents submitted on versions of Word
earlier than Word 2000 may lose some of their formatting
- can Apple users please save as Word for Windows 2000.
Please contact the Editor if you think there may be a
problem.
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Please contact the editor if you wish to submit articles
by post
Headings and subheadings
Type each heading and subheading on a separate line, ranged
left in Arial font. Bold main headings. Do not use a numbering
or lettering system for headings. Please use Times New Roman
12 point for the body of the text with no paragraph indents.
Footnotes
Short notes can appear in the text within brackets; longer
ones should be collected together at the end of the article.
There will be no footnotes on individual pages.
References in the text
If you wish to make references in the text to other publications
please do so in the following way based on the Harvard System:
author's surname, date and page number, e.g. (Kramsch 1993:23).
Given the practical orientation of the journal we would be
grateful if care is taken not to over-reference articles.
As a rough guide 10-20 seems an average range for feature
articles of 3500 words. Research articles or review articles
which provide a more in depth review of the literature have
between 15-30 references. Please liaise with the editor.
List of references
Please give full bibliographical references, and list them
in alphabetical order of author, following the style of the
examples given below.
Eastwood, J. (1994). Oxford Guide to English Grammar.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hiraga, M. and J. Turner. (1996). 'Differing perceptions
of face in British and academic settings'. Language Sciences
18/1 pp605-627
Schiefflin, B. and E. Ochs (eds). (1986). Language Socialization
Across Cultures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Tai, James H.Y. (1985). 'Temporal sequence and Chinese word
order'. In Haiman J. (Ed.) Iconicity and Syntax,
49-72. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Terms of acceptance
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The Editor does not undertake to return any copies of
the manuscript. Contributors are advised to retain a copy
for themselve
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Contributions to The East Asian Learner are sent to members
of the Editorial Board and acceptance is dependent upon
their recommendation. Within approximately 3 months of
receiving it, the Editor will let you know whether and
if possible when, your contribution will be published.
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The Editor reserves the right to ask for re-formatting
of articles not submitted in the way indicated in this
guide.
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The Editor reserves the right to make editorial changes
in any manuscript accepted for publication to enhance
style or clarity. A copy-edited version of the article
will be sent to authors for approval. Please, therefore,
give your full address, and email address (if available)
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If your contribution is published you will receive two
gratis copies of the issue in which it appears.
Contributions should be sent to the Editor:
Paul Wickens
ICELS,
Oxford Brookes University,
Gipsy Lane,
Oxford, OX3 OBP,
UK
paulwickens@brookes.ac.uk
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