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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

The authors need to follow the gudline below:

A.   General Requirements

The minimum standard requirements of Journal of English Language and Pedagogy (JELPA):

  1. Written in English.
  2. The submitted paper is 3500 - 6000 words.
  3. Using APA Style for reference and suggested using tools such as Zotero and Mendeley.
  4. Make sure that the paper is written using the JELPA Template.

B.   Structure of The Manuscript

The manuscript must follow the structure of Journal of English Language and Pedagogy (JELPA) below:

  1. Title. The title of the paper is a maximum of 15 words. The tittle should summarize the main idea or ideas of the paper
  2. Abstract. The body of the abstract is typed in 10-point Cambria letters in a paragraph with single space and justify format. The abstract explained the introduction, gaps, research aims, methods, main findings, and conclusions. Avoid using unfamiliar abbreviations and citations. The abstract should be written in 150-250 words
  3. Introduction - The article should be written in English, about 3500-5000 words. The other writing format that needs to be followed is using 11-point of Cambria letters with 1,15 spaces in justify format. Every first paragraph is written without any indented format; the indented format is written for the next paragraph. The margin and other formats for this article follow this template's set. This part also elaborates on relevant previous studies from the literature review as a theoretical basis. These all are written in several paragraphs without any making a subchapter. 
  4. Method - Researchers need to explain in detail how to conduct the research. In this section, the research design, research time, population and sample or subject, instruments, and data analysis procedure must be elaborated clearly in several paragraphs. Do not make a subchapter for the METHOD section.  
  5. Results and Discussion – This chapter contains the results of research findings and a discussion of the findings obtained. The discussions are presented systematically from general to specific. Results and discussions must also interconnect with the theory used. In this section, the researchers can add a subchapter if needed. 
  6. Conclusion - Conclusions should answer the objectives of research. Tells how your work advances the field from the present state of knowledge. Without clear Conclusions, reviewers and readers will find it difficult to judge the work, and whether or not it merits  publication in the journal. Do not repeat the Abstract, or just list experimental results. Provide a clear scientific justification for your work, and indicate possible applications and extensions. You should also suggest future experiments and/or point out those that are underway. 
  7. Acknowledgement (optional) - if needed, the author can add the acknowledmenet. Recognize those who helped in the research, especially funding supporters of your research. Include individuals who have assisted you in your study: Advisors, Financial supporters, or may other supporter i.e. and Suppliers who may have given materials.
  8. References - The author must add a minimum of 15 references, which consist of 60% references from journal papers. References are written in APA style. Reference manager apps (such as Mendeley or Zotero) are suggested. 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. The author holds copyright in any article.
  2. The author grants the journal publication rights with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors may enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., posting it to an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  4. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in an institutional repository or on their website) before and during the submission process, as this can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
  5. The article and any associated published material are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
  6. Under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, the authors grant permission to readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full-text articles published in this journal without the need to seek prior permission from either the publisher or the author.