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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 manuscript is in Microsoft Word format.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • FONT: Use italics or bold for emphasis; do NOT underline text, except for URLs.
  • TITLE: Please us sentence case, not uppercase for the article title please.
  • MARGINS are 1" (or 2.5 cm) for top, left, bottom and right. This is incidentally the MS Word default.
  • NB: Provide DOIs of journal articles in the Reference list. Start with https://doi.org ...
  • Provide an ORCiD (strongly recommended).
  • Anonymise the manuscript:
    (a) Redact the author and affiliated institution.
    (b) Remove author details from file properties, see: https://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/jlt/announcement/view/46
  • Upload TWO documents:
    (a) an anonymized manuscript and
    (b) a cover letter with details of authors (incl. biosketches); article title; and contact details of three possible referees. More details in the "Author Guidelines" below.
  • This is just a quick checklist. For more detail, please refer to the Author Guidelines in the section below.

Author Guidelines

To ensure a successful submission, please adhere to the APA 7 referencing style. Non-compliance can hold up the process: we may ask you to correct and resubmit before we can send the manuscript for review.

Page fees

R3,000 up to 20 pages (including the cover page and the last page with author's contact details). The cost for subsequent pages will be R300 each.  Once your article has been approved for publication by the editor, you will be invoiced for the above fees. Stellenbosch University authors are exempt of page fees. SAALT members receive a 20% discount on page fees. 

Kindly note that the publication of your article is dependent on full payment beforehand.

Submissions: upload 2 documents please

1. A cover letter which includes

  1. TITLE. Title of the paper.
  2. AUTHOR(S).
    • All contributing authors in the right order. The name of the corresponding author (also responsible for the payment of page fees) must be marked with an asterisk (*).
    • For all authors, please supply the following details:
      • Title  (Mr/Ms Dr Prof.)
      • Mailing address 
      • Email 
      • Institutional affiliation
      • Biosketch of 50-60 words, in narrative form 
      • ORCiD if available (Authors are strongly advised to register for one: https://orcid.org/register.  An ORCiD is your unique academic identifier connecting your names with your work throughout your research career.
  3. REVIEWERS. A proposal with the titles, names, full addresses and email addresses of three scholars who would be able to provide impartial and informed reviews of the quality of the manuscript would be helpful, but is not essential.

2. A copy of the manuscript

  • The paper must contain the title of the paper, an abstract (approx. 200 words), keywords (minimum of 5;  maximum of 10), and then the manuscript must follow. Please do not include references in the abstract. 
  • Ensure a blind review:
    (a) No contributing authors should be indicated on this copy and references to particular institutions should be removed from the paper. For review purposes, refer to University X instead of the name of the institution. 
    (b) Remove personal details in the file properties, here's how:
          File>>Info>>Inspect Document>>Check for issues>>Document and Personal Information>>Remove all. 
  • Submission of a paper is taken to imply that it has not been published elsewhere and that it is not under consideration elsewhere.
  • Submission of a paper also implies that it was language edited.

The review process

A process of double-blind peer review is used. The Editor receives and integrates reviews and communicates with the corresponding author/s.

Word processing

MAIN TITLE OF THE ARTICLE: The main title of the article is in sentence case:

This is sentence case.
THIS IS UPPERCASE.
This is Title Case. 

HEADINGS: Headings should be in sentence case. 

Length of manuscripts:  6000 - 8000 words. Contact the editor if you have a strong case to deviate from this. 

Length of abstract: English abstracts should be around 200 words. For abstracts in African languages and Afrikaans, which often contain longer words, a length of approximately 150 words is preferable.

All manuscripts must have an English abstract and a translated title in English. An additional abstract in one other language is optional.

The main points of the citation style chosen for the Journal for Language Teaching are summarised below.

References in the text

Starting with our upcoming issue (Vol. 58, No. 2), the Journal for Language Teaching  (JLT) will adopt the APA 7 referencing format. From June 18, 2024, we ask authors to use this style for manuscript submissions. You can find detailed examples on the official APA website: APA Style Examples.

Another excellent APA 7 resource can be found here: APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th Edition) - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University

If you’re short on time, our recommended expert copy-editors can help prepare your manuscript. Please contact the journal manager for assistance.

For previously submitted manuscripts, rest assured, we will update your references accordingly.

References | Reference list

Please refer to: APA Style Examples.

OF SPECIAL NOTE: According to APA 7 guidelines, you should include the publisher’s name without specifying the place of publication.

 If a DOI or a permanent link is recorded, an access date need not be added.

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