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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, or RTF 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.

Author Guidelines

The guidelines to write and present the proposals are described below:

  1. Summary (in English and in Spanish, 150 words), containing the following aspects:
    1. Introduction: This section describes the context where the research was carried out, reason why the topic was selected, importance of the study, reason why the research was carried out.
    2. Purpose: Here the writer states and explains the research objectives, intentions, questions or hypothesis.
    3. Research approach and method: In this part, the author mentions and justifies the research approach and method that was selected, describes briefly the subjects, the context and the research procedures, as well as the instruments that were used for the data and information collection.
    4. Product: In this section, the writer presents the main findings, the degree to which the research objectives were reached and the answers to the research questions.
    5. Conclusion: This section suggests the importance of the findings, considering the contribution to the theory, the research area and professional practice and suggest practical uses as well as possible applications for further research.
  2. Body of the article:

Key words. - Five, in English and in Spanish.

  1. Introduction: Present the research topic area, studied theme, and the research study, mentioning if it is: descriptive, explanatory, evaluative, correlational, interpretative, ethnographic, etc. Also, emphasize the research problem or topic.
  2. Literature review: Present the main terms, concepts, and theoretical claims or principles, models, etc. analyzing and discussing the ideas presented by the main authors who have studied the topics related to the research or study presented.
  3. Research methodology: Describe the research approach: qualitative, quantitative or mixed. Describe the research method: case study, longitudinal research, transversal research, experimental research, cuasi-experimental research, etc. Describe the data type (describe and justify the data base, or universe, or sample, etc.) Characterize the subjects (describe the participants in the research). Context (describe the geographic and the institutional context where the research was carried out). Instruments (describe the research instruments used to collect information and data). Data analysis methods (describe and justify the quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods).
  4. Main findings: Synthesize, present, interpret and argue the most significant results found.
  5. Main limitations of the study (related to the geographical or institutional context or knowledge area where the conclusions or suggestions could be applicable).
  6. Main applications and impact of the research: Describe the main benefits of the research and the possible applications of the proposal.
  7. Conclusions: Describe the main conclusions generated from the answers to the research questions.

Topics for the articles:

  1. Learning and teaching processes.
  2. Professional competencies development.
  3. Teaching methodology based on constructivist principles.
  4. Alternative language learning theories.
  5. Curriculum design: design of language programs or language courses.
  6. Design, selection and adaptation of language teaching materials.
  7. Language learning evaluation.
  8. Language and culture.
  9. Research and professional development.
  10. Educational technology in languages.

Articles

The guidelines to write and present the proposals are described below:

1. Title: in English and in Spanish.

2. Summary (in English and in Spanish, 150 words), containing the following aspects:
a) Introduction: This section describes the context where the research was carried out, reason why the topic was selected, importance of the study, reason why the research was carried out.
b) Purpose: Here the writer states and explains the research objectives, intentions, questions or hypothesis.
c) Research method: In this part, the author mentions and justifies the research method that was selected, describes briefly the subjects, the context and the research procedures, as well as the instruments that were used for the data and information collection.
d) Product: Here, the writer presents the main findings, the degree to which the research objectives were reached and the answers to the research questions.
e) Conclusion: This section suggests the importance of the findings, considering the contribution to the theory, the research area and professional practice and suggest practical uses as well as possible applications for further research.

3. Body of the article:
a) Keywords. - Five, in English and in Spanish.
b) Introduction: Present the research topic area, studied theme, and the research study, mentioning if it is: descriptive, explanatory, evaluative, correlational, interpretative, ethnographic, etc. Also, emphasize the research problem or topic.
c) Literature review: Present the main terms, concepts, and theoretical claims or principles, models, etc. analyzing and discussing the ideas presented by the main authors who have studied the topics related to the research or study presented. The references should not be more than 10 years old.
d) Research methodology: Describe the research approach: qualitative, quantitative or mixed.
e) Describe the research method: case study, longitudinal research, transversal research, experimental research, cause-experimental research, etc.
       • Describe the data type (describe and justify the database, or universe, or sample, etc.)
       • Characterize the subjects (describe the participants in the research).
       • Context (describe the geographic and the institutional context where the research was carried out).
       • Instruments (describe the research instruments used to collect information and data). Data analysis methods (describe and justify the quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods).
f) Main findings. Synthesize, present, interpret and argue the most significant results found.
g) Main limitations of the study (related to the geographical or institutional context or knowledge area where the conclusions or suggestions could be applicable).
h) Main applications and impact of the research. Describe the main benefits of the research and the possible applications of the proposal.
i) Conclusions. Describe the main conclusions generated from the answers to the research questions.

 

Topics for the articles:

1. Learning and teaching processes.
2. Professional competencies development.
3. Teaching methodology based on constructivist principles.
4. Alternative language learning theories.
5. Curriculum design: design of language programs or language courses.
6. Design, selection and adaptation of language teaching materials.
7. Language learning evaluation.
8. Language and culture.
9. Research and professional development.
10. Educational technology in languages

 

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