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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 Microsoft Word file format.
  • Where available, DOIs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses Times New Roman 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

As a double-blind peer-reviewed open accessed NepJOL indexed professional journal, the Journal of NELTA Koshi (JoNK) requires contributors to follow the guidelines given below for their submissions to be considered for publication by the Editorial Board. Please note that selection for consideration for publication does not guarantee publication. Contributors are encouraged to work with the Editorial Board to make their work publishable.

Articles

  • Please do not write the author's name in the manuscript until the editorial board has selected the article for consideration towards publication.
  • Articles should be 4000 - 6000 words (excluding abstract and references and appendices).
  • Articles should be related to an area of English Language Education, particularly English language teaching methodologies, curriculum development, language acquisition and development, teacher training and professional development, multilingualism and cross-cultural communication, technology in language teaching, specialized English language teaching, inclusive and diverse perspectives, research in English language teaching, global Englishes, language policy and planning, literature for language development and innovations in teaching. In addition, we also accept practical training session plans to teach any skills and aspects of any subjects and reflections on any teacher training program, articles coming out of classroom teaching experience or professional collaboration in any field. An article must be original, professionally relevant, and intellectually engaging.
  • The manuscript should be typed in Time New Romans, 12 font size, with double space, typed in A4 size paper and organized with proper headings and sub-headings. Manuscript should be sent as an e-mail attachment as a MS Word file.
  • If the manuscript includes any special fonts, please send the fonts attached along with the manuscript.
  • We encourage authors to submit their articles as soon as possible. Reviewers will be able to give you more substantial feedback if you submit early.

Practical Pedagogic Ideas:

  • The writing related to pedagogical ideas may be 2000-2500 words excluding references (3-5 refs only) and appendices.
  • Ideas that are useful for teachers in the classroom e.g., tips for teaching particular skills/aspects of language, lesson plans, tasks for teaching poetry, among others may be submitted under this category. A template for this may be provided upon request.

Book reviews:

  • We also accept reviews of recently published ELT books that are of professional significance to the readers. Reviews should generally provide a short introduction of the author and the purpose of the book, its descriptive summary, analysis and evaluation supported with evidence and examples, personal response with evaluative comments and its significance to the researchers and practitioners in Nepal and conclusion. Reviews should not exceed 1,500 words including references.

Submission of manuscripts
Manuscript must be submitted as an email attachment accompanied by a well-written cover letter to the editorial address: journalofneltakoshi@gmail.com. The cover letter email will include author's full name, institutional affiliation, title of the paper, abstract and a short biodata. The manuscript must be anonymized completely for the blind review process.

A manuscript will be accepted on the understanding that it is plagiarism-free, an original contribution which has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Contributors must make sure to abide by scholarly practices including intellectual property and copyrights standards in the strictest manner.

Publication Process
In order to improve the quality and professional rigor of the journal, submissions will be taken through a review process followed by subsequent revisions and improvements after their initial submission. The editorial board will make the initial selection completely anonymous and will continue to do so, as much as practicable, when the submission is sent back to the author for revision.

  • We will acknowledge the receipt of each manuscript.
  • The manuscript will be peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers.
  • The acceptance or rejection of the manuscript, based on the feedback from the reviewers, will be notified to the author within 5-7 weeks of submission.
  • Comments of the reviewers will be forwarded to the author for final submission of the article (if the work is accepted in subsequent assessments). Initial consideration for publication based on one or more rounds of revision of a work will not guarantee the final publication of the work.
  • Authors must submit the revised draft within one week of receiving the comment on the first draft. A second round of comments, if deemed necessary by the editorial board, may be offered to the author with five more days of extended time. Late submission, at any stage of the review process, may be considered as opting out of the publication process.

Manuscript specifications

FORMAT
The entire manuscript, including the abstract, the reference list, and any tables or figures and their captions, should be presented as A4 doubled spaced typescript and in Times New Roman font.

  • Sections: A manuscript should begin with a title page that includes the full title of the paper, a suggested shorter title for running heads, and a list of keywords.
  • Notes: Footnotes must be avoided.
  • Structure: The structure of the manuscript depends on the type of article. For example, if an article is research-based, it might include an introduction, research questions or objectives, rationale and significance of the work, a review of literature along with the theoretical framework, research design conclusion and implication and procedure, results and discussion, conclusion. Similarly, if an article is a knowledge-based theoretical one, it might begin with a general introduction that clearly states what the article is about and how the author is going to organise his/her writing, followed by sub-headings that connect the section and expand the central issue.

However, all articles must include the following sections/components:

SECTIONS

  • Title: Title of the work must be precise and suggestive of the work's main idea. It must be in keeping with the tone of the work (but not cute or fancy).
  • (Please note that a work's title can only be changed if approved or suggested by the editors after acceptance).
  • Abstract: No more than 250 words.
  • Keywords: Authors should list up four to six keywords related to their article.
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review (optional)
  • Methodology
  • Results and discussion
  • Conclusion

Things to consider

  • Style of Referencing: APA 7th style should be adopted throughout the manuscript.
  • Uniformity: For uniformity please follow the same spelling, punctuation and other mechanical and format conventions throughout the manuscript. For example, if you spell a word as ‘organisation’ in the beginning please do not write ‘organization’ next time in the same manuscript.
  • Tables: If there are any tables in manuscripts, they should be numbered and have a brief title according to APA 7th edition.
  • Figures: If there are figures and maps in the manuscript, please include under each figure a clear and brief caption describing it.

Style of Reference/Documentation

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE STYLE – APA 7th
All manuscripts should follow APA style (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition, 2020). Below are some examples of referencing:

Book
Lareau, A. (2004). Unequal childhoods: Class, race, and family life. University of California.

Edited book
Meyer, D. S. (1999). How the cold war was really won: The effects of the antinuclear movements of the 1980s. In M. Giugni, D. McAdam, & Ch. Tilly (Eds.), How social movements matter (pp. 182-203). University of Minnesota Press.

Book chapter
Meyer, D. S. (1999). How the cold war was really won: The effects of the antinuclear Movements of the 1980s. In M. Giugni, D. McAdam, & Ch. Tilly (Eds.), How Social movements matter (pp. 182-203). University of Minnesota Press

Journal articles
Lareau, A., & Lopes Muñoz, V. (2012). You’re not going to call the shots: Structural conflicts between the principal and the PTO at a suburban public elementary School. Sociology of Education, 85, 201-208. https://doi.org.10.1177/0038040711435855

Lavery, L. & Townsend, M. (1998). Computer-assisted instruction in teaching literacy skills to adults not in paid employment. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 33, 181-192. (doi/website)

Tse, S.K., Lam, J.W.I., Lam, R.Y.H., Loh, E.K.Y. & Westwood, P. (2007). Pedagogical correlates of reading comprehension in English and Chinese. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 7 (2), 71–91. (doi/website)

Online Resources:
Gallaudet Research Institute (2003). Literacy. http://gri.gallaudet.edu/literacy

Darling-Hammond, L. (2000). Teacher quality and student achievement: A review of state policy evidence. Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 8(1). http://www.epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n1

Three to Six Authors
Tse, S.K., Lam, J.W.I., Lam, R.Y.H., Loh, E.K.Y. & Westwood, P. (2007). Pedagogical correlates of reading comprehension in English and Chinese. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 7 (2), 71–91.

More Than Six Authors
Nichols, W.D., Zellner, L.J., Rupley, W.H., Willson, V.L., Kim, Y., Mergen, S. et al. (2005). What affects instructional choice? Profiles of K-2 teachers’ use of reading instructional strategies and methods. Journal of Literacy Research, 37(4), 437–458.

Newspaper article:
Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, pp. 1A, 2A.

(Note: For more details on APA style, please go to https://www.apastyle.org/).

IN-TEXT CITATION
Short Quotations (less than 40 words)
Lave and Wenger (1991) argues/argued for ‘legitimate peripheral participation’ (p. 34).

Long Quotations (more than 40 words)
Eckhert and McConnell-Ginet (1992) define community of practice as follows:

An aggregate of people who come together around mutual engagement in an endeavour. Ways of doing things, ways of talking, beliefs, values, power relations – in short, practices – emerge in the course of this mutual endeavour. Likewise, there must be a mutual interaction among the members. (p. 464)

Paraphrasing:
Single author:
The construction of teacher identity is a process in which teachers engage in interaction not only with other members but also with broader socio-cultural context (Wenger, 1998).

Multiple authors:
Identity is constructed through the reflective practice in which teachers listen to opinions of students in the classroom and change contents and methods of teaching for better learning (Bartlett, 1990; Richards, 1990).

(Note: if you are citing more than one work of the same author published in the same year, please put a, b, c after the date of the publication in a chronological order).

Copyright Notice

Authors are required to transfer their copyright to NELTA Koshi Province, Nepal

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2.1 what data we collect

  • When registering an account we ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address), and there is the option to register using an ORCiD which will pre-fill the registration form.
  • As part of submitting an article for publication, you will need to provide personally identifying information which will be used for the peer review process, and will be published. This can include ‘Affiliation’, ‘Competing interests’, ‘Acknowledgements’.

2.2 why we collect the data

  • Registering an account allows you to log in, manage your profile, and participate as an author/reviewer/editor. We use cookies and session information to streamline your use of the website (for example in order for you to remain logged-in when you return to a journal). You can block or delete cookies and still be able to use the websites, although if you do you will then need to enter your username and password to login. In order to take advantage of certain features of the websites, you may also choose to provide us with other personal information, such as your ORCiD, but your decision to utilize these features and provide such data will always be voluntary.
  • Personal data submitted with the article or book is collected to allow follow good publication ethics during the review process, and will form part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.

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  • Published personal data that accompanies an article or a book forms part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.

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3.1 what data we collect

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  • When registering an account we ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address), and there is the option to register using an ORCiD which will pre-fill the registration form.
  • Reviewers can also be registered by editors who invite them to review a specific article. This requires the editor to provide the reviewer’s First Name, Last Name, and Email address. Normally this will be done as part of the process of inviting you to review the article or book.
  • On submitting a review, the reviewer includes a competing interest statement, they may answer questions about the quality of the article, and they will submit their recommendation.

3.2 why we collect the data

  • The data entered is used to invite the reviewer to peer review the article or book, and to contact the reviewer during and the review process.
  • If you submit a review then the details of your review, including your recommendation, your responses to any review form, your free-form responses, your competing interests statement, and any cover letter are recorded.

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  • The data will only be used in connection with that journal or press.
  • Data that is retained post final decision is kept to conform to publication ethics and best practice, to provide evidence of peer review, and to resolve any disputes relating to the peer review of the article or book.
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  • The requested personal data for co-authors are at the bare minimum; first name, last name, institution, country, email address. This can also include; ORCID ID, Title, Middle Name, Biographical Statement, Department, Twitter Handle, Linkedin Profile Name or ImpactStory ID.

4.2 why we collect the data

  • Assuming that it is accepted for publication, this data forms part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.
  • Author names, affiliations and emails are required for publication and will become part of the permanent cited record.

4.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • The co-author’s personal data is stored in the author database. This personal data is only used in relation to the publication of the associated article.
  • Any co-author data collected is added to the author database and is only used in association with the article the user is co-author on.

4.5 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data, or want your data to be removed

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  • To conform to publication ethics and best practice any personal data that is published alongside an article or book cannot be removed. If you have a query about a publication to which you are attributed please contact info@ubiquitypress.com

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5.2 why we collect and store the data, and for how long

  • This data would be collected to keep you updated with any news about the platform or specific journal

5.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

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5.4 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data or want your data to be removed

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(Updated: 9th September 2024)