General Submission Criteria and Guidelines
The CALL- IS Newsletter, On CALL, encourages submission of many types of articles related to CALL: software, website or book reviews, announcements, reports on conferences, presentations or webcasts that you might have participated in. If you need a book recommendation, please inquire within. Please send your submissions to Michael Winans. Please feel free to pass this on to your professional colleagues and post on your professional lists and sites.
Here are the four general criteria that are considered before publication.
- Does the article highlight the importance & appropriateness of the topic to the CALL- IS readership?
- Does the article address a topic of current interest in TESOL and CALL-IS in general?
- Does the article make reference to current pedagogy, research or theory in TESOL?
- Does the article indicate a coherent description of the content of the article?
Submission Guidelines:
Letters/ Articles
- be no longer than 1,750 words (including teasers, tables, and bios)
- have the title in ALL CAPS
- list a byline: author's name with embedded email, affiliation, city, and country
- include a 50-word teaser for the Newsletter Homepage
- contain no more than five citations
- include a 2-to-3 sentence author biography at the end of the article
- include a clear, professional, appropriate author headshot. See below for details.
- follow the style guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition (APA style)
- be in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .txt format
- All figures, graphs, and other images should be labeled and sent as separate jpg files.
Book Reviews
- 650 – 1000 words in length
- include a 50-word teaser for the Newsletter Homepage
- include a 2-to-3 sentence author biography at the end of the article
- include a clear, professional, appropriate author headshot. See below for details.
- follow the style guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition (APA Style)
- be .doc or .docx, .rtf, or .txt format
- All figures, graphs, and other images should be labeled and sent as separate jpg files.
Author photos must be:
- A head and shoulder shot
- A jpg
- Width = 120px, height = 160px
- Clear, clean, professional, appropriate to the article
- Preferably including the person's name who took the shot.
Book reviews should provide a concise summary of the book content, and, most importantly, offer a critical assessment of the content. Book reviews should provide the reviewer's analysis of books that are relevant to the practice and theory of CALL. A book review needs to be an evaluation, not just a summary; in addition to a (short) summary and key points, it should provide an appraisal of the books' strengths and weaknesses. Does this reviewer have any critiques of the book, or suggestions on how it could be improved upon? Does it lack in any way, or have any shortcomings? Book review readers expect to hear both the pros and the cons of a book so they know that the review is unbiased and so they feel prepared to determine whether to invest in the book themselves.
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