Invitation to Publish

Dear GLoCALL 2010 Presenters,

We would like to cordially invite you to submit papers for consideration for publication in the GLoCALL special issues listed below.

GLoCALL Special Issues in the following International Journals Editors
Computer Assisted Language Learning Journal by Taylor & Francis Siew Ming Thang, The National University of Malaysia, Malaysia Jeong-Bae Son, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
International Journal of Computer Assisted language Learning and Teaching, (IJCALLT) by IGI Global John Brine, Aizu University, Japan Peter Gobel, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
CALL-EJ Kean Wah Lee, University Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Vance Stevens, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Manuscripts should be submitted to [email protected] as an email attachment (doc or docx files). In your submission you are allowed to state your preference of journal you would like to publish in, however, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to abide by your choice as a number of factors are involved in deciding where each article should go.

Procedures:

All articles go through a two-step review process:

(1) Internal review process – At this preliminary stage your paper will be reviewed by the Editors to see if the article is of sufficient quality to meet basic requirements and merit external review. If it does, you will be notified by the editorial team.

(2) External review by two anonymous peer reviewers -- Each reviewer will rate the assigned article according to the criteria of the journal concerned and give his/her recommendations.Generally the recommendation falls into four main categories: Accept, Accept with minor revision, Accept with major revision, Reject. More information regarding this is given on the website of the journal your paper is assigned to.

Deadlines:

(1) Submission of full papers: 31 March 2025

(2) Notification of acceptance for External Review: 3 April 2025

(3) Submission for External Review: 18 April 2025

(4) Notification of review results: 30 June 2025

(5) Submission of revised papers: 31 August 2025

Guidelines for submission for the Internal Review process

· Papers should be in English.

· The text should use the following formatting:

  • single-spaced;
  • 12-point Times New Roman font on A4 paper;
  • default setting “Normal” for the main text; and
  • all illustrations, figures and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • Manuscript length: Articles should be between 4000and 6000 words in length, including an abstract (100-150 words), notes,references and appendices.
  • Manuscripts should:
    • avoid headers or footers. Do not use tabs to indent paragraphs;
    • avoid footnotes. Endnotes at the end of the text should be avoided, or kept to a minimum;
    • be written in non-discriminatory language;
  • and avoid plagiarism.

Some pointers:

- Double quotation marks ("...") should be used for direct quotations; single quotation marks ('...') should be used for quotations within direct quotations and/or to denote terms that are qualified and/or colloquial without being directly quoted.

- To abbreviate the name of an organization or agency to the initial letters, use capitals and no full stops (e.g., YWCA). For first occurrence, provide the full name with abbreviation in parentheses; use abbreviation as required after that.

- Use italics sparingly to identify special terms or to indicate special emphasis.

· Permission and acknowledgment: Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to quote copyrighted material. At the end of your article, please acknowledge sources of funding/support, other participants and copyright holders who have given permission to use their material.

· Referencing: Use the American Psychological Association (2001), Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed), Washington, DC for presentation of in-text citations and reference lists.

We have worked hard to get these three renowned CALL journals to publish these special issues based on our conference presentations. The fact that these issues are only open to GLoCALL 2010 presenters means your chance of getting published in them is much higher than through normal submission. So don’t miss out on this golden opportunity!!!

Yours sincerely,

Siew Ming Thang & Jeong-Bae Son (Co-Chairs of GLoCALL 2010)