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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 manuscript has not been previously published and is not under consideration by any other journal. If the manuscript has been submitted elsewhere, an explanation must be provided in the Comments to the Editor section
  • The submission file is prepared in one of the following formats: OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect. The file name must not exceed 50 characters, including spaces
  • Where applicable, URLs for all references have been provided
  • The text is single-spaced, uses a 12-point font, and employs italics rather than underlining (except for URLs). All tables, figures, and illustrations are embedded within the text at their appropriate locations, rather than placed at the end of the document
  • The manuscript conforms to the stylistic, structural, and bibliographic requirements stated in the Author Guidelines
  • To comply with the double-blind peer review policy, author names and affiliations must not appear in the manuscript file. All author information should be entered only in the metadata fields of the OJS submission system, as instructed in the Author Guidelines
  • The author agrees to cover the operational costs if the manuscript is withdrawn during the review process
  • The manuscript includes an Open Data Statement (where applicable), placed before the References section, providing details on data availability, repositories, and access conditions.
  • The manuscript includes an Open Contributorship Statement, placed before the References section, specifying the individual roles and contributions of each author
  • The author confirms that no Artificial Intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tools were used to generate or compose any part of the manuscript, and that all intellectual contributions are entirely human-authored

Author Guidelines

Article is written in English, single-spaced, two columns, 3.500-8.000 words length. Author must fill out author's profile on OJS website that consists of author Given Name, Family Name (If author only uses one name, fill the given name and family name with the same name), Affiliation (University/or Institution). Complete address of affiliation: Study Program, Department, Faculty/ School, University, City, Country, Postal Code.

 

Article contains TITLE, ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, and REFERENCES.


TITLE: Title must succinctly describes the contents of the research article and attracts the academic readers. The title consists of 8-12 words, not including definite article (the) and indefinite article ( a, an). Use the phrases, not sentence.

ABSTRACT: The abstract is a summary of the article. It consists of research objective, research methods, finding, and originality. Implications or recommendation can be added in the abstract. The abstract must be written in 200 - 250 words. The abstract must not contain lengthy background information and have no reference to figure, table, equation, any bibliographical reference either coming within or other article. The language of abstract must be clear and concise. It is a stand-alone summary in one paragraph

KEYWORDS: Keywords consist of important/ specific words or phrases found mainly in the title and abstract. But, it can also come from the article. There are 3-5 keywords from one article.

INTRODUCTION: The introduction shows what is already known from the previous studies, defines the importance of the study, literature review, and state the research objective. In order to understand what is already known from the previous study, the introduction must consist of discussing the relevant journal article (with citation) and summarizing the current understanding of the problem encounter to show novelty of the research.

METHODS: The methods explain clearly how the author carried out the research. The method must describe the research design clearly, the replicable research procedures, describe how to summarize and analyze the data.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS: The results show objectively the presentation of the research key results without any interpretation using text, tables and figures. The result begin with text, presenting the key finding, and referring to the tables and figures. The table must not print screen, specific numerical values, compare and contrast values, and minimum of 2 row and column. The figures must clear (provide original file as supplementary file in article submission), highlight trends, pattern, and relationship. The results must present how the author ensure the data validity and reliability.

The discussions show how the author interpret the results in light of what was already known, and to explain the new understanding of the problem after taking your results into consideration. The discussions must connect with the Introduction so it tells how your study contribute to the body of knowledge and society.

CONCLUSIONS: The conclusions show the answer or clarification of the research questions and opportunities for future research.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The authors must acknowledge any sources of funding that supported the research and may acknowledge the outside reviewers of their drafts.

REFERENCES: The references must consist of 80% from relevant and recent primary sources (such as article of journal or conference from last 5 years). The references must be written in APA style and using reference manager software (Mendeley, Zotero, etc). The references must be written in Roman script (Kanji, Hanzi, and Hangul are prohibited).

 

Tables and figures in the article are numbered consecutively using numerals (1, 2, 3, so on) and written with caption and source of the figure and table. The table captions are written above the table, while the figure captions below the figure. For tables, avoid using vertical lines. Figures and tables appear in good resolution and are not print screened and / or screenshot.

 

Article is based on research findings, case studies, or science development in the field of Language and Literature. Article is written in scientific language style and has never been submitted for consideration or under reviewed or published in any other scientific journals and/or media.

Writing Guidelines of Lingua Cultura can be downloaded here

Template of Lingua Cultura can be downloaded here

Literature

The manuscript submitted in this section particularly focuses on the following main problems:

  • Literary analysis of novels, films, and drama
  • Comparative literature studies
  • Interdisciplinary approaches to literature and culture
  • Narratives of identity, memory, and history
  • Literature in the digital age (e-literature, digital storytelling)
  • Gender, postcolonial, and cultural studies in literature

Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

The manuscript submitted in this section particularly focuses on the main problems as follows:

• Second language acquisition
• Language teaching and learning
• Language assessment and testing
• Corpus linguistics and computational linguistics
• Pragmatics, discourse analysis, and critical discourse analysis
• Translation and interpreting studies
• Language and digital communication

Literacy

The article submitted in this section particularly focuses on the main problems as follows:

• Reading and writing development
• Digital literacy and media literacy
• Literacy in multilingual and multicultural contexts
• Literacy pedagogy in schools and higher education
• Critical literacy and social justice
• Literacy and identity in the digital era

Sociolinguistic and Multilingualism Studies

The article submitted in this section particularly focuses on the main problems as follows:

• Language, identity, and globalization
• Multilingualism and language policy
• Language use in media and popular culture
• Code-switching and language contact
• Migration and transnational linguistic practices
• Digital culture and online sociolinguistic practices
• Language, power, and inequality

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