The Journal of Second Language Writing is devoted to publishing theoretically grounded reports of research and discussions of
central issues in second and foreign language writing and writing instruction. Some areas of interest are personal characteristics and
attitudes of L2 writers, L2 writers' composing processes, features of L2 writers' texts, readers' responses to L2 writing, assessment/evaluation
of L2 writing, contexts (cultural, social, political, institutional) for L2 writing, and any other topic clearly relevant to L2 writing
and/or writing instruction. Responses to published articles are also welcome for the Dialogue section of the journal. The Journal
of Second Language Writing is published four times a year.
Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using
the Journal of Second Language Writing online submission and review web site (http://ees.elsevier.com/seclan).
This site will guide authors stepwise through the submission process. Authors are requested to submit the text, tables, and artwork in
electronic form to this address. Authors who are unable to provide an electronic version or have other circumstances that prevent online
submission are requested to contact the Editors prior to submission to discuss alternative options; email: leki@utk.edu.
The Publisher and Editors regret that they are not able to consider submissions that do not follow these procedures.
Submission
of articles
General It is essential to give a fax number and e-mail address when submitting a manuscript. Articles
must be written in good English.
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except
in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication
elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was
carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without
the written consent of the Publisher.
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a "Journal Publishing Agreement"
(for more information on this and copyright see http://www.elsevier.com/copyright). Acceptance of the agreement will ensure
the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail (or letter) will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of
the manuscript together with a "Journal Publishing Agreement" form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
If excerpts
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in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact Elsevier's Rights Department, Oxford, UK: phone
(+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail permissions@elsevier.com. Requests may also be completed online via the
Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
Online submission to the journal prior to acceptance Submission to this journal normally proceeds online. Use
the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via the EES homepage of this journal (http://ees.elsevier.com/seclan)
you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. The system automatically converts source files to
a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript
source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance.
All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the author's
homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.
The above represents a very brief outline of this form of submission. It
can be advantageous to print this "Guide for Authors" section from the site for reference in the subsequent stages of article preparation.
Electronic format requirements for accepted articles
General points We accept most wordprocessing
formats, but MS Word is preferred. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Save your files using the
default extension of the program used.
Wordprocessor documents It is important that the file be saved in the native format
of the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting
codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or
to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts, etc. Do not embed "graphically designed" equations
or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid
for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text
should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/howtosubmitpaper). Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic
text and on the manuscript. See also the section below on the preparation of electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors
you are strongly advised to use the "spellchecker" function of your wordprocessor.
Preparation of text
Presentation
of manuscript
General Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not
a mixture of these). Italics are not to be used for expressions of Latin origin, for example, in vivo, et al., per se. Use decimal points
(not commas).
Manuscripts should be 15-30 pages in length. Submissions to the Dialogue section should be no more
than 10 pages in length and respond to an article published in the JSLW. All manuscripts should be prepared according
to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, 5th edition; for more details, please see: http://www.apastyle.org)
and should be double-spaced.
Review
Policy As this journal has adopted a double blind reviewing policy, please remove all identifying features from the paper
itself by ensuring that no author's name appears in the main text, in-text citations, reference list, or any running header.
Provide
the following data on the title page (in the order given).
Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval
systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous
(e.g., a double name), please indicate the family name clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was
done) below the names. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail
address of each author.
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of
refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided
in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Present/permanent address. If an author has moved
(or was in temporary residence) since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or
"Permanent address") may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must
be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Please note: Abstract.
A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length 200 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research,
the principal results, and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand alone.
References should therefore be avoided. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined
at their first mention in the abstract itself.
Keywords. Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords,
avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and," "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations
firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Notes. Endnotes should
be used sparingly and numbered consecutively.
Abbreviations. Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field at
their first occurrence in the article, in both the abstract and the main text after it. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout
the article.
Biostatement. Include a short (maximum 100 words) biostatement for each author.
N.B. Acknowledgements.
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not, therefore, include them on the title page,
as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
Arrangement of the article Subdivision of the article. Divide
your article into clearly defined sections. Each subsection should be given a brief subheading. Each heading should appear on its own
separate line.
Introduction. State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature
survey or a summary of the results.
Results. Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion. This should explore
the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate.
Conclusions.
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion
or Results and Discussion section.
Appendices. If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc.
Acknowledgements. Place acknowledgements, including information on grants received, before the references, in a separate
section, and not as a footnote on the title page.
References. See separate section, below.
Figure captions, tables,
figures, schemes. Present these, in this order, at the end of the article. They are described in more detail below. High-resolution
graphics files must always be provided separate from the main text file (see the section below on the preparation of illustrations).
Specific remarks Footnotes. Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout
the article, using superscript Arabic numbers. Many wordprocessors build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Should
this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves on a separate sheet at the
end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list.
Table footnotes. Indicate each footnote in a table with
a superscript lowercase letter.
Tables. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place
footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the
use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Preparation
of supplementary data. Elsevier accepts supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files
offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background
datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article
in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted
material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material
in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions
please visit our artwork instruction pages at: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
References Responsibility
for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors.
Citations in the text: Please ensure that every
reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). If unpublished results and personal communications
are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of
the publication date with either "Unpublished results" or "Personal communication". Citation of a reference as "in press" implies that
the item has been accepted for publication.
Citing and listing of Web references. As a minimum, the full URL should be given.
Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references
can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
Text: Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association. You are
referred to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition, ISBN 1-55798-790-4, copies of which may
be ordered from: http://www.apa.org/books/4200061.htmlor APA Order Dept., P.O.B. 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784,
USA or APA, 3 Henrietta Street, London, WC3E 8LU, UK. Details concerning this referencing style can also be found at: http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/apa01.html.
List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than
one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a," "b," "c," etc., placed after the year of
publication.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Harklau, L. (2000). From the "good kids" to the "worst":
Representations of English language learners across educational settings. TESOL Quarterly, 34, 35-67.
Reference to a book:
Canagarajah, S. (2002). The geopolitics of academic writing. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Reference to
a chapter in an edited book:
Li, X. (1999). Writing from the vantage point of an outsider/insider. In G. Braine (Ed.), Non-native
educators in English language teaching (pp. 43-55). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
The digital object identifier (DOI)
may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to
a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium
for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information.
The
correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows (example taken from a document in the journal Physics Letters B):
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071
When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
Preparation of
illustrations
Preparation of electronic illustrations
General points • - Make sure you
use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork. • - Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font.
•- Only use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol. •- Number the illustrations
according to their sequence in the text. •- Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files. •- Provide all
illustrations as separate files. •- Provide captions to illustrations separately. •- Produce images near to the desired
size of the printed version.
Colour illustrations Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable
format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour
figures then Elsevier will ensure that these figures will appear in colour on the Web for free (e.g., ScienceDirect and other
sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For colour reproduction in print,
you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference
for colour in print or on the Web only. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to "grey scale" (for the printed version
should you not opt for colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the colour illustrations.
Proofs One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author (if we do not have an e-mail address then
paper proofs will be sent by post). Elsevier now sends PDF proofs which can be annotated; for this you will need to download Adobe Reader
version 7 available free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Instructions on how to annotate PDF
files will accompany the proofs. The exact system requirements are given at the Adobe site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrsystemreqs.html#70win.
If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return
to Elsevier in an e-mail. Please list your corrections quoting line number. If, for any reason, this is not possible, then mark the corrections
and any other comments (including replies to the Query Form) on a printout of your proof and return by fax, or scan the pages and e-mail,
or send by post.
Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness, and correctness of the text, tables,
and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure
that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent
corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that Elsevier may proceed with the publication of
your article if no response is received.
Author Benefits
Offprints The corresponding author, at no cost, will
be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 free paper offprints. The PDF file is a watermarked version
of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions
of use. Additional paper offprints can be ordered by the authors. An order form with prices will be sent to the corresponding author.
Discount Authors are entitled to a 30% discount on Elsevier books (excluding major reference works).
Fast Electronic
Publication Once the article has been proofed by the author, it will be published immediately on the journal's 'Articles in Press'
section online, thus making it available to subscribers to read and cite. For more information, visit: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10603743.
Author Enquiries For enquiries relating to the submission of articles, please visit the journal's homepage at: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jslw.
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are provided after registration of an article for publication.
