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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 is a research, review/academic, or book review article in the field of language and language education, cultural studies, or social sciences that has not been published elsewhere and has not been concurrently submitted for consideration to be published in any other journals.
  • The manuscript needs to be of an adequate standard of academic English. The author asserts that it has been carefully edited and proofread. Where a manuscript's quality of English is considered unacceptable, the Editor in Chief reserves the right to reject it and/or require resubmission following professional language editing.
  • The manuscript is formatted according to APA 7th edition guidelines (see Link No.1 in the Author Guidelines).
    Where available, DOIs and/or URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The manuscript follows the JLA style template and will be submitted in Open Document (.odt) or Microsoft Word (.docx) format using Times New Roman 12 point with 1.15 line spacing. Thai script must be typed in TH SarabunPSK 16 point.
    (The manuscript templates can be downloaded from Link No.2 in the Author Guidelines).
  • The manuscript length (including all references) is within the range requirements:
    - research article: 5,000 - 7,000 words
    - review/academic article: up to 4,000 words
    - book review article: up to 1,500 words
    Research and Review/Academic manuscripts need to include three to five keywords and an abstract in both Thai and English language with a length of 200 - 250 words. The content needs to be the same for both languages.
  • Content reproduced from other sources which is not covered by ‘fair use’ needs to be accompanied by a copyright permission statement.

Author Guidelines

Downloadable Resources: 

  1. JLA APA 7th ed. Formatting Guidelines (pdf)
  2. JLA Manuscript Templates (Folder with .docx files)
  3. Submisson Form & Statement on AI use (docx;pdf)
  4. Certificate of English Language Editing (docx, pdf)

Manuscript Preparation

  • Research Article Content (5,000 - 7,000 words)
    In accordance with a research paradigm, covering the following:
        1) Introduction
        2) Objectives or Research Questions 
        3) Research Methodology
        4) Findings
        5) Discussion (or Findings and Discussion)  
        6) Conclusion
        7) Implications and Applications (if any)
        8) References (APA 7th edition) with DOI where available

  • Review/Academic Article Content (<= 4,000 words)
    A review article should focus on a specific aspect and provide a new perspective on the subject being reviewed.
        1) Introduction 
        2) Main Topic with appropriate headings
        3) Conclusion
        4) References (APA 7th edition) with DOI where available

  • Book Review Article Content (<= 1,500 words)
        1) Review Content
        2) References (APA 7th edition) with DOI where available

  • Fonts and Font Sizes of Article Elements:
    1. Font: Times New Roman 12 point
    2. Line spacing: 1.15         
    3. Page Margins:
        Top 2.54 cm                    Bottom 3 cm
        Left 2.54 cm                    Right 2.54 cm
    Detailed overview of font features (pdf)

Formatting Examples  (APA, 7th Edition)

1. Journal Articles
McCauley, S. M., & Christiansen, M. H. (2019). Language learning as language use:  A cross-linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1-51. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000126

2. Book
Brown, L.S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0000092-000

3. Edited Book Chapter
Balsam, K. F., Martell, C. R., Jones, K. P., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In G. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cognitive behavior therapy: Practice and supervision (2nd ed., pp. 287-314). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000119-012

4. Unpublished Dissertations and Theses

4.1 Unpublished Dissertations
Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practice of elementary of elementary school leader [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.

4.2 Unpublished Thesis
Apridayani, A. (2021). The interplay among self-regulated learning strategies, English self-efficacy, and English proficiency of Thai first year university students [Unpublished master’s thesis]. Prince of Songkla University.

5. Published Dissertations and Theses
Modehira, P. (2005). Correction making among Thais and Americans: A study of crosscultural and  interlanguage pragmatics [Doctoral dissertation, Chulalongkorn University]. ThaiThesisDatabase. http://www.thaithesis.org/detail.php?id=1082548000563 

6. Proceedings
Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499-23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116

7. Webpages and Websites
World Health Organization. (2018, March). Question and answers on immunization and vaccine safety. https://www.who.int/features/qa/84/en/

U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). U.S. and world population clock. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved July 3, 2019, from https://www.census.gov/popclock/

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