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- Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts
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- MS word version of the manuscripts (British spellings) should be submitted to the Editors of LLT via email at the address given below: jourllt@gmail.com. If need be, you may also send them by post to: Vidya Bhawan Society, Fatehpura, Udaipur 313004, Rajasthan, India.
- Language and Language Teaching (LTT) welcomes papers/articles that have not been published elsewhere and have not been submitted elsewhere for publication at the time of being sent to LLT. Copies of letters granting permission to reproduce illustrations, tables, or lengthy quoted passages should be included along with the manuscript.
- Articles should be between 2000- 3000 words in length. Book Reviews should not exceed 1000-1500 words.
- The first page should contain the article title, author(s), affiliation(s), a short form of the article. For correspondence, contributor should provide his/ her name, phone number, complete mailing address and email address.
- The style for writing numerical expressions should be consistent throughout the manuscript.
- Notes should appear at the end of the text and before the references. Foot notes are not permitted. Each end note used in the article should contain more than a mere reference.
- Single quotes should be used throughout the article. Double quotes should be used only within single quotes.
- Examples from APA style sheet (7th edition) for quick reference of contributors.
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- Citations in the text
When quoting in your paper, if a direct quote is less than 40 words, incorporate it into your text and use quotation marks. If a direct quote is more than 40 words, make the quotation a free-standing indented block of text and DO NOT use quotation marks.
One work by one author
In one developmental study (Smith, 1990), children learned… OR
In the study by Smith (1990), primary school children… OR
In 1990, Smith’s study of primary school children…
Works by multiple authors
When a work has 2 authors cite both names every time you refer to the work in the text. When a
work has three to five authors, cite only the first author followed by et al in every citation including
the first citation. For example:
Masserton et al. (1989) state that…
Works by no identified author
When a resource has no named author, cite the first few words of the reference entry (usually the
title). Use double quotation marks around the title of an article, chapter, or Web page. Italicize
the title of a periodical, book, brochure, or report. For example:
The site seemed to indicate support for homeopathic drugs (“Medical Miracles,” 2009).
The brochure argues for homeschooling (Education Reform, 2007).
Treat reference to legal materials such as court cases, statutes, and legislation like works with no author.
Citations in a reference list
Book DO NOT INCLUDE THE PUBLISHER LOCATION.
Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The guide to everything and then some more stuff.
Macmillan.
Gregory, G., & Parry, T. (2006). Designing brain-compatible learning (3rd ed.).
Corwin.
Chapter of a Book
Bergquist, J. M. (1992). German Americans. In J. D. Buenker & L. A. Ratner (Eds.),
Multiculturalism in the United States: A comparative guide to acculturation and ethnicity (pp.
53-76). Greenwood.
Journal Article with DOI
Paivio, A. (1975). Perceptual comparisons through the mind’s eye. Memory & Cognition, 3,
635-647. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225
Journal Article without DOI (when DOI is not available)
Becker, L. J., & Seligman, C. (1981). Welcome to the energy crisis. Journal of Social Issues,
37(2), 1-7.
Hamfi, A. G. (1981). The funny nature of dogs. E-journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48.
http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/fdo
Online Newspaper Articles
Becker, E. (2001, August 27). Prairie farmers reap conservation’s rewards. The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com
Encyclopedia Articles
Brislin, R. W. (1984). Cross-cultural psychology. In R. J. Corsini (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 319-327). Wiley.
Developmental genetics. (2005, December 25). In Cambridge encyclopedia of child
development.
http://0-www.credoreference.com.library.muhlenberg.edu:80/entry/cupchild…
Technical and Research Reports (often with corporate authors)
Hershey Foods Corporation. (2001). Annual Report. Hershey Foods Corporation.
http://www.hersheysannualreport.com/2000/index.htm
Book Reviews
Dent-Read, C., & Zukow-Goldring, P. (2001, December 16). Is modeling knowing? [Review of the
book Models of cognitive development, by K. Richardson]. American Journal of Psychology,
114, 126-133.
NOTE: For articles that have a DOI, see Journal Article with DOI example.
Theses, Dissertations
Downey, D. B. (1992). Family structure, parental resources, and educational outcomes [Doctoral dissertation/Master’s thesis, Indiana University].
Data Sets
Simmons Market Research Bureau. (2000). Simmons national consumer survey [Data set].
Simmons Market Research Bureau.
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/data-set-references
Blog post
Lincoln, D. S. (2009, January 23). The likeness and sameness of the ones in the middle.
http://www.blogspace.com/lincolnworld/2009/1/23.php
Website with no author or date of publication
Census data revisited. (n.d.). Harvard, Psychology of
Population website. http://harvard.edu/data/index.php
Do not include retrieval dates unless the source material may change over time. If no DOI
has been assigned to the content, provide the homepage URL.
Web Pages
Dewey, R. A. (2002). Psych Web. http://www.psywww.com/
Purdue University Online Writing Lab. (2003). Using American Psychological Association (APA)
format (Updated to 5th edition).
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_apa.html
- Page numbers for all direct quotations should be provided. Direct quotations of 45 words or more should be indented.
- Tables and figures should be completely understandable, independent of the text and must be cited in the text. Tables and figures should be attached at the end of the manuscript following the list of references.
- Book reviews must contain details like name of the author/editor and book reviewed, place of publication and publisher, year of publication, scanned copy of the cover page, number of pages and price.
- All manuscripts are subject to the usual process of anonymous review because LLT is a refereed journal. Information that could help identify the contributor should be avoided in the body of the article.