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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 original, has not been formally published in another scholarly journal, and is not currently under consideration by another journal. Any previously posted preprint has been disclosed to the editorial team.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Please see author guidelines before submitting.
  • Manuscripts must be submitted in the style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition. We recommend authors use Reciteworks to check whether the citations in the body of your work match up with the references at the end. It also checks for some stylistic errors in citations. https://reciteworks.com/
  • Where available, URLs /DOIs for the references have been provided. Use https://www.crossref.org/simpletextquery to check whether your references have DOIs or not.
  • Ensure that the abstract is within the word limits of 150-200 words. Abstracts over this limit will
    be returned to the author to be revised to the word limit.
  • Ensure that you uploaded 3 separate files in the submission process
    1) A fully anonymized manuscript (use our template below). If you cite your earlier work, hide your identity by using ''Author 2, 2020'' both in the text and in the references.
    2) Manuscript with details of the author/s (please specify the corresponding author) their ORCID Ids, affiliation/s, email address/es
    3) A similarity report of the manuscript ( e.g., iThenticate or Turnitin)
  • Authors are recommended to link their ORCID while registering/submitting.
  • The manuscript includes an appropriate statement regarding research ethics approval or exemption, where applicable, and explains how informed consent and participant confidentiality were addressed.
  • All relevant conflicts of interest and sources of research funding have been disclosed in the manuscript.
  • Any meaningful use of generative AI in manuscript preparation or the research process has been disclosed in accordance with the journal's AI Use Policy.
  • All listed authors have made an appropriate scholarly contribution, approved the submitted manuscript, and agreed to its submission to Focus on ELT Journal.

Author Guidelines

Manuscript Preparation and Reporting Requirements

Authors should prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the journal's article template and APA 7th edition.

Manuscripts must clearly present the research problem, its relevance to English language teaching, the theoretical or conceptual background, the research design, methods of data collection and analysis, findings, discussion, and implications for the field.

Authors should provide sufficient methodological information to allow readers to understand and critically evaluate the research. This includes, where relevant, participant characteristics, sampling procedures, research instruments, analytical procedures, and measures taken to support the trustworthiness or validity of the findings.

Systematic reviews should clearly describe their search strategies, eligibility criteria, screening procedures, and methods of synthesis. Relevant reporting guidelines, such as PRISMA, should be followed where appropriate.

Manuscripts involving human participants must include an ethics statement specifying the approving institution or explaining the basis for exemption, where applicable. Authors should also report how informed consent and participant confidentiality were addressed.

Authors must disclose funding sources, relevant conflicts of interest, and meaningful uses of generative AI in accordance with the journal's policies.

The journal may request additional methodological details, research materials, or clarifications during editorial evaluation.

Copyright Notice

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Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, unless a different license is explicitly stated on the individual article.

Authors agree to the journal's Copyright Policy and Open Access Policy as published on the journal website.