Author Guideline

Author Guidelines

 

  1. Articles submitted to the Journal of English Literature, Linguistics, and Education  (JELLE) should be between 4,000 to 6,000 words or between 7-15 pages with single space and should be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 100-250 words, containing the importance of the topic, objective, method, findings, and conclusion.
  2. The Journal operates a peer review process and promotes blind reviewing. To facilitate this process, author’s names (without academic titles), institutional affiliations, and the email address of the corresponding author should appear only on a detachable cover sheet.
  3. Articles should be written in English, using Microsoft Word, font size 12, Garamond, top 3cm and left margin 3,5 cm, bottom 3cm and right margin 2.54 cm.
  4. For research-based  articles, the outline used is:

 

    1. Title. The title should be no more than 15 words, first letter of each words written in capital, Font Size 14 Garamond, Single Space, Bold, Center
    2. Abstract. Below the abstract, about three to five keywords should appear together with the main body of the article.
    3. Introduction.  The introduction should consist of the background of the study, research contexts, literary review, and research objective. All introduction should be presented in the forms of paragraphs, not pointers, with the proportion of 15-20% of the whole article length.
    4. Method. The method section consists of  description concerning the  research design, data sources, data collection, and data analysis with the proportion of  10-15% of the total article length, all presented in the form of paragraphs.
    5. Findings and discussion. The findings and discussion section consist of description of the results of the data analysis to answer the research question(s) and their meanings seen from current theories and references of the area addressed. The proportion of  this section is 40-60% of the total article length.
    6. Conclusion. The conclusion section consists of the summary, restatement, comment or evaluation of  the main findings. This part should cover as much as 10% of the length of the paper.
    7. References. Every source cited in the body of the article should appear in the reference, and all sources appearing in the reference should be cited in the body of the article. The sources cited should at least 80% come from those published in the last 10 years. The sources cited are primary sources in the forms of journal articles, books, and research reports, including theses and dissertations. Citation is done using bracket (last name and year of publication). When the sources are cited verbatim, page number is included (p. 78 or pp. 78-89).

    5. Use APA (American Psychological Association) Citation style to write references. The source cited must be in the reference list, and the source contained within the reference list must be completely quoted. You may use more than 10 years if it is a book. If your references is a journal article, it should be not more than 10 years.

Typed in as single space, Garamond with font size 12. Use Mendeley.

 

Example:

 

Tong, R. P. (2009). Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction. University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Colorado: Westview Press. https://doi.org/10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

 

[Reference from Anthology book]

Nimni, E. (2010). After the Nation?: Critical reflections on nationalism and postnationalism. In K. Breen & S. O’Neill (Eds.), After the Nation?: Critical reflections on nationalism and postnationalism (pp. 21–37). Hampshire: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN.

 

[Reference from journal]

Pranowo, Y. (2013). Identitas Perempuan dalam Budaya Patriarkis: Sebuah Kajian tentang Feminisme Eksistensialis Nawal el Sa’adawi dalam Novel “Perempuan di Titik Nol.” MELINTAS. Retrieved from http://journal.unpar.ac.id/index.php/melintas/article/view/266

 

[Reference from Proceeding]

Wulandari, T., Santoso, H. D., & Ocktarani, Y. M. (2017). Maleficents Personality Changes in Robert Stromberg’s Maleficent. In English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings (pp. 358–365). Semarang: Faculty of Foreign Language and Culture Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang. Retrieved from http://unimus.ac.id/index.php/ELLIC/view/2619

 

[Reference from Internet/website]

Burnett, M. (2016). Celebrating 40 Years of “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.” Retrieved September 1, 2017, from https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/69436-celebrating-40-years-of-roll-of-thunder-hear-my-cry.html

 

 

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.

    1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
    2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
    3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
    4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
    5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
    6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.