Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Articles should be typed on A4 paper submitted in soft copy
2. The title and identity of the writer (name and email address, and/or letter address) are written on the top under the title of the article.
3. Articles should not exceed 7.000 words or it is between 15-20 pages, 11 font of Book Antiqua, in one space, including the references, figures, and tables.
4. Left, right, top, and bottom margin are about 1 inch
5. Quotation, pictures or references should show the resources and year. Name, year, and page are stated if it is from the book, in which all should be consistently the same as listed in the references.
6. References are preferably taken from the up-to-date references or the past 10-year publication copy right date.
7. The number of pages should be on the bottom with central position.
8.  No and title of the tables or pictures are written above the tables but the names of the figure should be typed under figures, bold typed, and the titles should be placed under the no of tables or pictures.
9. Include the sources of tables and pictures underneath.
10. Include the CV separately: it should tell home address, institution, phone no that can be easily contacted, education background, some titles of recent publications or research activities, field of education, and interest of the research, as well as work experience or organizational activities.

GUIDE OF WRITING

The framework of writing the articles are as the following: (1) title, (2) abstract, (3) introduction, (4) theoretical framework and hypothesis (if any), (5) research method, (6) data analysis, and discussion, (7) conclusion, implication, suggestion, and limitation(8) references, and (9) appendices.  The details are as the following.

Title of the Article

It should reflect the content, and use the words, terms, abbreviations, formulas, registers as commonly used in the research writing.

Abstract

• Abstract should include the research topic or problem, purpose of the research, method of the research, findings or results, and  implication.
• In one paragraph between 150 – 200 words.
• Above the article, justified paginization, Book Antigua, 11.
• Include at least 3 – 5 keywords underneath

Introduction

Introduction should be about one page, containing the background, reasons to do the research, problem formulation, purpose of the research and without sub-heading, bullets, or numbering.

Theoretical Framework and Hypothesis (If Any)

It describes the previously related studies as the primary sources. The use of secondary sources of references should not dominate the total references. Quotation should be maximally one paragraph and/ or the gist of the quoted sources.

Research Method

It comprises the procedures or steps of the research, e.g., from the methods of sampling to the data analysis, and presented in brief and concisely by numbering.

Data Analysis and Discussion

It presents the analysis of the related results, theories, and hypotheses (if any) based on the writer’s reasoning. Data analysis and discussion should be presented in brief but clear and it is not dominated by table presentation. The tables which are presented should not be the rough output but in the processed and brief summary. Tables and pictures are presented consistently in the center and the titles are above the tables, exept the names of the figures, they should be typed under the Figures.

Conclusion, Implication, Suggestions, and Limitations

It is the closing of the article which reflects the essence and reasoning of the research by the writer. It is also logically based on the evidence taken from, and presented by the author in paragraphs. Implication, limitations, and suggestions are also presented in paragraphs without numbering.

References

Primary sources are preferably high valued while the secondary ones should not dominate the total references. The style of reference writing follows the Harvard Style with Mendeley.

Appendices

Appendices consist of research instruments, supporting data, pictures, and others that support the articles and help readers understand the research articles.

Tables and Figures

Tables should be the processed one which are included in the text without horizontal lines. When they are too big sizes they should be put in Apenndices. The title names are typed above the tables. Figures should alsobe  put in the text when the sizes are not too big and the title names are typed under the Figures.