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ECTESOL Review

Journal Policies and Information for Authors

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Open access conditions for ECTESOL Review

This is an open-access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user immediately upon publication. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles or use them for any other lawful purpose without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. We do ask that citation information be included along with a link to the Emerald Coast TESOL website.

Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in ECTESOL Review provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

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General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to ECTESOL Review, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at ECTESOL Review. If you have concerns about the submission terms for ECTESOL Review, please contact the editors.

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Formatting Requirements

Submissions to ECTESOL Review must follow the format suggested in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 6th ed.

Manuscripts for ECTESOL Review are considered in five categories:

  1. Research (original, review, and interpretation)
  2. Theoretical essay and discussion
  3. Descriptive reports from the field, including descriptions of innovative programs or classrooms
  4. Practitioner materials
  5. Book reviews

Articles should be 1,000 – 3,000 words in length, although longer pieces will be considered.

Contributors should submit electronic files formatted as Microsoft Word documents (manuscripts and accompanying documents submitted as PDFs will not be accepted):

  • the manuscript, including a one-paragraph abstract of no more than 250 words, and any tables or figures
  • a one-paragraph description of each author (including current position and research interests)
  • mailing address, phone number, and email address for each author
  • a cover letter

As a refereed journal, all submissions undergo a blind peer-review selection process. Therefore, please include the author(s) description and other identifying information in a separate electronic file. The abstract and any tables or figures can be included in one file with the manuscript. Identifying references may be designated “Author, year” for the review. The cover letter should state that the work is not under simultaneous consideration by other publications. Mailing us a hard copy of the manuscript is not necessary.

Formatting Guide: ECTESOL Review generally follows the format of the APA Publication Manual, Sixth Edition (includes new information on how to cite online sources in the reference list):

  • when citing an online source(s), give the most direct link possible to the source cited
  • make sure electronic links cited are accurate and active
  • use italics rather than underlining
  • do not use tabs to format paragraphs (use “first line indent” function) or tables (use “insert table” function)
  • use helpful, nondistracting colors for tables or figures
  • use acronyms sparingly and identify any that are used

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Rights for Authors and JagWorks@USA

As further described in our submission agreement (see the Submission Agreement), in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to ECTESOL Review all copyright in the article, subject to the expansive personal-use exceptions described below.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Reproduction, posting, transmission, or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of ECTESOL Review, requires credit to Emerald Coast TESOL as copyright holder (e.g., Emerald Coast TESOL © 2024).

Personal-use Exceptions

The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from ECTESOL Review provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:

  • Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
  • Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial. The posting must include a link to theECTESOL Review journal page;
  • Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s) place of employment (e.g., a Phrenology professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her article appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Phrenology online publication series). The posting must include a link to the ECTESOL Review journal page.
  • Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author. The posting must include a link to the ECTESOL Reviewjournal page.

People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact the editors.

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General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the ECTESOL Review website and/or software agree not to misuse the ECTESOL Review service or software in any way.

The failure of ECTESOL Review to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between ECTESOL Review and the Author(s) regarding the submission of the Article.

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