Submissions
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.- All authors are PhD student or recent post-docs (within 5 years of PhD completion).
- A separate file with author's biodata, including the year of PhD defense and ORCID identifier, has been included. Within this file, authors should explain the criteria used to choose order the authors. We suggest authors consult the CRediT taxonomy: https://credit.niso.org/
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The manuscript has not been published previously and is not currently under review for another journal (if so, an explanation should be included in 'comments to the editor). If ANY of the content of the text has been published elsewhere, the author should include a copy of the published text along with the submission for a comparison of content to avoid allegations of plagiarism.
- The manuscript is completely anonymised.
- The text has been presented in editable format (e.g. docx).
- The author has followed the formatting guidelines carefully.
- The text adheres to the reference citations and style requirements as indicated in APA and includes DOI numbers when available.
- The author has permission for the reproduction of data, figures and diagrams if they are not original to the text. The submission of a manuscript assumes the originality and legality of its contents and implies that the contents do not infringe any laws.
- The text conforms to all the criteria mentioned in the author's responsibilities in the journal's ethics statement. If the text is accepted, the author will be required to sign a declaration and will be held liable of any infraction. Authors should acknowledge all funding sources in the final version of the text.
Invited Authors
Articles by internationally renowned researchers in the fields of language and/or literature teaching methods. They have a maximum length of 6000 words (not counting references or abstracts).
Articles
Empirical research or state-of-the-art articles in the field of language and/or literature teaching. They have a maximum length of 6000 words (not counting references or abstracts).
Book Reviews
Recent book reviews. They have a maximum length of 2000 words.
Interviews
Interviews with experts. They must have a maximum of 4000 words.
Special Editor(s)
Introduction to the monograph, written by the invited editors. Maximum of 2000 words.
Copyright Notice
By submitting a manuscripts, the author confirms that they are sole authors of the work, that it is original work and that the text does not contain any illegal content or anything that infringes author or other's rights. Copyright clearance for reproduction of any figures, diagrams or charts from published works is sole responsibility of the author.
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1. Data Collection and Consent
In compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we herein inform users that the personal data requested in our forms or that might be provided via our email addresses, based on unambiguous explicit consent, is included in our personal data files for which the UAB is the owner and responsible. Thus, when filling in any of the forms with the personal data requested and accepting its being sent or sending us an email with personal data, the user expressly authorizes and consents to the UAB processing and incorporating this personal data provided and all the data generated from the user's participation or use of the different products or services offered on this website, though this may be revoked but not with retroactive effects, and accepts the data processing terms set out below.
Likewise, we inform users that all data shall be processed confidentially and in accordance with the data protection legislation in force, and that our files are legally registered in the Catalan Data Protection Agency's General Register.
The UAB accepts no responsibility for personal data processing on web pages that users access via the different links to be found on our website.
This website is regulated by the legislation exclusively applicable to Spain, to which users of this website, whether in Spain or abroad, shall be subject.
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Personal metadata related with a published article (name and surname, profesional affiliation, ORCID number, country) are deposited and distributed, associated with an article, in order to assign a DOI through Crossreff.
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7. Mailings
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8. Modifications of this Data Protection Policy
This data protection policy was established on 5 May 2018. The UAB reserves the right to modify its data protection policy in future in accordance with its own criteria or due to a change in the legislation, jurisprudence or business practices. If the UAB introduces any changes, the new text shall be published on this same page, where the user is provided with information on the data protection policy. In any case, the relationship with users shall be governed by the regulations in force at the precise moment when they access the website and, as a result, they must be read every time users provide their data via our website.