Acknowledgment: JTCLT manuscript submission guidelines are adopted from JCLTA’s document at http://journal.clta-us.org/stylesheet.htm. We thank JCLTA for permission to use its document.
General policies
Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published elsewhere -- either in print or electronically -- nor currently under review for possible publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should be submitted in electronic format, one in Microsoft Word document and the other in PDF format. If you need help on converting your Word document into PDF format, please refer to the tutorial at http://www.tclt.us/tutorials/pdf.php. Manuscripts are sent to reviewers anonymously. Result of the review process, often including anonymous reviewers' comments, suggested revisions, and editorial changes will be returned to the author via email.
The journal publishes articles and reviews in both English and Chinese. English articles should go through a spelling and grammar check on the computer before submission. Authors writing in their non-native language are advised to have their articles thoroughly edited by professionals with native-level proficiency in that language prior to submission.
Each manuscript submitted to the journal should begin with abstracts in both English and Chinese, beginning with the one in the language of the article. Each abstract should be 1/4 to 1/2 page in length (approximately 100-200 words in the English version).
Documentation of sources: Authors should adhere to established academic standards for acknowledging sources and avoiding plagiarism.
Authors of accepted manuscripts grant JTCLT the permanent right to publish their articles either electronically or in print. Authors hold the copyright to their articles and may republish them elsewhere as long as they acknowledge JTCLT as the original publisher.
Reprint requests should be directed to the individual authors. JTCLT should be acknowledged as the original publisher.
Deadline and publication timeline and languages
As stated, JTCLT will be published online twice a year, one in June and the other in December. Publication of the first issue of the journal will be based on the following schedule:
- October 31, 2010: Submission deadline for manuscripts
- November 30, 2010: Notification of acceptance
- December 31, 2010: Publication of the first issue
The first issue’s topic is virtual classrooms and virtual education in Chinese. Articles can be written in either English or Chinese.
Future online issues of the journal will follow the timeline below:
- March 1: Manuscript submission deadline for the June issue
- April 30: Notification of acceptance for the June issue
- June 30: Publication of the June issue
- September 1: Manuscript submission deadline for the December issue
- November 30: Notification of acceptance for the December issue
- December 31: Publication of the December issue
JTCLT will also be published in print once a year by China Social Sciences Press (中国社会科学出版社). The on paper version will be a collection of (1) the best articles published in the online version of the journal, (2) the best papers (need further editing) presented at the TCLT conferences and included in the TCLT conference proceedings, and (3) best articles submitted. Papers submitted should be written in Chinese.
Manuscript preparation
All manuscripts must be readable in Microsoft Word with all the original formatting. Articles written in Chinese may be in either simplified or traditional characters. Character form (traditional or simplified) should be consistent unless the subject of the article requires contrasting the two forms.
Diagrams, tables, and charts must be no more than 8" wide, and the font size should be no smaller than 9 points in order to be legible.
Chinese characters in articles written in English: Characters should be used in example sentences. Romanization may be added at the author's discretion. For occasional Chinese words within English text, characters may be used to accompany romanized words on first occurrence, and where they facilitate identification, but not with words or names that are well-known or can be readily identified.
Romanization: Except for established proper nouns and terminology, romanization should be done in standard Hanyu Pinyin. Tonal markings should be made by using either the Unicode-compliant Times New Roman font with tone-marked vowels or tone numbers at the end of each syllable.
Endnotes rather than footnotes should be used within the manuscript.
References and Bibliographies: Please refer to the Foreign Language Annals Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation (http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3756) for recommended format for references, acknowledgements, references lists, tables and figures and appendices. Items in Chinese and Western Languages may be grouped separately or listed together. Chinese listings must include characters for authors and titles, while romanization for Chinese titles is unnecessary and translation of the titles into English is optional. Other formatting matters such as the use of capitalization, italics and punctuation should also be consistent throughout the bibliography.
Copyright
JTCLT authors hold the copyright for the articles published in the online version of the journal. Please contact the individual authors for reprint permission or other use of the articles. JTCLT should be acknowledged as the original publisher of the articles.
China Social Sciences Press (中国社会科学出版社) owns the copyright of the articles published in the paper version.
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