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AUTHOR GUIDELINES 

 

SUMMARY OF PRELIMINARY ACCEPTANCE FOR REVIEW 

1. The article should be within the scope and focus of this journal. 

2. The article is sent in Ms. Word format with the following conditions: 

i. A4 paper (21 cm x 21,7cm) with the page margin; Left (3.3 

cm), top (4 cm), Right (3.3 cm), and bottom (3.4 cm); 

ii. Articles may be up to 7,000 words in length excluding 

indexing.  

iii. The paper is written in one column with Book Antiqua font 

12, except for the title; Book Antiqua font 16. 

iv. Conjunctions in the title (and, in, or with, as well, about, that, 

against, so, because, then, for the sake,) and prepositions (in, 

to, from, into, within, by, through) are written in uppercase.  

v. Authors shall make reference to at least two (2) 

references from the Journal of Applied Linguistics and 

Literature (JOALL). 

3. Cite all relevant references. 

4. Do not include plagiarized obscene, libellous or defamatory 

material. 

5. Please do not insert page numbers. 

6. Give credit to other people who have helped or influenced your 

work. 

7. Articles are written with the following regulations. 

 

TITLE (Book Antiqua 16; contains uppercase on the whole and bold; 1 

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• Author(s) Name (Book Antiqua 12 and bold; 1 space). 

• Author(s) Affiliation (Book Antiqua 12; italic; 1 space), contains the name of 

the institution/organization/workplace/author’s works/study place. 

• Correspondence (Book Antiqua 12; italic; 1 space), contains the first author’s 

email address only. 

• Abstract (Book Antiqua 12; contains uppercase in the first letter and bold; 1 

space). The manuscript abstract is written in English only.  

• Keywords (Book Antiqua 12; bold) and their contents (Book Antiqua 12), 

keywords are written in English; with a number of 3-5 keywords. 

 

INTRODUCTION (Book Antiqua 12 and bold) and its contents (Book 

Antiqua 12; 1 space). 

 

METHODS (Book Antiqua 12 and bold) and its contents (Book Antiqua 12; 

1 space). 

 

FINDINGS (Book Antiqua 12 and bold) and its contents (Book Antiqua 12; 1 

space). 

 

DISCUSSION (Book Antiqua 12 and bold) and its contents (Book Antiqua 

12; 1 space). Descriptions of the findings and discussion should be made 

separately. 

 

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION (Book Antiqua 12 and bold) and its 

contents (Book Antiqua 12; 1 space). 

 



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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: give credits to funding bodies and departments 

that have been of help during the project, for instance by supporting it 

financially.  

 

REFERENCES (Book Antiqua 12 and bold) and reading sources (Book 

Antiqua 12; 1 space). Sources of citations and bibliography must be the 

same. The writing format of a bibliography refers to the American 

Psychological Association (APA). Citation and bibliography writing are 

advised to use the Mendeley application. 

 

  



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