Focus and Scope

Journal of English Language Teaching(JELT) focuses on the publication of articles that appeal to involved in English Language Teaching (ELT), whether as a second, additional, or foreign language, or as an international Lingua Franca. The Journal links the everyday concerns of practitioners with insights gained from relevant academic disciplines such as applied linguistics, education, and psychology to increase the quality or innovate methodologies in the English Language Teaching.

The Journal particularly aims to foster the dissemination of scientific information in the field of English Language Teaching. Articles published in the Journal of English Language Teaching encompass a broad range of research or paper related to teaching English. This journal has rescheduled its publication since March 2017 by starting Volume 6 with number 1 in March, No 2 in June, and No. 3 in September.

The Editor of JELT is supported by an Advisory Board which assists the Editor in guiding the development of the Journal, and by Editorial Team, and Reviewers for each submissions. Journal of English Language Teaching is published four times a year (March, June, September, and December).

Section Policies

Articles

• Open Submissions
• Indexed
• Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts will be submitted to the Turnitin software to detect its similarity with other published material. Articles that successfully have passed the plagiarism check will be briefly reviewed by the Editor to ensure it follows template criteria. Then the manuscripts will be blind peer-reviewed by 2 reviewers before getting a decision, declined or accepted, based on review results.

Publication Frequency

This journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September).

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Indexing

Journal of English Language Teaching is an online-only journal published by Jurusan Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, FBS, Universitas Negeri Padang. This journal is published four times a year (March, June, September, and December). The Journal particularly aims to foster the dissemination of scientific information in the field of English Language Teaching. Articles published in Journal of English Language Teaching encompass a broad range of research or paper related to teaching English.

This journal is indexed by:

• Google Scholar
• Crossref
• Microsoft Academic
• Garuda
• ROAD
• PKP

Publication Ethics

1. All submitted papers are subject to a strict peer-review process by at least by two reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular paper.
2. The review process is a blind peer review.
3. The factors that are taken into account in review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability and language.
4. The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
5. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.
6. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.
7. The paper acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.
8. No research can be included in more than one publication. 

1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. 
4. Authors must participate in the peer review process. 
5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
7. Authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.
8. Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
9. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.
10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the Editors. 

1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information. 
2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author
3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments
4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
5. Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. 

1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
6. Editors should have a clear picture of a research’s funding sources.
7. Editors should base their decisions solely one the papers’ importance, originality, clarity and relevance to publication’s scope.
8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason. 
9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers. 
10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.
12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions, they should have proof of misconduct.
14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members.

1. They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabri-cation) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error)
2. the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper crossreferencing, permission orjustification (i.e. cases of redundant publication)
3. it constitutes plagiarism
4. it reports unethical research

Accreditation

Journal of English Language Teaching is accredited by Arjuna as Sinta 5.