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IJLS

About this Journal

Editors

Reviews and Forum Editor

Journal Highlights

  • Country of Publication: United States of America
  • Imprint: Lulu Press Inc.
  • Availability: Ebsco Publishing Inc.
  • Frequency: Quarterly
  • Publication Dates: January, April, July, October
  • Language of Text: English
  • Serial Type: Academic/Scholarly Journals
  • Format: Print & Online
  • Themes: Language & Linguistics
  • Author Fees: No
  • Open Access: Yes
  • Refereed: Yes
  • Abstracted: Yes
  • Indexed: Yes
  • Policy: Doubly-masked, peer-reviewed
  • Acceptance Rate: 18%

Aims and Scope

International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) operates on a double-blind peer review policy; it is a scholarly journal of international recognition which publishes papers which report the findings of original research on the current trends and topics in Applied Linguistics. It also invites 'state-of-the-art' as well as 'review' papers which critically reflect on current practices in the field. The journal strives to advance scholarly and scientific discussion of issues that bring together or differentiate between scholars in applied linguistics. Contributions handling applied linguistic problems in a principled way by reference to theoretical studies are of major interest for IJLS. The materials suitable for publication in IJLS belong in the following categories:

  • Reports of original research
  • Conceptual articles
  • Review/Transfer papers
  • State-of-the-art articles
  • Book reviews

IJLS is interested in contributions that focus on the relation between language and real-world problems. The Journal also aims at providing a forum which makes connections between fields, theories, research methods, and scholarly discourses. The themes covered by IJLS include--but are not limited to--the following:

  • First and additional language learning, Teaching, and use
  • Language assessment
  • Language for special purposes
  • Bilingualism and multilingualism
  • Language planning and policies
  • Conversation analysis
  • Corpus linguistics
  • Critical discourse analysis
  • Deaf linguistics
  • Discourse analysis and pragmatics
  • Computer-mediated communication
  • Forensic linguistics
  • Multimodal communication
  • Lexicography
  • Literacies
  • Rhetoric and stylistics
  • Translation studies

In addition to the PAPERS section, there is room for a FORUM section in each issue which aims at enhancing debate between authors and the wider community of applied linguists; the forum section is dedicated to short pieces of writing which are typically 'responses' to a published article, a short research note or report, or a commentary on research issues or professional practices. The Journal also contains a REVIEW section which is dedicated to “State of the Art” papers or "Critical Book Reviews."

Although occasionally papers of any length, if justified, are published, IJLS recommends that contributions should NOT exceed a length of 10 000 words.

Open Access

The online version of International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) is Open Access. Currently authors are NOT required to pay any publication fees for getting published in IJLS. Although Open Access policy allows journals to charge authors for article processing fees, currently IJLS does not charge authors for this. For a legal description of Open Access Policy, please click HERE.

IJLS in hard copy or print format is ONLY available for purchase through Lulu Press Inc. Online ordering and purchase is possible and payment can be made via Mastercard, Eurocard, Visa or Paypal (Just click the Online Purchase link at the top of this page).

Citation

Excerption of materials published in IJLS is permitted only if users credit the source(s) to IJLS in their works--i.e., make references to IJLS as the origin of the materials being excerpted.

Author Copies

Currently authors whose papers are published in this journal DO NOT receive author print copies of the journal or offprints of their papers. They only receive a PDF copy through email. In case they would like to obtain their author copies, they are automatically redirected to Lulu Press Inc where they can place orders and buy the copies they require. Therefore, we strongly recommend that authors should not contact us for offprints of their papers or author copies of the journal. We are taking steps towards providing authors who do not have access to online-purchase facilities with hard copies which will be shipped to them only after they have paid the printing and shipment costs.

Disclaimer

Articles published in IJLS do not represent the views held by the editors and members of the editorial board. Authors are responsible for all aspects of their articles except editorial screen design.

Publisher

Since the 23rd of January 2009, IJLS has signed an agreement with EBSCO Publishing to release its content through EBSCO Publishing on January 1, 2009. It is available through EBSCO Publishing, Inc. Print copies are also available at our online stores through Lulu Press Inc.

Contact

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