Authors’ Guide
Copyright
Submission of a paper is taken to imply that it has not been previously published or is not being considered for publication elsewhere. If an author is publishing a related article, this fact should be stated. Contributors of accepted articles will be asked to assign their copyright, on certain conditions, to SITADEL to protect their material.
Manuscript Preparation and Style
All manuscripts should be typed in Times New Roman 11 font on a selected page width of 6.3 inches (16 cm) and page height of 9.5 inches (24.13 cm). Papers should be submitted digitally containing the entire manuscript in 5000-8000 words – including the page, abstract, keywords, tables, references, and appendices to this email: info@sitadeljournal.ir The manuscript must be double justified with single line spacing and zero pt spacing before and 10 pt spacing after. The first paragraph should not be indented, but subsequent paragraphs should be indented 0.25 inch (0.635 cm). Uniform margins of 1 inch (2.54 cm) must be placed at the top, bottom, right, and left of every page. The manuscripts may require further retyping and reformatting to conform to the journal’s style.
Abstract
Page 1 of the article must include the full title and abstract, which should be 150-200 words. Abstract must be typed in Times New Roman 10, italicized. Main keywords should appear immediately after the abstract in Times New Roman 11 and should be between three to five terms with the first letters of each not capitalized. The body of the paper follows the abstract, page numbers included.
Text
Text should include the main headings Introduction, Method, Results, and Conclusion. Introduction should include the background to the study, brief literature review, and questions or hypotheses. Method must include the subheadings of Participants, Instrumentation, and Procedure. Results report the findings and can include descriptions of design and variables of the study. Conclusion includes a discussion of the findings and may also include its implications.
Quotations
Quotations of fewer than 40 words should be incorporated into the text and enclosed by double quotations marks followed by page number, i.e. (p. 65). Long quotations of 40 or more words must be displayed with 0.5 inch (1.27 cm) indentation on both sides and with no quotation marks and the page number should appear in parentheses after the period. If the quotation is more than one paragraph, the first line of the second and subsequent paragraphs must be indented.
Citations
Citations are to be made in the text (not in the endnotes) by giving in parentheses the name of the author, year of publication, and, where relevant, the page(s) referred to: (Hedge, 2000, pp. 49-53). For multi-authored works, only the first citation should list all authors; (Lumpe, Vaughn, Henriksen, & Fishman, 2020). In subsequent citations, only the name of the lead author should be given, followed by “et al.” (Lumpe et al., 2020). Separate works referenced to in the same parentheses should be listed in alphabetical order; those by the same author should be separated by commas, and those by different authors by semi-colons. (Stern, 1983; Swain, 1985, 1995). Initials should be used (before the author’s name) only when it is necessary to distinguish between two or more authors with the same surname who are referred to in the same paper. In case they work referred to in the text is not eyed by the author, it should be indicated. (Thomoury, 1993, cited in Hegde, 2000).
Headings
Headings appear in different forms. The title must be typed in Times New Roman 14, bold, and must be centered. Main headings should be typed in Times New Roman 13, bold, and must be left justified. Subheading 1 must appear in Times New Roman 13, bold, and left justified; subheading 2 in Times New Roman 12, bold, and left justified; subheading 3 in Times New Roman 12, bold, Italic, and left justified.
Tables
Tables must appear left justified in the text. Each table should be typed, numbered consecutively with an Arabic numeral and a short title. All tables must be cited in the text. Table caption should be typed in Times New Roman 10, bold, and in the next line, the first letter of all the content words must be capitalized and all the second line must be italicized: Table 2 The Descriptive Statistics of the Pretest. There should be no spaces between the caption and the table, but there should be one line space between the table and the previous and subsequent paragraphs. Figures must contain caption as described for tables above but must come under the figure. Each figure must be numbered consecutively with an Arabic numeral. All figures must be cited in the text.
References
References must contain all works referred to in the text in alphabetical order. The heading must be typed in the font explained above for the main headings, but the entries under references must appear in Arial Narrow 10, with single line spacing and 0.125 or 1/8 inch (0.317 cm) indentation. For the second and subsequent lines for each entry.
Examples of references
Note the use of punctuation marks within references:
Ard, J. (1983, March). Towards an applied phonology. Paper presented at the Conference on The
Uses of Phonology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
Baker, F. M., & Lightfoot, O. B. (1993). Psychiatric care of ethnic elders. In A. C. Gaw (Ed.),
Culture, ethnicity, and mental illness (pp. 517-552). Washington, DC: American
Psychiatric Press.
Ellis, R. (1985). Understanding second language acquisition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice
Hall.
Faerch, C., & Kasper, G. (1986). Strategies in interlanguage communication. London: Longman.
Feyten, C. M. (1978). The power of listening ability: An overlooked dimension in language
acquisition. Modern Language Journal, 75(2), 169-183.
Plann, S. (1976). The Spanish immersion program: Towards native-like proficiency or a
classroom dialect? Unpublished master’s thesis, University of California, Los Angeles.
Schwartz, B. (2002). Translation in a confined space: Film subtitling. Retrieved on October 12,
2006, from: www.accurapid.com/journal/22subtitles.htm
Wenden, A. (1987). Conceptual background and utility. In A. Wenden & J. Rubin (Eds.),
Learner strategies in language learning (pp. 3-14). Cambridge: Prentice-Hall International Ltd.
Endnotes
Endnotes may be used when more than a simple citation is required. Notes should be numbered consecutively throughout the text and typed together on a separate page preceding the reference section.
Proofs
First proofs are expected to be corrected and returned by the lead author within seven days.