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GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
ODISEA
is a double-blind peer-reviewed, internationally indexed annual academic
journal intended for scientific expression of researchers studying the
English language, its literature and translation, English for Specific
Purposes, and teaching English. In order to save time or avoid possible
rejection of your article, we advise you to carefully read these
Guidelines. You may also download them in PDF format.
1. Articles (between 5,000 and 10,000 words) must be original and
not being considered for publication by another journal. They may be written in English or
Spanish. Articles are to be accompanied by an abstract in English and a resumen (summary) in Spanish of
less than 100 words each. The keywords must also appear in both
languages: between 5 and 10 internationally accepted keywords (see ERIC
Thesaurus)
2. Only the electronic file (not
in paper) should be sent, formatted in A4 size and double–spaced, using Times New Roman
font, size 12 for the text, size 11 for
quotations and size 10 for the notes.
3. After reception, within four
months, authors will receive confirmation of acceptance or rejection of their
article. The members of the Editorial Board will anonymously send all
articles received to the external referees or specialists in the subject
matter.
4. Please send a separate file
with your personal data, the title of the article, your post address,
email, and telephone number. Please avoid including information that could
identify your authorship or institution in the article.
5. Quotations of more than four lines
should be indented (1 cm both sides), without inverted commas, and
single–spaced.
6. Notes should be single–spaced
footnotes (not end–notes), and reference to them is with suprascript
numbers.
7. Throughout the article, references to an author are as follows –
(Surname year: page); if the name of
the author has already appeared in the same sentence, then it is not
necessary to repeat the name, and the reference will only be (year: page). Complete references should
appear at the end of the article on a page called References –if the
article is in English– or Referencias bibliográficas –if in Spanish, using Small capitals for the Surname.
In both cases, only the references which have
been explicitly quoted –in alphabetical order– are to be included. E.g.:
Allwright, D. 1988. Observation in
the Language Classroom. London: Longman.
8. References to scientific
journals should include the title
within quotation marks, and the name of the journal in italics; then, then
volume and page, separated by colon (:) as follows:
Gardner, R. C. 1988.
“The socio–educational model of second language learning: assumptions,
findings and issues”. Language
Learning 38, I: 101–126.
9. When quoting a
publication edited
by one or more editors, use the
surname and initials of the editor or editors, followed by a comma and the
abbreviations “ed.” or “eds.” as in the following examples:
Ames R. E. and C. Ames, eds. 1984. Research on Motivation in Education. New York: Academic Press.
Feldman, R. S., ed.
1986. The Social Psychology of
Education. Cambridge University Press.
10. In the case of publications included in
works edited by anothor editor or in conference proceedings:
Brindley, G. 1989. “The
role of needs analysis in adult ESL, programme design.” The Second Language Curriculum. Ed. R.K. Johnson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 63–78.
Tucker, G. 1990. “An
overview of Applied Linguistics.” Learning, Keeping and Using Language. Selected
Papers from the 8th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Sydney, 16–21 August 1987. Eds. M. A. K. Halliday, J. Gibbons and H. Nicholas. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 1–6.
11. In references to several works by the same
author, avoid repeating the name
and initial, and order them chronologically:
Ellis, R. 1984. Classroom Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Pergamon.
------. 1985. Understanding
Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
12. The same applies for publication in Spanish, except that only
the first word of the title is in upper case, as follows:
Vega, Mª J. y N. Carbonell. 1998. La literatura
comparada: Principios y métodos. Madrid: Gredos.
13. Finally, reference to books by several authors follow the order: Surname, Initial, Surname, Initial, Surname,
Initial (or Surname, Initial, et.al.).
14. When quoting publications available on
internet, follow this model
including the date of access to the document:
Fauconnier, G. y M. Turner. 1994. “Conceptual projection and middle space.” UCSD: Department of Cognitive Science Technical
Report 9401. San Diego. 25 Sept. 2000. http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/.
NOTE: Works not following these guidelines
may have to be rejected.
Email: ODISEA Journal: odisea@ual.es
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