The Brief Reports section of the English Australia Journal provides authors the opportunity to present preliminary findings of a research work-in-progress, a summary of a larger research project, or reports of materials development projects and innovations in teaching. The report style is accessible for English language teachers and practitioners, and the focus is on presenting empirical data and commenting on its implications, or possibly on new directions for the project. This is a great opportunity for higher degree research students, teachers undertaking action research projects, or researchers who have completed larger studies, aspects of which could be recontextualised for language teachers, or to showcase research in a short report.
The Journal publishes articles from accomplished authors as well as those new to teaching and/or research. If you are new to writing for publication, the Executive Editor suggests that you seek out the support of a colleague, supervisor, mentor or the like to guide you through the process. Authors are encouraged to write to the English Australia Journal Editor before submitting their article (perhaps even before they start writing it) if they are not sure whether their proposed theme or topic will be suitable for the Journal. Authors are also encouraged to read recent Brief Reports in the Journal to gain an idea of the type of Brief Reports that are published.
Quotations or paraphrases based on specific parts of a publication must include page references. Any works cited must include page references where required and appear in a reference list at the end of the article. The English Australia Journal uses APA Style 7th Edition for referencing; APA guides can be easily found online. However, there are some differences in APA for Australian English, and there may also be some areas, such as layout of titles and captions, capitalisation and hyphenation, which follow the specific Style Guide of the English Australia Journal. Please refer to the Style Guide for more information.
References to the author’s own work should be de-identified in both in-text citations (use ‘Author’ as pseudonym) and reference list (use Author’s work 1, or Author’s work 2)
Articles should be submitted as Word documents, double-spaced in a regular font size 11, using single spacing after full stops and Australian spelling.
Please ensure that any table, figure, photo, screenshot or illustration is:
NB: Note that any table, figure, photo, screenshot or illustration may be reformatted or placed differently due to layout reasons restrictions.
Authors are responsible for indicating clearly the holders of copyright for any illustrations, extracts, diagrams, etc., which they use in their article. Authors are responsible for contacting copyright holders and gaining permissions for copyright material to be used, and are responsible for any costs involved. Note that gaining permission can take considerable time. Copyright must be acknowledged in the report.
Please supply, brief biographical details at the end of your report. These should not exceed 50 words (per author), should be written in the third person, and should preferably contain some information about your professional background as well as your present place and area of work. In addition, please ensure you include your email address. This information will be excluded by the Editor when sending the Brief Report for peer review.
Deadlines are negotiable. Brief Reports are subject to a revision process, and if a report cannot be revised in time for a print deadline, it will be carried over to the next issue.
Brief Reports are reviewed by at least two academics who are expert in the particular field of study. The peer review process can take up to 12 weeks. Authors submitting articles for peer review should expect a range of comments from reviewers and the Executive Editor. In general, the editorial strategy for reviewing articles at the English Australia Journal is based on respect for authors’ original work, acknowledging reviewers’ voluntary contributions to reviewing articles, and editorial overview of the integrated content of each issue. Wherever possible, feedback to authors is constructive, positive, fair and equitable. Submissions may be followed up with questions and/or suggestions for structure and content. It is preferred that contributors make their own revisions. Final submissions may be edited for style and length.
Articles are published twice-yearly (April and September). Issues are also published in open access format on the English Australia website. Please note that only a limited number of articles may appear in each issue, so there may be a delay between acceptance and publication. English Australia reserves the right to reject articles or withdraw them from publication. Published articles are the property of the English Australia Journal but may be republished with permission.
