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Author Guidelines

Submission Process

Originality of the Article

  1. Manuscripts must adhere to the format specified in the Author Guidelines of Allemania.
  2. Manuscripts must be free from plagiarism, falsification, and/or fabrication of data.
  3. Manuscripts must not be submitted to another publication or be under review elsewhere during the Allemania review process.
  4. Manuscripts must not have been previously published.
  5. Submission files should be in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document format.

Format

Manuscripts should be concise, consistent, and straightforward, with a length of 16-20 pages (including figures and tables). Appendices should not be included in the text. Manuscripts should be single-spaced on A4 size paper (210 x 297 mm), with margins of 2.5 cm (top and bottom) and 2.5 cm (left and right). The font used should be Times New Roman 12 pt. Manuscripts should be written in English, following APA Style.

Sections

Title

The title should summarize the main idea clearly and concisely, in uppercase and lowercase letters, centered between margins, with a recommended length of no more than 15 words and a font size of 14.

Author

The Journal operates a peer review process and promotes blind reviewing. To facilitate this process, author’s names (without academic titles), institutional affiliations, and the email address of the corresponding author should appear only on a detachable cover sheet. Contributor(s) should include a short CV describing his/her/their current position and activities in not more than 80 words.

Author 1*

Author 2*

*Departement/Study Program Name, Faculty Name, University Name, City, and States

*Corresponding Author. E-mail: author@author.com

Abstract

The abstract (maximum 200 words) should describe the phenomenon studied, with sections explicitly labeled: Introduction, Purpose, Objective, Method, Results, and Conclusion, in font size 11. Include five keywords written alphabetically.

Introduction (include research objective, theoretical framework, and hypothesis development if available)

This section describes three main components. First, it describes the phenomenon being studied, the introduction should consist of the background of the study, research contexts. Secondly, the author explains the relationship between phenomenon and existing theories (at least one of the journals cited should be less than five years old); and finally describes the purpose of the study. Furthermore, this section also contains previous theories, both from primary reference (grand theory) and journal articles (including at least one journal published in the last ten years). This section also discusses arguments on the relationship between the variables being studied and ends with the hypothesis depicting the relationships of the variables (there should be some argument for each hypothesis). All introduction should be presented in the forms of paragraphs, not pointers, with the proportion of 15-20% of the whole article length.

*For an exploratory study, this section should consist of previous theories underlying the Research Question. (Please provide a strong argument(s) that reference variable(s) or explanation(s) as to why research will fill the gap from the literature.

Method

This section consists of description concerning the research design, data sources, data collection, and data analysis with the proportion of  10-15% of the total article length, all presented in the form of paragraphs and approaches taken by the author, whether qualitative or quantitative approach. This section also includes a sample description (respondent/case profile), sampling method, sampling size, error level, data collection method, variable operationalization, and analysis method.

Results and Discussion

The Results and discussion section consist of a description of the results of the data analysis to answer the research question(s) and their meanings are seen from current theories and references of the area addressed. The proportion of this section is 40-60% of the total article length. This section consists of the results of validity and reliability tests and analysis of the results. Furthermore, this section discusses the results of the current study and how they relate to the hypothesis presented. The discussion section also explains possible reasons for why a certain hypothesis is rejected or accepted and how they relate to previous research. The results of the study are discussed to address the problem formulated, objectives and research hypotheses. It is higly suggested that discussion be focused on the why and how of the research findings can happen and to extend to which the research findings can be applied to other relevant problems. Furthermore, the author should show how the current result supports or contradicts previous studies, limitation of the study, and implication of the study (both managerial and scientific implications). This section also discusses the recommendation(s) for future research based on the limitation of the study.The findings and discussion section consist of description of the results of the data analysis to answer the research question(s) and their meanings seen from current theories and references of the area addressed.

Conclusion 

The conclusion section consists of the summary, restatement of the main findings. This section provides a brief explanation of the study and the impact of the study. Conclusion should be withdrawn on the basis of research findings, formulated concerns and research purposes. Conclusion is presented in one paragraph without numerical form of expression. Explain your research contributions to science

References
Use the Mendeley reference manager application. This section consists of all references used in the article. The number of references should be no less than 15 references, where the number of journal articles (includes at least one journal article published within the last ten years) should exceed the number of textbooks. Follow the author instructions in the APA Style (The American Psychological Association).

The sources cited should at least 80% come from those published in the last 10 years. The sources cited are primary sources in the forms of journal articles, books, and research reports, including theses and dissertations. Citations from journal should be at least 80% of the total references cited.

Example:

Müller, K., & Schröder, A. (2019). Innovations in German language teaching: Blended learning approaches in higher education. Journal of Language Education, 15(2), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jle.2019.05.003

Weber, S., & Fuchs, P. (2018). The impact of immersive learning environments on German language acquisition. Language Learning & Technology, 22(1), 67-82. https://doi.org/10.1111/llt.2018.22.1.67

Schmidt, L. (2020). Enhancing vocabulary retention through gamification in German as a foreign language classes. Foreign Language Annals, 53(3), 321-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.2020.53.3.321

Braun, M., & Hoffmann, T. (2017). Comparative analysis of traditional and modern assessment techniques in German language education. Educational Assessment, 12(4), 25-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edass.2017.10.005

Fischer, R., & Müller, S. (2021). Integrating intercultural competence into the German language curriculum: Strategies and outcomes. Journal of Intercultural Education, 29(2), 115-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2021.194332

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish their articles in Allemania (Journal of German Language Education) agree to the following terms:

  1. Copyright Transfer and Licensing:

    • Copyright of the published articles will be transferred to the journal as the publisher of the manuscripts.
    • The work will simultaneously be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, allowing others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  2. Additional Contractual Arrangements:

    • Authors are permitted to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., posting it to an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

  3. Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement:

    • Authors must sign the publication ethics and malpractice statement once they have approved the final proofs sent by the editor of Allemania prior to the manuscript publication.

 

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