Writing Guidelines
Articles submitted to the Anatolian Journal of Language and Education (AJLE) must not have been previously published elsewhere and must not be in the publication process of another journal. The journal accepts articles in both Turkish and English. Submissions should be prepared in accordance with the following rules using the Article Template.
Articles are sent directly to reviewers via the system. To ensure author-reviewer confidentiality, no identifying information about the author(s) should be included in the article. Therefore, author(s) should not be included in the file title or the article text. Ethical Committee Approval is required for articles submitted for publication in the Anatolian Journal of Language and Education (requiring ethical committee approval). More than one article by the same author cannot be published in a single issue. The publication process begins after the 📝 Copyright Transfer Form.docx is completed, signed by the author(s), and submitted along with the article file.
Title
The article title, consisting of 10-12 words, should be in 12-point font, with the first letter capitalized, centered, and bold. The title should be in both Turkish and English. The English title should be placed below the Turkish abstract and above the English abstract, with the first letter capitalized and the rest in lowercase and bold.
Author(s) Information
(After the evaluation process) Below the article title (without specifying the title), the author(s)' first and last names should be written, with the first letter capitalized and the rest in lowercase, centered and italicized. The footnote(s) should include the author(s)' title, institution, city (or country if outside Turkey), and email address.
Titles
Doctoral Lecturer (Dr. Öğr. Üyesi)/ Assistant Professor (Yrd. Doç. Dr), Associate Professor (Doç. Dr.), Professor (Prof. Dr.), Lecturer (Öğr. Gör.), Research Assistant (Arş. Gör.), Instructor (Okt.).
Abstract
The Abstract should be written in both Turkish and English, not exceeding 200 words. The Abstract should be indented 1 cm from both the left and right margins. Keywords should consist of a maximum of 6 words, be separated by commas, and be listed alphabetically. The "Keywords" heading should appear below the Turkish abstract, and the "Keywords" heading should appear below the Abstract.
Margins: Right and Left: 2.5 cm, Top and Bottom: 2.5 cm
Line spacing: Layer: 1.15
Spacing: Before 0nk; After 6nk
Font: Times New Roman
Text
The entire page should have 2.5 cm margins, and paragraphs should be indented 1.25 cm. All text should be written in Microsoft Word, using Times New Roman font, 11 point size, 1.15 line spacing (Tables should be 1 line spacing; Abstract, Tables 10 point, and References 11 point), and paragraphs (excluding headings, spacing: 0 nk before - 6 nk after) should be justified. The text should include the following sections in order: abstract, keywords, main text, references, and (if necessary) appendices. Section headings should be centered and bold, with the first letter capitalized; subheadings should be indented on the left side of the page and bold. The text length (including headings, abstract, text, tables and graphs, and references) should not exceed 10,000 words.
Subheadings and subheadings should not be numbered.
Tables and Figures
Tables should be single-spaced and 10-point font. Table titles should be written with the first letter capitalized and the rest in lowercase, left-aligned, and not bolded. Vertical lines should not be used in tables. Figure titles should be centered (only the first letter capitalized). The figure number (italicized) and title should be given below the figure. The paragraph describing the figure should be indented 1.25 in and 6 nk apart from the figure/table.
Ethical approval, conflict of interest, contribution rate, and acknowledgments should be included before the bibliography.
Bibliography
The bibliography should be written in APA (American Psychological Association) style. References should be listed under the heading "Bibliography" (first letter capitalized, rest in lowercase and bold), starting from the left margin of the page, in 11-point font with 1.15 line spacing. Lines after the first line should be indented 1.25. When citing unauthored internet sources in the text, the URL should be written in capital letters as URL-sequence number (,), year. For example: (URL 3, 2011), (URL 1 and 2, 2020)
In-Text Citation
According to Aksan (2005)...,
Aksan (2005) …,
(Aksan, 2005, p.10).
According to Yıldırım and Şimşek (1999) …,
Yıldırım and Şimşek (1999)
(Yıldırım and Şimşek, 1999, p.10)
More than Two Authors
If the number of authors is between three and five, the surnames of all authors and the year are given the first time they appear in the text. When the same work is cited a second time, only the surname of the first author is given, and the year is given with the expression "et al." for the others. If the number of authors is six or more, the surname of the first author is given from the first time it appears in the text, and the year is given with the expression "et al." for the others. If more than one source is cited in a sentence, the sources should be listed alphabetically by the first letter of the authors' surnames.
Example:
(Aksan, 2008; Güzel, 2003; Ortaylı, 2016).
For direct quotations, the page number should be shown, and the quotation should be given in quotation marks. When quoting from another author, the surname and publication year of both the quoting and the quoted author should be written.
References
Journals
Maden, S. (2010). The effect of Jigsaw I technique on academic success in written expression skills. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 11(2), 901-917.
Maden, S., & Önal, A. (2022). Turkish teachers' opinions on the remote (online) text processing process. Journal of Mother Tongue Education, 10(2), 418-439. https://doi.org/10.16916/aded.1072324
Books
Güzel, A. (2010). Teaching Turkish to bilingual Turkish children: The German example. Öncü Publications.
Edited Books
Çifçi, M. (2006). Problems of Turkish teaching. In G. Gülsevin and E. Boz (Eds.), Contemporary problems of Turkish (pp. 77-134). Gazi Bookstore.
References Publications
Aksu, M., Duy, B. & Çivitci, A. (2005, September). Development of a course attendance attitude scale for university students: Construct validity and reliability. Oral presentation presented at the XIV National Congress of Educational Sciences. Pamukkale University, Denizli.
Theses
Maden, S. (2010). The effect of drama method on the acquisition of basic language skills in 6th-grade Turkish language lessons. Unpublished doctoral thesis. Erzurum: Atatürk University, Institute of Social Sciences.
Extended Abstract
Articles submitted to our journal should include an extended abstract in English of at least 750 and at most 1250 words. The extended abstract should appear after the bibliography. The extended abstract should include the headings Introduction, Method, Results, and Discussion.
After the evaluation process, accepted articles are edited in accordance with the writing rules and submitted to the system for publication, along with a similarity/plagiarism report. The similarity rate in the plagiarism report, including the source, should not exceed 25%. Based on the belief that open access will increase the universal use of information and yield beneficial results for humanity, the Anatolian Journal of Language and Education (AJLE) has adopted an Open Access policy.