General Guidelines

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The Korean Association of Language Studies (KALS)

1. Qualification

To submit your paper, you need to sign up first for a membership of KALS. You should click the first bar Home, Log In, JOIN, Korean at the top of the main page to be a member.
Then you are qualified for your submission.

2. Submission

You have to download Application Papers’ file at the Manuscript Submission Instruction page before logging in to the online submission site (http://submission.jkals.or.kr). After that, you can submit your paper on the site.

3. Deadlines

• The last day of February (the 1st Issue)
• The last day of June (the 2nd Issue)
• The last day of October (the 3rd Issue)

4. Review & Publication Fees

• Review Fee : ￦60,000
• Publication Fee : ￦150,000 (up to 21 pages) and ￦10,000 for each additional page
• Research Grant Paper : ￦300,000 (up to 21 pages) and ￦10,000 for each additional page

How to pay the fees

5. Review Process

• If your paper is received, the notice related to its receipt and future processing schedule will be sent to you.
• To secure objectivity and validity of manuscript review, more than two reviewers will be appointed for each manuscript.
• After the 1st review is finished, you will have to correct your paper and the decision of publishing your paper will be made.
• After the reports from the reviewers and the final decision for publication are made by the editorial board, you will have to fill out the consent form regarding its publication and turn it in on the our website.

Paper Format - How to Write a Manuscript

1. a paper: A4,

2. margin: every page’s

top 55mm, bottom 58mm, left 50mm, right 50mm, header 10.5mm, footer 0
(Running Head and Page Number will be inserted by the editorial board later)

3. Font

Item		Size	Font	Line Spacing	Alignment	Note
			English
Title		14pt Bold	New Times Roman	155%	center
author		11pt Bold	New Times Roman	130%	center
Organization/affiliation		9pt Bold	New Times Roman	155%	center
abstract		9pt	HCI poppy	130%	both	L-intention: 10pt R-intention: 10pt
key words		9pt	HCI poppy	155%	both	L-intention: 10pt R-intention: 10pt
HEADING	Chapter/Section title: first order heading (1.)	11pt Bold	New Times Roman	155%	left
	Second order heading (1.1)	10.5pt Bold	New Times Roman	155%	left
	order heading(1.1.1)	10pt	HCI poppy	155%	left	Body Font size hereafter
Body		10pt	HCI poppy	155%	both	Special: first line, by: 10pt
Citation		10pt	HCI poppy	155%	both	L-intention: 20pt R-intention: 20pt
Foot note		8pt	HCI poppy	130%	both
		number: superscript without parenthesis (bracket ), font: 6pt Special; first line,by: indent 2
Figure/ table	heading	10pt	New Times Roman	130%	center
	content	9pt	HCI poppy
References	heading	10pt Bold	New Times Roman	155%	center
	content	9pt	HCI poppy	130%	both	Special: hanging/outdent: 30pt
Author Note		9pt	HCI poppy	130%	both
All Font		Width(W): 95%, Spacing(P): -5%

4. Abstract

It is necessary that its abstract should be written to complete the paper for this association’s journal, which lies in the first page written within 200 words, or 15 lines.

5. Key words

4 or 5 words should be included, listed in the just below of the abstract.

6. Reference

It should be written just after the body. That is, it should not be written on another page without no reason. It is arranged in the order of Korean, English, and Japanese, In addition, Each Language should be written in alphabetical order and keep the APA style.

7. Author Note

It should be written on the last page’s bottom left, put in the order of Author’s Name, Affiliation, Address, Phon Number, Fax Number, and Email Address. However, Author’s information should not appear in the body of your manuscript.

8. Submitted Manuscripts should it should keep the association's paper format.

The Example Of Our Association’S Paper Format

1. a paper: A4,

2. margin

every page’s : top 55mm, bottom 58mm, left 50mm, right 50mm, header 10.5mm, footer 0

Click here: Regulations for Manuscript Submission