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In order to promote the exploration and application of educational technologies in Chinese language learning and teaching, we are pleased to announce the establishment and the first call for papers for the new Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching (JTCLT), a peer-reviewed publication (both online and in hard copy) in companion to the successful international conference series on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching (TCLT, www.tclt.us) since 2000.
JTCLT has been registered with the U.S. ISSN Center administered by the Library of Congress, USA. Its ISSN number is 1949-260X.
JTCLT will be published twice a year online at http://www.tclt.us/journal, and published once a year on paper by China Social Sciences Press(中国社会科学出版社, http://www.csspw.com.cn). The online version and the paper version of the journal may contain different contents.
Guidelines for manuscripts preparation and copyright
JTCLT will publish UNPUBLISHED (conference proceedings does not count as formal publication) articles and reviews on the issues related to technology and Chinese language learning and teaching, including qualitative and quantitative research articles and reviews of software applications, multimedia textbooks, and other (online) materials and resources. All manuscripts submitted will be reviewed by at least two reviewers, either from the editorial board or invited from outside for specific topics. Articles and book reviews are expected to follow JCLTA’s style sheet and guidelines (We thank JCLTA for permission to use its document), while reviews of software applications, etc. should follow CALICO’s software review guidelines. Please refer to the submission and manuscript preparation and JTCLT style sheet at http://www.tclt.us/journal/authors.php.
JTCLT authors hold the copyright for the articles published in the online version. China Social Sciences Press (中国社会科学出版社) owns the copyright of the articles published in the paper version.
Subscription and manuscripts submission
Subscription to the journal published online needs (and we encourage our readers) to register at http://www.tclt.us/journal/sub.php. Upon successful registration, subscribers will be notified by email sent from journal@tclt.us when a new issue is released. For the paper version published by China Social Sciences Press (中国社会科学出版社), readers will be notified when it is available at bookstores/web sites in China.
Manuscript submission takes two steps. First, register with the author information at http://www.tclt.us/journal/authors.php. Second, email your manuscript in both Microsoft Word and PDF formats as attachments to editor@tclt.us.
Deadline and publication timeline and languages
As stated, JTCLT will be published online twice a year, one in June and the other in December. Publication of the first issue of the journal will be based on the following schedule:
- October 31, 2010: Submission deadline for manuscripts
- November 30, 2010: Notification of acceptance
- December 31, 2010: Publication of the first issue
The first issue’s topic is virtual classrooms and virtual education in Chinese. Articles can be written in either English or Chinese.
Future online issues of the journal will follow the timeline below:
- March 1: Manuscript submission deadline for the June issue
- April 30: Notification of acceptance for the June issue
- September 1: Manuscript submission deadline for the December issue
- November 30: Notification of acceptance for the December issue
JTCLT will also be published on paper once a year by China Social Sciences Press (中国社会科学出版社). The on paper version will be a collection of (1) the best articles published in the online version of the journal, (2) the best papers (need further editing) presented at the TCLT conferences and included in the TCLT conference proceedings, and (3) best articles submitted. Articles/papers submitted should be written in Chinese.
Editors
- Editor-in-chief: De Bao Xu, Hamilton College, dxu@hamilton.edu
- Associate editor-in-chief: Jun Da, Middle Tennessee State University, jda@mtsu.edu
- New technologies editor: Shijuan Liu, California State University, Los Angeles
- Book review editor: Song Jiang, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Editorial Board (in alphabetical order)
- Jianhua Bai, Kenyon College
- Chin-chuan Cheng, National Taiwan Normal University, Academia Sinica
- Jun Da, Middle Tennessee State University
- Hongchu Fu, Washington and Lee University
- Scott Grant, Monash University, Australia
- Shin-Chang Hsin, National Taiwan Normal University
- Hong Gang Jin, Hamilton College
- Song Jiang, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Sunaoka Kazuko, Waseda University, Japan
- Siu-lun Lee, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Shijuan Liu, California State University, Los Angeles
- Scott McGinnis, Defense Language Institute-Washington Office
- Ling Mu, Yale University
- Tianwei Xie, California State University, Long Beach
- De Bao Xu, Hamilton College
- John Jing-hua Yin, University of Vermont
- Li Wei, Rollins College
- Phyllis Zhang, George Washington University
- Zheng-sheng Zhang, San Diego State University
- Yanqun Zheng, Beijing Language and Culture University
Sponsors
- Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Hamilton College
- Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Middle Tennessee State University
- China Social Sciences Press (中国社会科学出版社)
Contact information
Please send email to editor@tclt.us for inquiries or any other questions concerning the journal.
JTCLT Style Sheet
Guidelines for submission of manuscripts
Acknowledgement: JTCLT manuscript submission guidelines are adopted from JCLTA’s document at http://journal.clta-us.org/stylesheet.htm. We thank CLTA for permission to use their document.
General policies
Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published elsewhere -- either in print or electronically -- nor currently under review for possible publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should be submitted in electronic format, one in Microsoft Word document and the other in PDF format. If you need help on converting your Word document into PDF format, please refer to the tutorial at http://www.tclt.us/tutorials/pdf.php. Manuscripts are sent to reviewers anonymously. Result of the review process, often including anonymous reviewers' comments, suggested revisions, and editorial changes will be returned to the author via email.
The journal publishes articles and reviews in both English and Chinese. English articles should go through a spelling and grammar check on the computer before submission. Authors writing in their non-native language are advised to have their articles thoroughly edited by professionals with native-level proficiency in that language prior to submission.
Each manuscript submitted to the journal should begin with abstracts in both English and Chinese, beginning with the one in the language of the article. Each abstract should be 1/4 to 1/2 page in length (approximately 100-200 words in the English version).
Documentation of sources: Authors should adhere to established academic standards for acknowledging sources and avoiding plagiarism.
Authors of accepted manuscripts grant JTCLT the permanent right to publish their articles either electronically or in print. Authors hold the copyright to their articles and may republish them elsewhere as long as they acknowledge JTCLT as the original publisher.
Reprint requests should be directed to the individual authors. JTCLT should be acknowledged as the original publisher.
Manuscript Preparation:
All manuscripts must be readable in Microsoft Word with all the original formatting. Articles written in Chinese may be in either simplified or traditional characters. Character form (traditional or simplified) should be consistent unless the subject of the article requires contrasting the two forms.
Diagrams, tables, and charts must be no more than 8" wide, and the font size should be no smaller than 9 points in order to be legible.
Chinese characters in articles written in English: Characters should be used in example sentences. Romanization may be added at the author's discretion. For occasional Chinese words within English text, characters may be used to accompany romanized words on first occurrence, and where they facilitate identification, but not with words or names that are well-known or can be readily identified.
Romanization: Except for established proper nouns and terminology, romanization should be done in standard Hanyu Pinyin. Tonal markings should be made by using either the Unicode-compliant Times New Roman font with tone-marked vowels or tone numbers at the end of each syllable.
Endnotes rather than footnotes should be used within the manuscript.
References and Bibliographies: Please refer to the Foreign Language Annals Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation (http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3756) for recommended format for references, acknowledgements, references lists, tables and figures and appendices. Items in Chinese and Western Languages may be grouped separately or listed together. Chinese listings must include characters for authors and titles, while romanization for Chinese titles is unnecessary and translation of the titles into English is optional. Other formatting matters such as the use of capitalization, italics and punctuation should also be consistent throughout the bibliography.
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