Focus and Scope

LINGUA primarily focuses on research on language learning and teaching in context of EFL/ESL, in a variety of levels including school level, university level, institute level, etc. Researches on culture and linguistics are of the secondary interest of LINGUA.  LINGUA welcomes papers on teaching and learning any component of language, including skills and sub-skills, as well as teaching/learning translation, literature, etc. Research on the use of new technologies such as CALL and MALL for teaching/learning languages is also considered appropriate for LINGUA. Research on culture of various perspectives as well as linguistics is also welcome.  In addition, LINGUA also considers papers in the areas of applied linguistics, pragmatic, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, literary works, and discourse analysis. Reviews of literature are also acceptable for the LINGUA.  Scope of LINGUA may include:

  1. Language
  2. Literature
  3. Linguistics
  4. Cultural studies
  5. Translation studies
  6. Language teaching
  7. Language curriculum and pedagogy
  8. Language teaching methodology
  9. Language testing and assessment
  10. Research in language and language teaching
  11. Language teaching material development
  12. Pragmatic studies
  13. Sociolinguistics studies
  14. Discourse analysis
  15. Psycholinguistics studies

CALL FOR PAPERS:

LINGUA calls for unpublished original manuscripts for publication. The papers submitted to LINGUA should not have already been published elsewhere except circulated as conference presentations, nor should they be submitted simultaneously to another journal. For author instructions and how to submit, select submission guidelines from the  menu of this journal. 

Papers submitted to LINGUA can be written both in Indonesian and English in the length between 4,000 to 8,000 words for the original paper including references, and 3,500 to 5,000 words for the review paper excluding references, typed in a single space, in margins of 3 cm of all sides. The papers submitted to LINGUA should not have already been published elsewhere except circulated as conference presentations, nor should they be submitted simultaneously to another journal. To hold publication core values and adherence to accepted publication ethics, LINGUA employs the double-blinded peer-review process for all articles. Paper should be submitted through OJS on http://soloclcs.org; and email: presslingua@gmail.com.