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Objectives and Scope
e-FLT
is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the
Centre for Language Studies
of the
National University of Singapore.
Its primary objective is to disseminate scholarly information on
research and development in the field of Second and Foreign Language
Teaching and Learning in Asia and beyond. It publishes articles and book
reviews in English as well as in any of the following eleven languages
taught at the Centre for Language Studies: Chinese, French, German,
Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese.
It will also welcome any information on upcoming academic conferences,
seminars or symposiums as a service to its readers. It is unique in that
it is multilingual and practises the policy of accepting and publishing
articles in twelve different languages.
There will be two issues of
e-FLT a year, appearing in the months of June and December. e-FLT
is published electronically in the Internet to allow it to reach a wider
audience in Asia and the rest of the world, while keeping production costs
to a minimum, making it possible to grant free access to the journal.
e-FLT focuses primarily
on – but is not restricted to – the following areas of inquiry and
development in Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning:
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Teaching Methodologies
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Curriculum Development and
Syllabus Design
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Materials Design
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Teacher Education and
Professional Development
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Theories of Second Language
Acquisition
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Theories of Second and
Foreign Language Teaching
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Innovations/New Technologies
in Language Teaching
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Linguistics Theories and
Language Teaching
e-FLT brochure
(download)
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Journal's Policies
Please note the following
policies which will apply to all articles and reviews appearing in the
e-FLT:
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e-FLT publishes
academic articles and book reviews in English and any of the eleven
following languages taught at the Centre for Language Studies: Chinese,
French, German, Japanese, Indonesian, Malay, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese.
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e-FLT publishes
articles which report on original research or which describe
teaching/curricular practices based on previous research or relevant
scientific theories.
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Authors are responsible for
fluency and accuracy of language and for the accuracy of any references
and citations.
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Manuscripts that have been
published elsewhere or have been submitted concurrently elsewhere for
review will not be accepted. It is the authors' responsibility to inform
e‑FLT if identical or similar versions of the manuscripts have
been previously published or submitted concurrently elsewhere.
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Manuscripts will be accepted
(with or without revisions) or rejected in accordance with the
recommendations of external reviewers.
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By publishing articles or
book reviews in e-FLT, authors agree to transfer to the journal
the right to electronically distribute these articles or reviews.
Otherwise, the copyright remains with the authors who may publish their
articles or reviews elsewhere, on the condition that a reference be made
to the e-FLT as the original publisher.
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e-FLT reserves the
right to make any necessary editorial changes.
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Authors will not be paid for their articles
or reviews. As e-FLT will appear online, authors may freely
download and print as many copies of their articles or reviews as
required. Off-prints will not be provided.
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