Submission Guidelines for Korean Language Education Research

The following are the submission and review guidelines for Korean Language Education Research, published by the Association Of Korean Language Education Research.

1. Submission Regulations

1) Eligibility to submit is limited to members of the Association who have paid the annual membership dues for the current year.

2) Manuscripts may cover theoretical, descriptive, and applied/experimental research related to Korean language education.

3) Submitted manuscripts must be original scholarly papers that have not been published or accepted for publication in other journals. This includes manuscripts currently under review or scheduled for publication elsewhere.

① Submitting the same manuscript to this Association or another journal before the review process is completed shall be considered duplicate submission.

② If duplicate submission is confirmed, the author will be given an opportunity to respond. The Editorial Board may impose restrictions on future submissions to this journal at its discretion.

③ Specific enforcement of these regulations shall be determined by the Editorial Board.

4) Submission deadlines are January 31, April 30, July 31, and October 31 of each year. Deadlines may be extended at the discretion of the Editorial Board, in which case notice will be given via the JAMS portal and email. Authors who require an expedited review may request a separate review process.

5) The journal is published on March 31 (Issue 1), June 30 (Issue 2), September 30 (Issue 3), December 31 (Issue 4), and December 31 (Issue 5, English Edition) each year.

6) Manuscripts should not exceed 25 printed pages (approximately 100 sheets of 200-character manuscript paper). For pages exceeding this limit, a printing surcharge of KRW 15,000 per page applies from page 26 onward.

7) Authors must include their contact address and phone number at the end of the manuscript (after the references) and submit via the online submission system (JAMS).

8) A review fee of KRW 60,000 must be remitted to the designated account upon submission. Upon acceptance, a publication fee of KRW 80,000 (KRW 40,000 for non-tenured researchers) plus any additional charges must be remitted. An additional KRW 200,000 per article is required for research supported by academic grants.

9) Each author may submit only one manuscript per issue.

10) For co-authored papers, the principal investigator (first author), if applicable, must be clearly indicated at the time of submission.

2. Submission Format

1) Structure

Manuscripts should be organized in the following order: title, author name(s), table of contents, body text, references, appendix (if applicable), Korean abstract, Korean keywords, English abstract, and English keywords.

2) Headings

Body text headings should use Roman and Arabic numerals in the following hierarchical order: I., 1., 1), (1), ①.

3) Notation and Original Language

Standard notation conventions are as follows:

e.g.) Book titles: 『 』, Article titles: 「 」, Works: < >

When providing the original language for academic terms, personal names, or place names, include the original script in parentheses following the Korean term or transliteration, limited to the first occurrence in each chapter. Transliteration of foreign words into Korean should follow the romanization rules established by the National Institute of Korean Language.

4) In-Text Citations

Page numbers of cited passages must be specified explicitly. In-text citations should follow the formats below:

① Single author: (Hong, 1998) (Hong, 1998: 213) (Hong, 1998: 213–215) (Brett, 2000: 126) (Hong, 1998a, 1998b)

② Two authors: (Lee & Sung, 1998) (Lee & Sung, 1998: 11) (Lee & Sung, 1998: 11–16) (Renfrew & Bahn, 2004: 294)

③ Three or more authors: On the first citation, list up to the third author and use "et al." from the fourth author onward. For subsequent citations, use "first author et al." For example, the first citation: (Kim, Lee, & Hong et al., 2014: 23); subsequent citations: (Kim et al., 2014: 23).

④ Multiple works: Authors should be listed in the order of Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Western-language sources, separated by semicolons (;). Within the same script system, Korean works are ordered by Korean alphabetical order of the author's name; Chinese and Japanese works by the Korean alphabetical order of the Sino-Korean readings; and Western-language works in alphabetical order. Works by the same author are listed chronologically. Researchers may list works in chronological order when emphasizing research history. e.g.) (Lee & Sung, 1998; Hong, 1998: 213, 2000: 54; Connor, 1994: 126; Ferris & Roberts, 2004)

⑤ Translated books: The original publication year and translation year are separated by a slash after the original author's name. e.g.) (Wilson, 1963/1993)

⑥ Secondary citations: The original work and the citing work are separated by a semicolon (;), and the page number of the secondary source is indicated. e.g.) (Gloy, 1987; as cited in Park, 2008: 120)

Examples of in-text citation formats:

① Hong (1998: 213) argues that…, Hong (1998: 213–215) states…, In Hong (1998: 213–215),…

② …as one view suggests (Hong, 1998: 213). …has also been argued (Hong, 1998: 213–215).

③ Avoid redundant author attribution such as: "According to Hong, … (Hong, 1998: 213)."

5) Footnotes

Footnotes may be used when additional information beyond in-text citations is necessary. Footnotes are numbered consecutively with superscript numerals placed at the end of the relevant sentence or term, and should be kept as concise as possible. Citations within footnotes follow the same conventions as those in the body text.

e.g.) -,¹⁾ -다.¹⁾

6) References

Only works cited in the body text should be listed in the references. Page numbers must be specified explicitly. References should be listed in the order of Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Western-language sources, without distinguishing between articles and books. Korean works are ordered by the Korean alphabetical order of the author's name; Chinese and Japanese works by the Korean alphabetical order of the Sino-Korean readings of the author's name; and Western-language works in alphabetical order.

If an author has multiple publications, they should be listed in chronological order. Publications by the same author from the same year are distinguished alphabetically (e.g., 1998a, 1998b for Korean; 1998a, 1998b for foreign languages). Co-authored works follow single-authored works by the same first author. Multiple authors are separated by a middle dot (·) for Korean sources.

Reference formatting is as follows:

(1) Monographs

① General books: Author (Year), Title, Place: Publisher.

e.g.) Park, Y. (1998), Discourse analysis, Seoul: Hankook Munhwasa.

e.g.) Jaques, D. (1984), Learning in groups, London: Croom Helm.

② Revised editions: Author (Year), Title, (Edition), Place: Publisher.

e.g.) Denzin, N. K. (1989), The research act, (3rd Ed.), Bergen, NJ: Prentice Hall.

③ Translated books: Author (Original year), Translated title, Translator (Trans.), Place: Publisher, Translation year.

e.g.) Wilson, J. (1963), Thinking with concepts, H. Yun (Trans.), Seoul: Kyoyook Kwahaksa, 1993.

④ Book chapters: Author (Year), Chapter title, In Editor (Ed.), Book title, Place: Publisher.

e.g.) Fairclough, N. (2012), Critical discourse analysis, In J. P. Gee & M. Hanford (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of discourse analysis, London: Routledge.

(2) Periodicals

① Journal articles: Author (Year), "Article title," Journal Name Volume(Issue), Start page–End page.

e.g.) Wallace, C. (1999), "Critical language awareness: Key principles for a course in critical reading," Language Awareness 8(2), 98–110.

② Magazine/Newspaper articles: Author (Date), Article title, Publication Name (Volume), Start page–End page.

(3) Reports

Author (Year), Report title, Place: Publisher.

(4) Unpublished Works

① Theses/Dissertations: Author (Year), "Title," Doctoral/Master's dissertation, University Name.

② Conference papers: Author (Date), "Paper title," Presentation at [Conference Name], Venue.

* Conference papers published in books or periodicals should follow the corresponding format.

(5) Internet Sources

Author (Date), Title, Site name, Retrieved [date], from [URL].

For Western-language references, the following additional rules apply:

① Two authors are separated by "&"; for three or more authors, each is separated by a comma with ", &" before the last author.

② Titles of books, book chapters, and articles should capitalize only the first letter of the first word, with the remainder in lowercase. Proper nouns are always capitalized.

7) Abstracts

Both Korean and English abstracts must be provided. Each abstract should include the title, subtitle, author name(s), affiliation(s), body text, and keywords. The Korean abstract should be approximately 600 characters, and the English abstract approximately 150 words.

When writing the English abstract, authors should observe the following:

• Avoid first-person singular (I) and first-person plural (we) pronouns where possible.
• Do not use the same subject more than three consecutive times.
• All numbers should be written in Arabic numerals, except at the beginning of a sentence.
• Research objectives, research questions, and recommendations should be stated in the present tense; research methods should be stated in the past tense. Specific findings from the study period should be stated in the past tense, while the researcher's interpretations and claims derived from those findings should be stated in the present tense.

8) Tables, Graphs, Maps, and Photographs

Tables should be labeled as <Table 1>, with the title placed above the table. Sources should be indicated in parentheses following the title, using the same format as in-text citations. Graphs, maps, and photographs should be labeled as <Figure 1>, with the title placed below the figure. Sources should follow the same format as for tables.

9) Author Information

The following information must be provided at the end of the manuscript: title (in both Korean and English), author name(s), address (with postal code), phone number, email address, and fax number.

For papers presented at academic conferences, research funded by grants, or studies approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB), an acknowledgment note should be placed on the page following the title.

Author affiliation information should follow the conventions below. Dual affiliations must be indicated for university undergraduate students and K–12 students; for others, dual affiliations may be indicated as needed.

3. Supplementary Provisions

1) These guidelines shall take effect from the date of approval by the Board of Directors.

2) These guidelines took effect on July 1, 2017.

3) These guidelines took effect on January 1, 2018.

4) These guidelines took effect on August 21, 2018.

5) These guidelines took effect on December 23, 2019.

6) These guidelines took effect on April 23, 2020.

7) These guidelines took effect on August 1, 2021.

8) These guidelines took effect on June 30, 2023.

9) These guidelines took effect on January 1, 2026.