AUTHOR GUIDELINES
Kopula: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Bahasa welcomes article that suits the scope of the journal. Please refer to the following guidelines before submitting the manuscript.
The submission stage
- The paper should be submitted by the author via online submission
- The content of the article should not be submitted simultaneously to another journal.
- Articles have not been published or accepted for any publication, or are being considered for publication elsewhere.
- The article is original and does not contain any elements of plagiarism.
- Types of articles suitable for publication include the following; research reports (laboratory, field, archives), conceptual ideas, studies, theory applications.
- To submit an article, please register. Fill the password by yourself. Then click 'user home' and click 'new submission' at the end of author.
- Articles should be submitted online in soft files using Microsoft Word application (97-2003).
- Authors will be sent notifications of the receipt of manuscripts and editorial decisions (whether the articles are accepted or not) by e-mail. Manuscripts that are not published will not be returned to the authors.
How to prepare a manuscript
- Articles are written in Indonesian, Malay, or English (preferable) using academic language along with standard academic writing structure and composition.
- Manuscripts are typed 1 spaced in a quarto paper size (A4), between 4000-7000 words in length (excluding references, pictures, and tables).
- A manuscript should consist of the following content.
Title
The title should be simple, concise and informative with only the first word capitalized. A shortened version of the title consisting of a maximum of 15 words or 100 characters (including spaces) for running headers should also be provided. Font Time New Roman in English and Indonesia.
Author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s)
Author’s name should not be written on the article in the first submission but it should be put on the article metadata on Open Journal System (OJS) website (If author’s name is still on the article, the article would be rejected and author may submit on a new submission). Two or more authors in an article are prefered. Author must fill out author’s profile on OJS website that consists of author First, Middle and Last Name (If author only uses one name, fill the first name and last name with the same name), Gender, Initial, Username, Password, Affiliation (University/or Institution), E-mail, Mailing Address (complete address of affiliation: street name, city, province and zip code), Country and Bio Statement (Department or Faculty).
Abstract & Keywords
- abstract is written in English and Indonesian (150-200 words for each) which includes introduction, objective of the papers, method, findings, and conclusion,
- key words in English and Indonesian (5 words),
Body
- Introduction (without subsection) which includes background of the study, research contexts, literary review, and research objective. All introduction should be presented in the forms of paragraphs, not pointers, with the proportion of 15-20% of the whole article length.
- research methods, it consists of description concerning the research design, data sources, data collection, and data analysis with the proportion of 10-15% of the total article length, all presented in the form of paragraphs
- result and discussion, consist of description of the results of the data analysis to answer the research question(s) with the proportion of this section is 40-60% of the total article length.
- conclusion, consists of the summary, restatement of the main findings and
References
- every source cited in the body of the article should appear in the reference, and all sources appearing in the reference should be cited in the body of the article,
- Reference list format is based on APA 6th (American Psychological Association) style by using Mendeley Reference Management. Reference list should appear at the end of the article and includes only literatures actually cited in the manuscripts.
- References are ordered alphabetically and chronologically. When writing a reference list, please use the following conventions; Amir, M.S. (2010). Adat Minangkabau: Pola dan tujuan hidup orang Minang. Padang: PT Mutiara Sumber Widya.
Wardhaugh, R. (1986). An introduction to sociolinguistics. New York: Basil Blackwell.
Notes
- use only horizontal lines when using tables. Put table number and the title of the table on top of it.
- put title under the pictures, graphics, and/or diagrams when using them.
The submission stage
- The paper should be submitted by the author via online submission
- The content of the article should not be submitted simultaneously to another journal.
- Articles have not been published or accepted for any publication, or are being considered for publication elsewhere.
- The article is original and does not contain any elements of plagiarism.
- Types of articles suitable for publication include the following; research reports (laboratory, field, archives), conceptual ideas, studies, theory applications.
- To submit an article, please register. Fill the password by yourself. Then click 'user home' and click 'new submission' at the end of author.
- Articles should be submitted online in soft files using Microsoft Word application (97-2003).
- Authors will be sent notifications of the receipt of manuscripts and editorial decisions (whether the articles are accepted or not) by e-mail. Manuscripts that are not published will not be returned to the authors.
How to prepare a manuscript
- Articles are written in Indonesian, Malay, or English (preferable) using academic language along with standard academic writing structure and composition.
- Manuscripts are typed 1 spaced in a quarto paper size (A4), between 4000-7000 words in length (excluding references, pictures, and tables).
- A manuscript should consist of the following content.
Title
The title should be simple, concise and informative with only the first word capitalized. A shortened version of the title consisting of a maximum of 15 words or 100 characters (including spaces) for running headers should also be provided. Font Time New Roman in English and Indonesia.
Author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s)
Author’s name should not be written on the article in the first submission but it should be put on the article metadata on Open Journal System (OJS) website (If author’s name is still on the article, the article would be rejected and author may submit on a new submission). Two or more authors in an article are prefered. Author must fill out author’s profile on OJS website that consists of author First, Middle and Last Name (If author only uses one name, fill the first name and last name with the same name), Gender, Initial, Username, Password, Affiliation (University/or Institution), E-mail, Mailing Address (complete address of affiliation: street name, city, province and zip code), Country and Bio Statement (Department or Faculty).
Abstract & Keywords
- abstract is written in English and Indonesian (150-200 words for each) which includes introduction, objective of the papers, method, findings, and conclusion,
- key words in English and Indonesian (5 words),
Body
- Introduction (without subsection) which includes background of the study, research contexts, literary review, and research objective. All introduction should be presented in the forms of paragraphs, not pointers, with the proportion of 15-20% of the whole article length.
- research methods, it consists of description concerning the research design, data sources, data collection, and data analysis with the proportion of 10-15% of the total article length, all presented in the form of paragraphs
- result and discussion, consist of description of the results of the data analysis to answer the research question(s) with the proportion of this section is 40-60% of the total article length.
- conclusion, consists of the summary, restatement of the main findings and
References
- every source cited in the body of the article should appear in the reference, and all sources appearing in the reference should be cited in the body of the article,
- Reference list format is based on APA 6th (American Psychological Association) style by using Mendeley Reference Management. Reference list should appear at the end of the article and includes only literatures actually cited in the manuscripts.
- References are ordered alphabetically and chronologically. When writing a reference list, please use the following conventions; Amir, M.S. (2010). Adat Minangkabau: Pola dan tujuan hidup orang Minang. Padang: PT Mutiara Sumber Widya.
Wardhaugh, R. (1986). An introduction to sociolinguistics. New York: Basil Blackwell.
Notes
- use only horizontal lines when using tables. Put table number and the title of the table on top of it.
- put title under the pictures, graphics, and/or diagrams when using them.
