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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 11-point Arial font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

General Manuscript Writing Guidelines:
Guidelines for the  author of the manuscript can be described as follows. Guidelines for manuscript author(s) in the Journal of English Studies and Business Communication (JESSCOM) are explained as follows:

  1. Articles should be original, research-based, unpublished and not under review for possible publication in other journals.
  2. The article should be typed in MS Document format, Font 11 Arial, single spacing on A4-paper size, and 8 to 15 pages or about 3.000-8.000 words.
  3. The article should be written in English. The title of the article is written not more than 15 words.
  4. All submission must include 150 - 250 words abstract and 3-5 keywords. The abstract of research paper should contain the objective(s), methodology, findings, conclusion, and implication of the study.
  5. Full name(s) of the author(s) must be stated, along with his/her/their institution and email address;
  6. All references must follow the APA style as far as possible.
  7. Use the JESSCOM template to make writing arrangements easier. This is in accordance with the article template that is available for download.

Scientific Article Structure:
The structure of the research articles consists of 10 main parts: (1) title (2) line ownership; (3) abstract; (4) keywords; (5) introduction; (6) research method; (7) findings and discussion; (8) conclusions; (9) acknowledgment; and (10) references. Each section is given an explanation as follows.

a) Title

  1.  The title should be concise and informative, with no more than 15 words, including the liaison. In order for the title to be short and succinct, avoid conjuncture and mention of very detailed objects, places or research materials.
  2. The title contains the key words of the topic under study.
  3. Use Arial 18 type font, bold, with single line spacing.
  4. Title in English, in accordance with the language used in the manuscript.
  5. Avoid using abbreviations, formulas and references.

b) Ownership  (authorship lines)

  1. The ownership line consists of two parts, namely author names and author institutional affiliation.
  2. Use Arial 12 type font, bold, with single line spacing for author names and use Arial 11 type font, italics, with single line spacing for institutional affiliation.
  3. Student affiliation follows the place where the student is studying.
  4. The names of authors should be those who actually participate in planning, execution, analysis of findings, discussion, and report writing.
  5. The academic / functional or bachelor degree must not be included.
  6. The name of the institution is listed in full to the country name, written under the author's name along with the postal address, email and facsimile (if any) for the purposes of correspondence.
  7. If the author is more than one person and comes from a different institutional, then all addresses are listed by giving a superscripts letter of the lowercase starting from  behind the author's name in sequence.
  8. The name of the correspondence author is given an asterisk (*).

c) Abstract

  1. The abstract is written in one paragraph that written in English and the lengths ranging from 150 - 250 words.
  2. Use Arial 10 type font, italics, with single line spacing.
  3. Avoid unusual referrals and use of abbreviations.

d) Keywords

  1. Keywords consist of 3 to 5 words and / or word groups.
  2. Use Arial 10 type font, italics, with single line spacing.
  3. Written in alphabetical order.
  4. Between keywords separated by semicolons (;).
  5. Avoid many connecting words (and, with, that and others).

e) Introduction

  1. Introduction should contain the background of problems, problems and research objectives.
  2. Avoid the sub-sub in the introduction.
  3. Use Arial 11 type font, normal, with single line spacing. The spacing, before or after, is 6pt.
  4. Percentage of page length between 10-15% of the total length of a manuscript.
  5. References are indicated by writing the author's family name / last name and year of issue, regardless of page number. The foundation of theory is presented in complete, concise, and completely relevant sentences for the purpose of writing scientific articles.

f) Research Methods

  1. Inform briefly about the materials and methods used in the study, including the research design, participant/subjects/ materials studied, instruments and the data retrieval technique, and the data analysis procedures or the statistical model used. 
  2. Avoid writing excessive statistical formulas.
  3. If using a well-known method, name the method name only. If necessary, specify the reference source used as a reference.
  4. For qualitative research, research methods can adjust.

g) Findings and Discussion

  1. The format of research findings and discussion may be separated or not separated, depending on the sufficient number of pages available to the author.
  2. Additional numbering for findings/results sub-chapters is permitted if necessary.
  3. The results can be presented with support tables, graphics or images as needed, to clarify the presentation of results verbally.
  4. Tables and charts or captions are arranged in the form of a phrase (not a sentence) succinctly.
  5. Description of the image / graph is placed under the picture / graph, while the title of the table is placed on it. The title begins with a capital letter. (Example: Figure 1.  Sample description of table and picture / graph).
  6. Do not repeat writing numbers that have been listed in the table in the text of the discussion. If it will emphasize the results obtained should serve in other forms, such as percentage or difference. To show the number in question, just refer to the table that contains the number.
  7. In general international journals do not want statistical languages (such as:  differing support,  treatment,  dB) written in the discussion. Avoid  copy  and  paste  tables of statistical analysis results directly from statistical data processing software.
  8. The discussion material mainly explores whether the results obtained in accordance with the hypothesis or not, and point out the argument.
  9. Referral citation in the discussion should not be too long (if necessary avoid).
  10. Citation results of research or opinions of others should be abstracted and written in the sentence itself (not using the exact same sentence).
  11. A collection of similar research may be referred to in groups.

h) Conclusion

  1. The conclusion should be the answer to the research question, and expressed not in statistical sentences.
  2. Written along one paragraph in essay form, not in numerical form.

i) Acknowledgments

  1. Acknowledgments are generally placed after the conclusion. Its existence is optional.
  2. Contains gratitude to the funding agencies, and or individuals who have assisted in the execution of research and the writing of manuscripts

j)  References
General provision of bibliography:

  1. The references listed in the bibliography are only those references that are actually quoted in the manuscript.
  2. Preferred references are articles taken from the latest journals / publications no later than 10 years before article submission (paper submission).

  3. The number of references used in the article is not less than 15 sources.

  4. The publisher strongly recommends authors to use preferred applications such as Mendeley or Zotero.

  5.  Authors may follow the APA 6th Publication Manual to write references.

  6. The references consist of the author's name, year of publication, article title, city name and publishing institution. The reference list is sorted according to the first letter of the author's name (A-Z). Complete sources including websites and DOIs are highly recommended if available.

Terms of referral writing by reference type:
1) If the library source is an  article in a scientific journal, it is  written in the following order: author's name. (year.) article title. the name of the journal. volume (number): page (Journal name is skewed). DOI/URL.

Example:
Nickerson, C. (2015). The death of the non-native speaker? English as a lingua franca in business communication: A research agenda. Language Teaching48(3), 390-404. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444815000129 

Izzah, N., & Diana, L. (2021). Beyond the Implementation of Project-Based Assessment in ELT: Benefits, Challenges, and Teachers' Strategies. Celtic: a Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching, Literature and Linguistics, 8(2), 140-151.  https://doi.org/10.22219/celtic.v8i2.18208 

Sumarno, W.K., Riyantoko, P.A., & Shodikin, A. (2024). Effectiveness of Bilingual Project-Based Materials to Facilitate Literacy and Numeracy Teaching. TEM Journal, 13(1), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.18421/TEM131-07 

2) If the library source is  a textbook, it is  written in the following order: author name. year. book title. volume (if any). edition (if any). publisher city: publisher name (The title of the book is italicized).

Example:
Nickerson, C., & Planken, B. (2015). Introducing Business English. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315694337

3) If the literature source is  a translation book  written following the sequence: the original author's name. years of translation. title of translation book. volume (if any). edition (if any). translation. publisher city: publisher name (Book title in italics).

Example:
Robinson, T. (1995).  High organic plant contents. Edition 6. Translation K. Padmawinata. Bandung: ITB Press

4) If the source of the  article in the proceedings  written in the following sequence: the name of the author. year. title of the seminar. title proceedings. the venue of the seminar. time of operation (article title is italicized).

Example:
Wahyuningtyas, D., Sumarno, W. K., Asih, R. A., Endriana, F., & Windiarti, K. R. (2023). Mapping Tour Guides’ Speaking and Writing Skill Levels in Tourist Villages in Trenggalek. Nusantara Science and Technology Proceedings, 361-366. https://doi.org/10.11594/nstp.2023.3357

5) If the source of the  article in the article collection of articles  written in the following order: the name of the author of the article. article title. in: editor name if any followed by Ed (if single) or Eds (if more than one) in parentheses. year. book title. volume (if any). edition (if any). publisher city: publisher name (The title of the book is italicized).

Example:
Linz, J & Stephan, A. Some thoughts on decentralization, devolution and the many varieties of federal arrangements. In: Jhosua K (Ed). (2001).  Crafting Indonesian Democracy. Bandung: Mizan Publisher

6) If the source is an  article in a general newspaper / magazine  , it is written in the following order: author's name. year. article title. name of newspaper / magazine. city, publication date and page (Article title is italicized).

Example:
Shamsuddin, A. (2008).  Invention of law or chaos behavior? Compass. Jakarta. January 4th. H1m.16 Kukuh, A. 2008.  Free education obsession in Semarang. Suara Merdeka. Semarang March 5th. film. L

7) If the library source is an  online  article  (internet) with no published place and publisher, written in the following order: author's name. year. article title. Downloaded at website date address (Article title is italicized).

Example:
Levy, M. (2000).  Environmental scarcity and violent conflict: a debate. Downloaded at  http: // wwicssi.edu/organiza/affil/WWICS/PROGRAMS/DIS/ECS/report2/debate.htm  July 4, 2002.

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