How To Submit for Dimension

Dimension is the official refereed publication of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT).

• The purpose of Dimension is to share timely research, pedagogical practices, and applied technology relevant to the teaching and learning of foreign languages.
• Articles selected for publication are refereed by reviewers who are respected, published foreign language professionals.
• Copies of Dimension are distributed to all conference attendees at each annual SCOLT Conference as well as to libraries at various post-secondary institutions in and outside of the SCOLT region.
• When available, past and current volumes may be purchased by contacting the SCOLT Executive Director, David Jahner at scoltdj@gmail.com.

Submitting a Session/Workshop Proposal & Article

The co-editors of Dimension 2013 will invite accepted presenters at the 2012 annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching to submit an article for inclusion in the upcoming annual volume of Dimension. If a presenter would like to submit an article, s/he must notify the co-editors at SCOLT.Dimension@gmail.com by July 1, 2012.

Prospective authors must also submit a statement indicating that the manuscript…

• is based on a presentation to be given at the upcoming SCOLT conference;
• relates to teaching or learning foreign languages;
• is an original work;
• is not published in another publication; and
• is not under consideration for publication in any other source.

All submissions will be read and evaluated by at least three persons: the co-editors and selected members of the Editorial Board of Reviewers. The reviewers represent as many areas of the foreign language teaching profession as possible. Every attempt is made to send the article to reviewers who have some expertise in the subject addressed in the article.

Click here to see a chart that illustrates the process for submitting an article along with important dates for various stages in the process.

Submission of an article for publication does not guarantee that it will be a part of the volume. Reviewers will be asked to make one of three recommendations regarding each article:
(1) publish as is [a rare occurrence];
(2) publish after revision/rewriting;
(3) do not publish.

When all reviewers’ ratings have been received, the co-editors make the final decision regarding which articles will be published. The decision may be based on considerations such as balance among articles of various types and their assessment of the article’s interest to both SCOLT conference attendees and the larger audience that Dimension reaches. The decision to accept an article is based primarily on the ideas presented in the article. However, papers that follow the policies and guidelines listed below are given preference.

General Policies

1.    In order to be considered for publication, a paper must conform to the following policies:

2.    All articles accepted for publication are subject to editing. There is a relatively fast turn-around time between when the author(s) receive the manuscript with comments, suggestions, and recommendations and when it is to be returned to the co-editors.

3.    Time constraints make it impossible to furnish galley proofs to authors.

4.    The fact that a presenter’s article is not accepted for inclusion in SCOLT Dimension will in no way affect the author’s participation in the conference program.

Timeline for Dimension 2013