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Abstract Style Guide

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The abstract style guide follows the submission requireqments of The International Journal of Chinese Language Teaching.

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• Title

--Ideally no more than 15 words

--Capitalize the first alphabet in each concrete word

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• Body

--No more than 400 words excluding references

--written as a single paragraph without indentation of the first line

--Contain an informative summary of the main points, including, where relevant, the purpose, methodology (including specific names of scales/tests and types of questionnaires), type of data, special characteristics of subjects used, and conclusions

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• Keywords

--Three to five keywords describing the content, each separated by a comma

--Only the first alphabet in the first key word should be capitalized

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• References

• Journal entry format

Surname, I. (Year). Title of the article. Title of Journal, volume number (issue number), page-page. DOI

• Book entry format

Surname, I. (Year). Book title: Subtitle. Publisher.

Surname, I. (Year). Title of book. Publisher. https://doi.org/xxxxx

• Book chapter entry format

Surname, I. (Year). Title of chapter. In I. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xx-xx). Publisher.

• Edited book entry format

Surname, I. (Ed.). (Year). Title of book. Publisher.

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• Font and Font Style

Title: Times New Roman font, 14 point.

Body: Times New Roman font, 12 point

Use italics for emphasis, not bold or underlining.

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For more submission support, please refer to the Style Guide or email unileeds@isoctal.com.  

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