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WPEL (Working Papers in Educational Linguistics) presents works in progress primarily by Penn affiliated students and faculty working in areas of educational linguistics. Areas include, but are not limited to, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, interlanguage pragmatics, language planning and policy, literacy, TESOL methods and materials, bilingual education, classroom research on language and literacy, discourse analysis, computer assisted language learning, language and gender, language and the professions, and language related curriculum design. Submissions to WPEL cannot be under consideration for publication elsewhere unless permission has been granted by the other publications. In this case, it is the author's responsibility to obtain the necessary permission and citation. We ask that any WPEL article published elsewhere at a later time include a reference to WPEL. The individual authors retain copyright privileges. Articles not accepted for the current issue may be rewritten and resubmitted for the following edition. A recommendation to rewrite is not a guarantee of future publication in WPEL. WPEL is not responsible for returning articles that have been sent to our office. Please, do not send an original paper, and do not send articles on diskette until asked to do so. Cover Page -On your cover page include the article title, your name, telephone number, mailing address, e-mail address, and a fifty-word biography. Do not include your name on any other pages of your paper. Abstract -Include an abstract of approximately 125 words. Literature Review -The literature review should be concise and directly related to the research study. WPEL does not generally publish papers that are only literature reviews. Parts of Study - Include all charts, endnotes, footnotes, graphs, appendices, and references. The methods section of any submission must be sufficiently detailed so that it could guide the replication of a similar study. Citations - The text should be fully documented with accurate citations as set forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Fifth Edition) with WPEL modifications, as in the following examples. Blom, J., & Gumperz, J.J. (1972). Social meanings in linguistic structure: Code-switching in Norway. In J.J. Gumperz & D. Hymes (Eds.), Directions in sociolinguistics. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Wilson. Ellis, R. (1994). The study of second language acquisition. London: Oxford University Press. Kessler, C. (Ed.). (1992). Cooperative language learning: A teacher's resource book. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents. Sridhar, S.N., & Sridhar, K.K. (1980). The syntax and psycholinguistics of bilingual code mixing. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 34(4), 409-416. For electronic citations see http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html References in the text of the article should be formatted as in these examples. Chomsky (1965) in a paper on. . . Hymes (1972:25) states that ". . ." ". . . " (Wolfson 1983: 85). According to Ochs and Shieffelin (1989, cited in Saunders 1994: 13). . . . . . (Ochs & Shieffelin 1989, cited in Saunders 1994: 13). The position taken by O'Malley et al. (1987). . . As many sources have suggested (e.g. deBot & Stoessel 2000; Martin-Jones 1995; Pfaff 1979; Yoon 1992). . . [List authors in alphabetical order.] . . . (Mitsuo Kubota, interview, October 15, 1995). . . . (Leena Huss, personal communication, April 13, 2003). As Huss has noted, . . . (personal communication, April 13, 2003). For electronic references see http://www.apastyle.org/electext.html Editors make every effort possible to ensure the accuracy of all citations; however, the final responsibility for citations remains with the author of each article. Tables and Figures - Please use tables and figures only where absolutely necessary. The font used in tables should be Palatino 10pt. Please use the following guidelines to resize your tables and figures to match with WPEL margins. Tables and figures meant to fit in line with the text should have a width of 4.5 inches. Tables and figures requiring a full page must not exceed a width of 4.4 inches and a length of 7.15 inches (not including the title) for a horizontal layout. For a vertical layout, they must not exceed a width of 7.5 inches and a length of 4.15 inches (not including the title). Please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Fifth edition) and recent issues of WPEL for examples of how to format tables and figures. Page Numbers - Please include page numbers and the first three words of the title of your study at the bottom center of each page of your paper. Length - Submissions do not normally exceed 7500 words. Ethics - Authors should follow the ethical guidelines for research set forth by their academic institutions. All correspondence should be sent to the following address:
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