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Author Guidelines
CAJLE (Central Asia Journal of Language and Education) welcomes original, unpublished research articles, case studies, review papers, and book reviews in the fields of linguistics and language education. All submitted manuscripts must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Language and Length
Manuscripts must be written in English. The recommended length is between 4,000 and 8,000 words, including references. Shorter or longer submissions may be considered at the editors' discretion.
Manuscript Structure
All submissions should follow this structure: Title, Author(s) and Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Literature Review, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, and References. The abstract should be between 150 and 250 words and must clearly state the purpose of the study, the methodology, key findings, and conclusions. Include 5 to 7 keywords after the abstract.
Formatting
Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx). Use 12-point Times New Roman font with 1.5 line spacing. Figures and tables must be numbered consecutively and placed within the text. Figure captions should appear below the figures, and table captions above the tables.
References
CAJLE uses APA (American Psychological Association) citation style. References should be listed alphabetically by the first author's last name at the end of the manuscript. In the text, cite sources using the author's last name and year of publication, for example (Anvarov, 2025) or Anvarov (2025). All references listed at the end of the paper must be cited in the text, and all in-text citations must appear in the reference list.
Examples of reference format:
Journal article: Anvarov, J. A., & Muhammadov, L. (2020). Language acquisition in bilingual settings. Journal of Language Education, 12(3), 45–67.
Book: Jalolov, J. (2012). The methodology of teaching English (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Book chapter: Jalolov, J. (2015). The methodology of teaching English. In B. VanPatten & J. Williams (Eds.), Theories in second language acquisition (pp. 23–45). Routledge.
Conference paper: Abdullayev, M. (2019). Technology in language teaching. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Language Education (pp. 112–118). Fergana State University.
Online source: Nation, I. S. P. (2021). Teaching vocabulary. Retrieved from https://www.example.com
Ethical Standards
Studies involving human participants must include a statement of ethical approval, including the name of the approving institution and approval number. Authors must confirm that informed consent was obtained from all participants. Manuscripts lacking this information may be rejected.
Author Contributions and Conflict of Interest
Authors must briefly describe each author's individual contribution to the work. Any personal, professional, or financial relationships that could be considered a conflict of interest must be declared. If there is no conflict of interest, authors should state: "The authors declare no conflict of interest."
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal's online submission system at https://journal.fdu.uz/index.php/cajle/index.
For any inquiries, please contact the editorial team via the journal website or @AshuraliMirzayev @Retmeneger1 via Telegram.