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Editorial Board Regulations
Chapter 6: Submission Regulations



 

Article 19 (Eligibility for Submission)
Only individuals who are members of the Association and have paid their dues in good standing are eligible to submit.

 

Article 20 (Submission Conditions)
Submissions must be original papers on the topic of Korean language education that have not been previously published.

 

Article 21 (Submission Method)

1.    Submissions must be made through the online submission system (http://iakle.jams.or.kr).

2.    Submitted manuscripts should have all information identifying the contributor (including co-authors) removed.

 

Article 22 (Submission Deadline)
Manuscripts are accepted at any time; however, the deadlines are as follows:

·         For journals published on March 1: December 30 of the previous year

·         For journals published on June 1: March 30

·         For journals published on September 1: June 30

·         For journals published on December 1: September 30

 

Article 23: Documents to be Submitted and Examination Fees

1.    Contributors must sign the Confirmation of Research Ethics Compliance Form and submit the results of the KCI examination along with the copyright transfer agreement at the time of submission. If there are two or more authors, all authors must sign the declaration of compliance with the research ethics regulations.

2. Authors must submit the review fee upon manuscript submission (KRW 100,000; Nonghyup Bank 302-1636-3437-61, Account Holder: Junghee Lee, Editorial Board of the International Association for Korean Language Education). Review fees for rejected manuscripts are non-refundable. For accepted manuscripts, authors must pay a publication fee of KRW 100,000 for general papers and KRW 300,000 for grant-funded papers. Manuscripts exceeding 20 pages will incur an additional fee of KRW 10,000 per extra page.



Chapter 7: Instructions for Authors


Article 24: Guidelines for Writing a Paper

1. Manuscripts must be prepared using a computer word processing program (Hangul or MS Word). All submissions must adhere to the guidelines below, with an approximate length of 20 journal pages.


2.    The body of the paper can be written in either Korean or English.

(1)   The title of the manuscript should appear in both Korean and English. Upon confirmation of publication, the author’s name must also be provided in both languages. If there are multiple authors, the first author, corresponding author, and co-authors should be clearly identified.

(2) Korean manuscripts must include an English abstract, while English manuscripts must include both English and Korean abstracts. The English abstract should not exceed 200 words, and the Korean abstract should not exceed 200 eojeol (Korean word units). Keywords must be provided in both English and Korean below the abstract.
(Example: Korean (English), or English (Korean))

3.    The manuscript format is as follows (this standard also applies to diagrams and figures):
(1) Paper size: Width 160 mm, Length 220 mm
(2) Margins: Top 20 mm, Bottom 8 mm, Left 25 mm, Right 25 mm, Binding 0 mm, Header 10 mm, Footer 15 mm
(3) Font: Korean (Shin Myung-jo), English (Times New Roman)
(4) Font size, length, spacing, and line formatting should adhere to the above specifications.

 

Title

Letter

Horizontal Scale, Letter Space, Line Height

Margin

Paper Title

15

(100, 0, 160)

 

Subtitle, Name

12

(100, 0, 160)

 

Affiliation

11

(100, 0, 160)

 

English Abstract

9

(95, -4, 140)

Left. Right Margin 30

Introduction 1.

13

(100, 0, 160)

 

Introduction 1.1

12

(100, 0, 160)

Left Margin 1

Introduction 1.1.1

11

(100, 0, 160)

Left Margin 2

Introduction 1.1.1.1

10

(100, 0, 160)

Left Margin 3

Body    10

10

(95, -4, 160)

 

Footnote         8.5

8.5

(95, -4, 160)

 

References

9

(95, -4, 160)

Left Margin 6, Outdent 30

Personal Information

9

(95, -4, 160)

 


4.    Footnotes should be used for supplementary information, with content notes as the standard. Citations and page numbers should be formatted in the main text as follows: John Doe (1997:251).

5.    Example sentences should have a line space above and below. The line spacing between example sentences must match that of the main text. Quotations should follow the same formatting as described above.

6. References must follow APA style. For books, list the author (year), title, and (place of publication): publisher, in that order. For journal articles, include the author (year), title of the paper in quotation marks, journal name, issue number, name of the society, and page numbers cited. Separate co-authors with a middle dot (·); if there are four or more authors, use the format “Author et al. (year)” and all author information should be included in the references.

7. References should be listed in the following order based on the original language: Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, and other languages. Any supplementary materials (including websites) or analytical data should be presented separately from the references. For references written in languages other than English (including Korean), the original script should be provided along with an English translation of the relevant information.


Examples:

한국어(2025), “한국어 OOO 구축 방안”, 한국어교육, 11권 1호, 국제한국어교육학회, 1-20쪽. (Han, K. U.(2025), "A Study on Establishing OOO of Korean Language Education", Journal of Korean Language Education, 11(1), 1-20.)

홍길동(2020), 한국어교육학의 OOO 원리, 한국대학교 대학원 박사학위논문. (Hong, G. D.(2020), OOO Principles of Korean Language Education, Ph.D. dissertation, Han Kook University.)

Brown, H. D. (1994). Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. Longman.

Fotos, S., & Ellis, R. (1991). "Communicating About Grammar: A Task-Based Approach", TESOL Quarterly 25, 605-628.

 

8.    Once the publication decision is made, the author’s name, affiliation, position, address (including zip code), telephone number, and email address should be placed in the lower left corner of the last page, formatted as follows:

John Doe

Professor, Department of Korean Language Education, College of Liberal Arts, Hankuk University

(03172) 175, Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Phone: 02-123-4567

E-mail: abcde@lmn.net

 

  Manuscript Format Sample Download    


9.    For more details, please refer to the latest issue of Korean Language Education.

 

Addendum

1. These revised regulations shall take effect on October 1, 2016.

2. These revised regulations shall take effect on July 24, 2018.

3. These revised regulations shall take effect on April 25, 2021.

4. These revised regulations shall take effect on July 8, 2023.

5. These revised regulations shall take effect on June 1, 2025.