PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

 

If your abstract is accepted, you are highly encouraged to submit a full paper by the 14 August 2017, for inclusion into the conference proceedings. Please ensure that you adhere to the guidelines and template for the full paper and send us a ready-to-go paper that is error free. Proofreading and editing the language and format is especially important. Please email your full paper at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


Guideline Template [Link]


 
FORMAT FOR PROCEEDINGS

 

File Type

Only WORD file will be accepted

  • Use the file name LIETC2017 and Author's name, e.g. LIETC2017Smith.doc
  • Only final edited material will be accepted for publication

Margins

2.54cm (left and top) 1.9cm (right, bottom)

Citation Style

APA6th

  • See https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01 for in-text and bibliographic citation examples
  • Bibliographic entries use lower case, except for the first letter for book and journal titles.
  • Quotes above 40 words should be blocked, without quotation marks
  • Quotes below 40 words should appear in the text, using double quotation marks
  • Do not use colons in the in-text citations. Use the following format - (Jones, 2012, p.8)

Font

Times New Roman
General text, 11 pt, regular

Language
  • English (British) or Bahasa Malaysia
  • British spellings required throughout (e.g. analyse, not analyze)
  • Authors writing in Malay also require an English language abstract and title

Length

Article should be between 3000-3500 words in length, including references and endnotes/footnotes.

Paragraphs

First paragraph in each section should be left aligned, but other paragraphs indented.

Spacing

Articles should be single-spaced.

Endnotes

Use endnotes rather than footnotes, 10 pt, keeping them to a minimum.

Abstract
  • 150-250 words, single spaced, regular, 10 pt
  • No citation
  • Summary of the article, including information such as background, statement of problem, objectives, methodology, findings, data analysis, argument, and conclusions.

Keywords
  • The word "Keywords" should appear below the abstract in 10 pt, regular, bold
  • Include 5 keywords (in italics), separated by commas

Title

Title: Upper and lower case, bold, centred, 14 pt, single spaced

Author 1 First name, middle initial, last name (10 pt, align centre)

  • Affiliation, Country (9 pt, align centre)
  • Email: (9 pt, align centre)
  • Author 2 First name, middle initial, last name (10 pt, align centre)
  • Affiliation, country (9 pt, align centre)
  • Email: (9 pt, align centre)

Headings and Subheadings
  • Heading 1: 12 pt, bold, left aligned, capital letters
  • Heading 2: 11 pt, upper and lower case, left aligned, bold
  • Heading 3: 11 pt, upper and lower case, indented
  • In APA6th style, do not include the heading for the "Introduction".

Tables and Figures
  • Number tables and figures with Arabic numerals, e.g. Table 1
  • Table captions should be placed above the table (10 pt, left aligned)
  • Figure captions below the figure (10 pt, align centre, bold)
  • No line space between the caption and the figure/table.

Biography

Include author biographies - Maximum 150 words

Images
  • Submit each figure, table and image in a separate file
  • Number each figure and table according to their position in the text
  • Include captions in the article for each figure/table (eg. [Figure1. Caption]
  • Images should be in JPEG or PNG format, with a minimum of 300 DPI.

Copyright

Copyright for musical examples, images, etc is the responsibility of the author. Proof of permission to reproduce materials must accompany the article.

 

 

Examples of bibliographic References

Books

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle.
          Location: Publisher.

 

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book

Author, A. A., Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor & B. B.
          Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Location: Publisher.

Journals

Author, A. A., Author, B.B., & Author, C.C. (Year). Title of article. Title of
Periodical,
          volume number (issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy

Disertation

Lastname, F.N. (Year)Title of dissertation(Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Name
          of database. (Accession or Order Number)

Conference Proceedings

Jones, J.L., & Peters, E. L. (Eds.). (1988). Proceedings from ICMH '99: The First
          International Conference on Musicians' Health and Fitness New York, NY: Smith
          Publications.

Recording

Last name, W. W. (Date of copyright). Title of song [Recorded by artist if different from
          song writer]. On Title of album [Medium of recording]. Location: Label. (Recording
          date if different from copyright date).