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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it being considered by another journal (or please provide an explanation in the comments to the editor if this is the case).
  • I used the provided style sheet.

Author Guidelines

Style sheet:

Please click on the link below to download the required style sheet. Use this style sheet to prepare your submission, as it ensures your content is formatted correctly and meets all guidelines.

Link to style sheet: HERE

General information

Please use clear, easily comprehensible language. Concrete examples - in the text or in boxes - are welcome.

Layout

  • Unnecessary formatting should be avoided
  • Bold type, italics, or quotation marks: please use them consistently throughout the text
  • Charts and diagrams are to be kept simple, special needs concerning the layout need to be indicated
  • Photos are to be sent separately (JPG or TIF, with a minimal resolution of 300 dpi), the part where they are to be inserted in the text needs to be specified
  • Each image/table/graphic has a title or a caption. References to tables/images/graphics inside the text are numeral (“in the table below” -> “in Table 1”) 

Bibliography, quotations and notes - Please adhere to APA or MLA or Chicago Guidelines

Guidelines for Articles

About 4-5 pages, including illustrations, graphs etc. (1 page corresponds roughly to 3500 characters, including spaces) 

Elements to be provided

  • Abstract - Every article needs to be accompanied by a brief summary of its content (maximum 800 characters, including spaces) - The summary is to be written in the language used in the article itself and, if possible, translated into another language (Fr./ Engl./ Germ./ Ital./ Romansh, preferably of a different language family) - If desired, the translation can be written by the editorial staff of BABYLONIA
  • Highlighted sentences: The author should select 3-4 sentence(s) or main idea that they would like to be highlighted alongside the article
  • Biographical information: A small, 5-6-line presentation of the contributor is desired (max 300 characters)
  • Picture: The author provide a picture of themselves (portrait format, minimal resolution 300ppi for 5cm width)

Guidelines for Teaching Tasters

Babylonia would like to welcome you to our between-issue feature, Teaching Tasters -  Amuse-bouche didactiques - Praxis-Gluschterli - Spuntini didattici - Buccadinas didacticas.

To see previous teaching tasters, please see our archives.

Should you wish to submit a teaching taster, please follow the guidelines below (not following these guidelines is a clear reason for refusal).

Teaching Tasters:

  • must promote plurilingualism (the activities lasso in on the plurilingualism of the classroom) or be general enough that they can be used for different languages.
  • must be useful for different instructional levels or ages, or a transfer is mentioned.
  • include materials that teachers can use “as is” or with simple adaptations.
  • are “timely” (reflecting movements, issues and ideas in contemporary society) or “timeless” (e.g. games and ideas that can be used in multiple contexts).
  • contain no more than 1 page (ca. 4,000 characters) of descriptive text (procedures and justifications, no theoretical foundations);
  • contain no more than 4 pages of teacher-friendly, ready-to-use instructional materials for the classroom;
  • contain no more than three references.

Deadlines

  • For a February publication, submit your full text by January 1.
  • For a June publication, submit your full text by May 1.
  • For an October publication, submit your full text by September 1.

Should you have any questions or are unsure about your idea, don’t hesitate to contact Laura Buechel (laura.buechel@phzh.ch).

Copyright Notice

When submitting an article, authors certify that the text submitted belongs to them, that it has not been published elsewhere (in part or in full) and that it is free of rights. They also undertake not to infringe upon the rights of any third parties. The articles are protected by copyright. However, republishing is generally acceptable as long as (1) the author and the editorial staff of BABYLONIA agree, and (2) the source is clearly mentioned. A copy of the newly-published article must be sent to both the author and the original publisher.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 International License.

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