Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature with a printed ISSN 1412-3320 & online ISSN 2502-4914 is a double blind peer-reviewed journal. It is published twice a year, on July and December (2000-2019), but since 2020 the publication decided by the by the Faculty of Language & Arts, Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang, Indonesia becomes every June and December 

Celt received the national re-accreditation status from the Indonesian Directorate General of Higher Education No. 040/P/2014 in February 2014 for its print version and is effective until the next five years. This decree has been updated with a nationally accredited status of Sinta-2 from the Indonesian Directorate General of Strengthening Research and Development from the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education No. 30/E/KPT/2018 in 24 October 2018 for its online version, and updated with 36/E/KPT/2019 for its online version for publications until 2023.

In general, Celt’s focus and scope is on research that deal with discussions on Culture, English Language Teaching and learning, and on pure linguistics and literature.

Topics that are accepted for publication can be on the following areas:

• Art, Fiction & Aesthetic of Language,

• Consumer Culture for Language & Arts,

• Cultural Studies for Language Teaching & Learning,

• Design, Communication & Visual Arts for Language & Culture,

• Digital Media & Technology for Language Teaching & Learning,

• English Language Teaching (ELT),

• English as a Foreign/ Second Language Teaching (EFL/ ESL),

• English for Specific Purposes (ESP),

• History of Language Teaching & Learning

• ICT in Language Teaching & Learning

• Linguistics/ the Pragmatics of Language & Arts

• Local/ Global Language, Arts & Culture

• Language & Arts' Material Development

• Modern/ Traditional Art

• Rhetorical Language

• Language & Arts' Syllabus & Curriculum Design

• Teacher Education for Language & Arts.

Manuscripts that are selected for publication in Celt, could:

• encourage and foster discussions among teachers, practitioners, policy makers, and those who are interested in using language of communication, such as English for the area of business and education, and any other topic relevant to their issue areas;

• share best practices, best teaching experiences, and policies that can increase students’ language and arts competencies for their future professions; and

• provide an avenue for the professional development of teachers, practitioners, and policy makers.

In more detail, Celt welcomes manuscripts that focus on, but are not limited to topics that deal on the following:

• utilizing the most appropriate teaching methods and approaches of understanding English culture and society by integrating the knowledge learnt from the field of language, culture and arts;

• exploring challenges in methods and approaches in successfully teaching language by appreciating its culture and arts;

• exploring numerous ways of integrating culture and arts as an appropriate aid and material for understanding narratives that deal with private voices or public self-hood;

• designing applicable curriculum for the better teaching of language, arts and culture;

• maximizing digital media and technology to better appreciate language, arts and culture;

• challenging innovative ways to integrate language, arts and culture with other humanities discipline;

• defining the aesthetic ideology and conceptions of literature;

• conceptualizing vernacular and literary language;

• reconstructing historical reality and fictional truths;

• comprehending the changing landscape and/ or the transnational characteristics of the young generation’s consumer and/ or digital culture.

 

Section Policies

Research

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Articles

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Peer Review Process

Each manuscript is firstly scanned by a plagiarism checker provided by Celt to ensure originality of the author/s' manuscript. Once the originality is proven, the journal manager will inform the journal editor to assign two reviewers to evaluate the manuscript's content. The choice of at least two reviewers are based on the area of specialties that matches with the topic argued by the author/s of the manuscript. In evaluating the manuscript, Celt conditions it to be screened by a double blind process of reviewers. The reviewers would not know who is being partnered by whom and who the author of the manuscript is because no names will be shown. Reviewers are given the choice of evaluating the manuscript by filling out a "Review Form", or/and can make marks and comments on the manuscript by using the "track changes" in the Microsoft Word file sent to the reviewer’s email via the OJS. If both reviewers accept the author's manuscript, then the journal editor will process it further to be included in the list of manuscripts for publication. If one of the reviewer decides not to accept it, then the journal editor will find another reviewer to evaluate it. If the new reviewer also decides not to accept the manuscript then the journal editor has the right to send a letter of rejection to the author of the manuscript. Once a manuscript passes the double blind peer-review process, it may have an additional process for the language editors to screen further before it is handed over to the journal's layout editor. Once there is a recommendation from the reviewers and language editors to publish the manuscript, the publishing editor will finally process it for action by the layout editor. Once receiving a final agreement by the author/s and the managing editor, who is the editor-in-chief for the journal, the manuscript is uploaded in the journal’s archive of the OJS. Result of the manuscript publication is seen online. Author/s will receive a printed/ hard copy version of the manuscript in the form of a full journal, in addition to having access to a free download of the manuscript online. Like the author/s, readers can also freely download manuscripts that are already in Celt’s archive. This because Celt journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research is freely available for the public to support a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Publication Frequency

Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature is published every July and December, but since the year 2020 it is published every June and December. The published pdf version is open for all authors and readers to download freely.

 

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Ethics Statement

Ethics Statement

Our ethic statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

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Publication decisions

The editor-in-chief is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published.
The editor-in-chief may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board’s suggestions and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding the journal manuscript’s liability, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor-in-chief may confer with other editors in the editorial Board and/or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play
An assigned editor and Reviewer can at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality
The editor-in-chief and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without an expressed written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer-reviewers assist the editor-in-chief in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor-in-chief.

Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument that had been previously reported should be accompanied by relevant citation. A reviewer should also call onto the editor-in-chief's attention on any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest that resulted from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, they should have been appropriately cited or quoted. Celt journal will make sure of the work's originality by processing a plagiarism check with available AI machines such as using Turnitin.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All of those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

 

Abstracting & Indexing

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Citedness of journal articles in Scopus

10 citations, Aziz, Z. A., Nasir, C., Ramazani, R., (2019), Applying metacognitive strategies in comprehending English reading texts, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 19(1), pp.138-159.

6 citations, Setyowati, L., Sukmawa, S., Latief, M.A., (2017), Solving the students’ problems in writing argumentative essay through the provision of planning, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 17(1), pp.86-102.

6 citations, Marwan, A., (2017), Implementing learner-centered teaching in an English foreign language (EFL) classroom, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 17(1), pp.45-59.

5 citations, Aunurrahman, A., Hamied, F.A., Emilia, E., (2017), A joint construction practice in an academic writing course in an Indonesian university context, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 17(1), pp.77-44.

5 citations, Matra, S.D., (2014), Teacher questioning in classroom interaction, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 14(2), pp.82-111.

4 citations, Suprayogi, Samanik, , Novanti, Elza Aqilla, Ardesis, Yoana, (2021), EFL Learner’s literary competence mapping through reader-response writing assessed using CCEA GCSE mark scheme, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 21(1), pp.22-40.

4 citations, Utami, I.G.L.P., (2019), English teachers personally-initiated learning (PIL): their professional development preferences, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 19(1), pp.89-106.

3 citations, Mubarok, H., (2017), Students' Perception toward the Implementation of Peer-Assessment in Writing; Before and After, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 17(1), pp.13-26.

2 citations, Guntarto, B., Servina, N., (2019), You sure there'' s nothing more to say ?”: Indonesian Youth Culture Represented in YouTube Video Advertisements, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 19(1), pp. 68-88.

2 citations, Sitorus, G.S., Sipayung, K., (2018), An error analysis of using phrases in writing recount text at tenth grade in SMA Parulian, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 18(1), pp.79-88.

2 citations, Ilyas, H.P. (2018), The quest for critical thinking framework in ELT, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 18(2), pp.310-332.

2 citations, Silalahi, R. M., (2017), Indonesian University Students’ Common Mistakes when Formulating Interrogative Sentences with ‘Wh-questions.’, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 17(2), pp.154-177.

1 citation, Yektiningtyas, W., Silalahi, E., (2020), Fables as media of environmental education for sentani children in Jayapura Regency, Papua, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 20(2), pp.235-255.

1 citation, Darwanto, B. A., Widodo, P., Satoto, H. H., (2020), Morphological marking irregularity of Bahasa Indonesia and the acquisition of English words, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 20(2), pp.259-287.

1 citation, Sabri, M.M.Z., (2020), The effect of strategy daily code mixing towards students in teaching vocabulary mastery, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 20(2), pp.73-91.

1 citation, Kusumawati, I., (2019), The implementation of project-based learning’s speaking skill for tenth grade Vocational High School students, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 19(2), pp.377-392.

1 citation, Kristanto, B., (2019). The Role of Memory and Language in Transformation: Crucial Issues in American Indigenous Poetry Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 19(1), pp.42-67.

1 citation, Harnish, D., (2019), Music education and sustainability in Lombok, Indonesia, (2019), Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 19(1), pp.1-19.

1 citation, Fata, I. A., Bahri, S., Muridhal, M., (2018), From picture to text: The use of picture in ELT writing class, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 18(2), pp.297-309.

1 citation, Kurniawan, M., (2018), The Analysis of interlingual and intralingual interference in children’s literature translation project, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 18(2), pp.229-244.

1 citation, Murniati, CT., Sanjaya, R., (2017), Students as producers: A case study of technology-based projects, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 17(2), pp.121-138.

1 citation, Mali, Y.C.G., Motivational teaching strategies in Indonesian EFL writing classrooms, (2017), Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 17(1), pp.60-85.

1 citation, Susanti, Y., Suharsono, S., Kurnia, F. D., (2017), Interactional Metadiscourse Markers in the Introduction of Dissertations, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 17(2), pp.270-291.

1 citation, Widiana, Y., Yustisiana, R.A., (2015), Metaphors and arguments to semantic political metaphors in Indonesian mass media and its persuasive effect towards readers, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 15(2), pp.205-221.

1 citation, Dukut, E.M., Utami, M., Nugroho, A., Putri, N., Nugrahedi, P, (2014), Using popular culture’s media of Indonesian- English picturebooks as a way of reaching more vegetable consuming children, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 14(1), pp.36-47.

1 citation, Dewi, N. (2014), In search of contextual and humanistic Southeast Asian literature in English, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 14(2), pp.133-147.

1 citation, Utami, S.K.N., (2014), Cultural Untranslatability: A Study on the Rainbow Troops, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 14(1), pp.48-62.

1 citation, Wohangara, B.R., (2006), Eastern-Sumba and Its Genres of Oral Tradition, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 6(1), pp.1-16.

 

Retraction & Correction

Retraction & Correction
Retraction & Correction (R & C) Policy

We understand that the authors have worked carefully preparing manuscripts, and we have carried out peer-review processes. However, sometimes there is the potential for published articles to be withdrawn or deleted for scientific reasons. It should not be done lightly and can only occur under extraordinary circumstances. Therefore, corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed will be carried out with strict standards to maintain confidence in the authority of its electronic archives. Our commitment and policy are to maintain the integrity and completeness of important scientific records for researchers and librarians' archives.

 

Article Retraction

Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature is committed to playing its part in maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record; therefore, on occasion, it is necessary to retract articles. Articles may be retracted if:

•There is a major scientific error that would invalidate the article's conclusions, for example, where there is clear evidence that findings are unreliable, either because of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error).

•The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).

•There are ethical issues such as plagiarism (appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit, including those obtained through confidential review of others' manuscripts) or inappropriate authorship.

To ensure that retractions are handled according to publication best practice and following COPE retraction guidelines, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature adopts the following retraction process:

* An article requiring potential retraction is brought to the journal editor's attention.

* The journal editor should follow the step-by-step guidelines according to the COPE flowcharts (including evaluating a response from the author of the article in question).

* Before any action is taken, the editor's findings should be sent to the Ethics Advisory Board. The purpose of this step is to ensure a consistent approach in accordance with industry best practices.

* The final decision as to whether to retract is then communicated to the author and, if necessary, any other relevant bodies, such as the author's institution on occasion.

* The retraction statement is then posted online and published in the next available issue of the journal (see below for more details of this step).

Note that if authors retain the copyright for an article, this does not mean they automatically have the right to retract it after publication. The integrity of the published scientific record is of paramount importance, and COPE’s Retraction Guidelines still apply in such cases.

Article Correction

Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature correction if:

* A small part of an otherwise reliable publication reports flawed data or proves to be misleading, especially if this is the result of honest error.

* The Author or Contributor list is incorrect (e.g., a deserving author has been omitted or someone who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).

Corrections to peer-reviewed content fall into one of three categories:

* Publisher correction (erratum): to notify readers of a critical error made by publishing/journal staff (usually a production error) that has a negative impact on the publication record or the scientific integrity of the article, or on the reputation of the Authors or the journal.

* Author correction (corrigendum): to notify readers of an important error made by the Authors, which negatively impacts the publication record or the scientific integrity of the article or the reputation of the Authors or the journal.

* Addendum: an addition to the article by its Authors to explain inconsistencies, to expand the existing work, or otherwise explain or update the information in the main work.

The decision of whether a correction should be issued is made by the Editor(s) of a journal, sometimes with advice from Reviewers or Editorial Board members. Handling Editors will contact the Authors of the paper concerned with a request for clarification, but the final decision about whether a correction is required, and which type rests with the Editors.

 

Article Removal

In an extremely limited number of cases, it may be necessary to remove a published article from our online platform. This will only happen if an article is defamatory or infringes others’ legal rights, or where the article is, or we have good reason to expect that it will be, the subject of a court order, or where the article if acted upon, may pose a serious health risk. In such circumstances, while the article's metadata (i.e., title and author information) will be retained, the text will be replaced with a screen indicating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

Article Replacement

In cases where an article, if acted upon, may pose a serious health risk, the Authors of the original paper may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. Under such circumstances, the above procedures for retraction will be followed with the difference that the article retraction notice will contain a link to the corrected re-published article together with a history of the document.

 

Advertising Policy

Advertising Policy

1. Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature sets high ethical standards in all its activities and, above all, defends the right to editorial independence. It does not allow advertising or sponsorship to influence the decisions made on editorial content.
2. Readers understand that advertising is different from editorial material. They know that the claims made in advertising are not endorsed by Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature.
3. Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature will carry advertisements that are legal and decent and conform to current recommendations and guidelines.
4. Decisions on the positioning of advertisements are made independently of decisions made in the editorial department on the content of a specific issue.
5. Editorial material will not be influenced by advertising. Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature does not publish material to accompany advertising and does not sell advertising in relation to particular articles.
6. All decisions are at the discretion of the editor. If commercial clients adhere to these guidelines then their advertisement or sponsorship is likely to be accepted. Occasionally decisions may take time.

 

Revenue Sources

Some of the operations of Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature are funded by Celt journal itself and the English Department of the Faculty of Language & Arts, Soegijapranata Catholic University, Indonesia.

 

Direct Marketing

In promoting the journal and publications to the public, Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature attempts to avoid actions detrimental to other parties (e.g., spreading spam) and to avoid misleading information between prospective authors and publishers.