Readership
Modern English Teacher is a practical magazine for English language teachers, directors of study and school owners, with readers in over 100 countries.

Subject matter
Modern English Teacher has a number of regular sections and some occasional sections, as you will see if you look through this issue of the magazine. We welcome contributions for any of these sections (but see Reviews below). Modern English Teacher has a long shelf-life so a report of a conference, for example, would not be appropriate unless the article was making a ‘timeless’ point.

Reviews
Modern English Teacher cannot accept unsolicited reviews. If you would like to review a book or product, please write to the Reviews Editor, Roger Gower at roger@rgowerely.plus.com.

Length
The length of your article will depend on the topic and maybe on the section for which you are submitting it, but try to be brief. A good idea can sometimes do with a short methodological justification but it might also be fine without – especially if it’s a variation on a well-known theme.

Remember that Modern English Teacher is read by people like you: busy translators who appreciate something that is clearly written and succinct.

Presentation
Please write your article using a standard wordprocessing package, or as a text document. You can send your article by email or on disk, either PC or Mac compatible. Please label the disk clearly and make sure you send a hard copy too.

As well as your article, please send us:

• about 70 words about yourself, your experience and your professional interests
• your email address, if you are happy to have it published
  with your article
• a 50-word summary of your article for the website

Illustrations
Think visual – pictures can lift a page, so do think about how your article could be illustrated. Send us ideas or roughs or even finished artwork. If you are sending finished artwork, please supply originals (using black ink on a sheet of unfolded white paper). Photographs to illustrate the article – black and white prints, colour prints or colour transparencies – are welcome.

Quotations
If you are using quotations, identify the sources; depending on their length, it may be necessary to obtain permission for them to be used, so please give full information.

References
If you quote references, give full information.

Publication
It will be assumed that your article has not been published in any other publication and that it is not being considered by any other publication. If your article is accepted, be prepared to revise it if necessary, in order to shorten it or to clarify something, for example. But do not necessarily expect to have the chance to make any changes. The article will almost certainly be edited to some extent. The changes will usually be cuts to make the article fit the available space and should not affect it overall thrust.

Generally, if major changes are necessary, either the article will be returned to you for amending or the edited version will be sent to you for approval.

Modern English Teacher website
Any article that is accepted for publication in Modern English Teacher may also appear on the Modern English Teacher website, together with your 50-word summary.

Copyright
Your article will be published on the understanding that the fee you receive purchases copyright in the article. The Publisher will not give permission to reproduce the article elsewhere without your permission, provided that you reply to any request within two weeks. Any application made to you to reproduce your article should be forwarded to the editor. Any fee received for the reproduction of the article will be shared 50/50 between you and the publisher. If you wish to use the article again in a publication written or edited by you, you may do so provided that its original publication in Modern English Teacher is acknowledged.

Dave Francis
Editor
Email: david.francis10@ntlworld.com