Submission Guidelines

Mosaic is an online newsletter that focuses on themes of interest to ESOL professionals published 4 times per year.

Guidelines for Article Submission:

• Length: 800-1,000 words; word count excludes references and author’s bio

• Formatting: Please use APA 7th edition guidelines, particularly when citing references.

• Articles: Please send completed articles in DOC or DOCX format, Times New Roman font size 12 and 1 inch margins.

• Cartoons, memes, graphics and gifs: Please send in PNG or JPEG format.

• Graphs and charts: Please embed in body of document. Please include as JPEG or PNG files.

• An author’s brief biographical statement (three sentences maximum), email and degree (e.g. Ed.D., M.A.), must be at the end of the document (after references).

• The article should contain in-text citations and references, which must be done according to proper APA 7th edition format. Please check out an important web site about APA citation style here

• Anonymous contributions cannot be published. Please do not submit dissertations or theses. Literature reviews for dissertations, dissertations or excerpts, or submissions that do not follow these basic guidelines cannot be considered for publication.

Promising Practices:

The Promising Practices column features practical classroom activities, techniques or ideas that have been shown to be successful, challenging, and inspiring for students in your ESL/EFL classes at any grade level or in your teacher-training courses. Your activities must be research-based and supported with a minimum of 2 references following Mosaic's General Guidelines for Article Submission. Both theory and practice are combined. Appears twice per year.

Mosaic's editorial goals are to be accurate, to maintain the writer's message, content, and style, and to fit the work in the space allotted. Mosaic reserves the right to edit all manuscripts for clarity, brevity, and style; the column editor will consult with contributors on substantive revisions. Articles from Mosaic may be reprinted with proper acknowledgement of the source.

Research in Brief:

The Research in Brief column welcomes articles that address recent theories and practices in TESOL and its related fields. Your article can be a brief study report or a mini literature review. For a brief study report, please include your research background, research methods, finding(s) and significance of the study. For a mini literature review, please discuss one topic of your interest by synthesizing research articles within the past decade. Featured articles should build upon current research and bring new insights to the discussion of a specific issue. All articles must follow Mosaic's General Guidelines for Article Submission.

Appears twice per year.

Mentoring Matters:

The Mentoring Matters column features research-based articles on English as a New Language (ENL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher supervision, mentoring, or evaluation. Articles should explore, interrogate, or critique current teacher supervision, mentoring, or evaluation practices and help readers understand, question and/or challenge knowledge of these practices. We welcome original research, research reviews, experience-based, and reflection pieces from teacher educators, supervisors, mentors, and teachers. All articles must be supported by research with a minimum of 2 references and follow Mosaic's General Guidelines for Article Submission.

Appears at least twice per year depending on the amount of submissions.

Cultural Connections:

The Cultural Connections column aims to create an awareness of diverse expectations, values and beliefs that our students have for practical and pedagogical uses. Since a region's culture is closely related to its language, linguistic challenges for students are also addressed. Our belief is that students rely on educators to foster understanding and make the bridge from their native country to a different one, and educators need to continuously grow and therefore develop cultural intelligence.

Possible submissions may focus on a particular culture and how the values, beliefs, and expectations shape behaviors in the classroom environment and/or the skills educators need to recognize and overcome barriers. All articles should be supported by research with a minimum of 2 references and follow Mosaic's General Guidelines for Article Submission.

Appears twice per year.

Identity and Liberation:

This section features the exploration of marginalized identities and strategies for countering oppression in our field. Articles will focus on the intersection of English Language Teaching and one or more aspects of students' and educators' identities (e.g., race, gender, social class, ability). Submissions should exhibit novel approaches and/or conceptualization relating to language and oppression. All articles must be supported by research with a minimum of 2 references following Mosaic’s General Guidelines for Article Submission.

Appears at least twice per year depending on the amount of submissions.

Resource Review:

This column reviews all things related to the teaching of ESOL, whether that be pedagogy, technology, materials- web-based or no, ESOL specific or no - textbooks, blogs, websites, books or articles speaking to teaching and/or issues and policies impacting our students and our work. Appears at least twice per year depending on amount of submissions.

Geeking Out:

This column celebrates and encourages all the nerdy, guilty pleasures we have as they relate to language, culture and teaching. Appears at least twice per year depending on amount of submissions.

Editorial Cartoon, Meme, Gif, Graphic or Essay:

Size: Cartoon, gif, meme, or graphic- Fit within the 1 inch margins of 8x11 page.

This section lovingly scrutinizes our practice and the idiosyncratic experiences within it with humor, wit and humility. It is NOT a place for anger towards any one or more person(s) or group(s). Appears at least twice per year depending on amount of submissions.

Deadlines:

Issue 2 2023 - April 1

Issue 3 2023 - July 3

Issue 4 2023 - October 9