Formatting Submissions to Die Unterrichtspraxis-Teaching German

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What to Submit	Style Sheet	Typing Conventions	Tables & Illustrations	Long Quotations	Permissible Formats
Preferred Submission Mode	Word Processors to Use	Labelling Diskettes	Address for MS Submission	Inquiries about E-Media	Inquiries about Book Reviews

Format and Submission Guidelines

A Complete Manuscript Submission Includes:

1. Contribution (Article, Report, etc.)
   • Omit identifying references to oneself and one’s institution.
   • Refer to one’s own publications in the third person.
2. Separate sheet (file) with author(s) name(s), affiliation, address, home, school, fax numbers, e-mail address, title of the paper.
3. Abstract (max. 100 words) on separate sheet (in separate file).
4. Short bio on separate sheet (in separate file).

Style Sheet

• Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th ed. New York: MLA, 1999.

Special Typing Conventions

Double-space all text and notes. One inch (2.5 cm) margin on all sides.
Italicize book titles, citations of foreign words, etc.
Underline only material that is to be underlined in the published form.
Use "smart" quotes, not "dumb" quotes.
Right margin ragged (unjustified).
Words at line ends unbroken (no automatic hyphenation).
Titles and section headings flush left.
"Embedded footnotes," i.e. footnotes inserted automatically by a word processor, may be used.
German text in reformed orthography.

Tables and Illustrations

UP is not printed in color. Submit tables and illustrations with this limitation in mind. When submitting tables or illustrations, please provide them not only embedded in the manuscript, but also on separate sheets (in stand-alone files) ready for printing or duplicating.

Long Quotations

Long citations that will be indented in smaller type in the journal need not be indented in the manuscript if they are marked as quotes in the manuscript.

Permissible Format of Submissions

• Paper: Mail a single clean paper original of contribution and separate sheets to the editor. (address below).

• Electronic: (any of the following)

  3.5" double-sided, double density diskette.
  100 MB (Mac or PC) ZIP disk.
  E-mail attachment of files in a readable electronic format (see below).
  

Preferred Mode of Submission

Both electronic and paper .

Preferred Word Processor Formats

Microsoft Word.

WordPerfect.

Labeling of Diskettes should include:

Name of the author(s).
Titles of the text files on the diskette.
Word processor (and version) used.
Date of submission.

Mail journal submissions to:

Tom Lovik, Editor
Die Unterrichtspraxis
Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, African and Asian Languages
A-604 Wells Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 

E-Mail journal submissions to:

up@msu.edu

Send e-media review inquiries to:

Bernhard Martin, Associate Editor
Die Unterrichtspraxis
German Department
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155

Send book review inquiries to:

Phillip J. Campana, Associate Editor
Die Unterrichtspraxis
Department of Foreign Languages
P.O. Box 5061
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN 38505