Studies in English Language and Education (SiELE) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The journal presents research and development in the field of teaching and learning of English language, general linguistics and literature. Authors must register to this journal before submitting their work and they must follow the Author Guidelines of the journal. Submissions that do not adhere to the guidelines provided will be REJECTED. Please submit your article through the online submission of this journal. You may address further inquiries to the Editor at sielejournal@usk.ac.id.

From 2014 to 2020, SiELE Journal published twice a year, in March and September. From 2021 to 2025, it published three times a year in January, May, and September. Beginning in 2026, SiELE Journal will publish four times a year: January, April, July, and October.

The journals have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on Plagiarism”. We recommend that authors check their articles with plagiarism prevention tools (ithenticate.com, turnitin.com, etc.) before submission.

Notification of Archival Status for Your Submission

We occasionally experience issues with our email client, which may prevent the journal system from sending notifications to authors. If the status of your submission has changed from Active to Archived, it indicates that an initial review by the Editorial Board has been completed, and unfortunately, your manuscript has been rejected for not meeting one or more of our requirements:

• Non-compliance with Author Guidelines or a high similarity index (over 20%).
• Lack of scientific merit or insufficient contribution to research.
• Incompatibility with the journal’s scope and readership.
• Content issues, such as language errors, inadequate introduction, lack of a research gap or research questions, unclear aims, a literature review that does not thoroughly explore the topic, unsound methodology, poorly addressed results, lack of discussion, outdated references, or references not following APA 7th style.
• Significant AI-generated content (exceeding 10%).
• Prioritization of research articles; review articles are accepted by invitation only.

Due to the high volume of submissions, we are unable to provide additional details regarding this decision. We hope this outcome does not discourage you from submitting other relevant work to Studies in English Language and Education. Please note that rejected manuscripts cannot be resubmitted to this journal, and any such attempts will be disregarded. We encourage you to consider submitting your work to another journal.

Notice 

Some potential authors reported that they sometimes have problems registering an account at the website. You are advised to contact the support staff for assistance if you have any technical difficulties. The detail is available on the Journal Contact page.

Official Notice – Fraudulent Publication Claims

It has come to our attention that unauthorized individuals are promoting Studies in English Language and Education (SiELE) in certain social media groups and e-commerce platforms, falsely claiming that articles can be published in SiELE within one month. These individuals have no affiliation whatsoever with SiELE. Any promise of guaranteed or expedited publication is false and misleading. SiELE publishes articles by following a rigorous peer-review process as detailed in our SiELE's Author Guidelines. We do not offer fast-track publication or bypass our review standards under any circumstances. For accurate information about SiELE, please refer exclusively to our official website and SiELE's Contact Information.

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