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Version)  Title (English and Arabic Version), Written Using TNR-16 Bold,
12 Words Maximum, Left Align
Received: 05th April 2016; Revised: 06th April 2016; Accepted: 19 th July 2016
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Martin Kustati*) 12pt, Times New Abstract:  10pt, Times New Roman: the abstract should be
clear, concise, and descriptive. This abstract should provide a
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brief introduction to the problem, objective of paper, followed by
Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol
a statement regarding the methodology and a brief summary of
Padang, Indonesia  10pt, Times New results. The abstract should end with a comment on the
Roman significance of the results or a brief conclusion. Abstracts are
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Keywords: ¬ 10pt, Times New Roman: three or more word(s) or phrase(s), that are the labels of your manuscript
and critical to correct indexing and searching. Therefore the keywords should represent the content and highlight
of your article. Use only those abbreviations that are firmly established in the field. e.g EFL, CLT, ESL, and
others. Each words/phrase in keyword should be separated by a comma (,).

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INTRODUCTION:  12pt, Times New show the scientific merit or novelties of the
Roman paper. Avoid a detailed literature survey or
a summary of the results.
In introduction, authors should
state the objectives of the work at the end METHOD:  12pt, Times New Roman
of introduction section. Before the
objective, authors should provide an Method Section that describes the
adequate background, and very short participants, the procedures employed in
literature survey in order to record the the study such as technique of data
existing solutions/method, to show which collection and data analysis.
is the best of previous researches, to show
the main limitation of the previous
researches, to show what do you hope to
achieve (to solve the limitation), and to
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12pt, Times New Roman Are your results consistent with what other
investigators have reported (what else)? Or
Research Findings should be clear are there any differences?
and concise. The results should summarize
(scientific) findings rather than providing
data in great detail. Please highlight CONCLUSION (S) AND
differences between your results or RECOMMENDATION (S):  12pt,
findings and the previous publications by Times New Roman
other researchers.
Conclusion should answer the
In discussion, it is the most objectives of research. Tells how your
important section of your article. Here you work advances the field from the present
get the chance to sell your data. Make the state of knowledge. Without clear
discussion corresponding to the results, but Conclusion, reviewers and readers will
do not reiterate the results. Often should find it difficult to judge the work, and
begin with a brief summary of the main whether or not it merits publication in the
scientific findings (not experimental journal. Do not repeat the Abstract, or just
results). The following components should list experimental results. Provide a clear
be covered in discussion: How do your scientific justification for your work, and
results relate to the original question or indicate possible applications and
objectives outlined in the Introduction extensions. You should also suggest future
section (what)? Do you provide experiments and/or point out those that are
interpretation scientifically for each of underway.

REFERENCES:  12pt, Times New Roman

Cite the main scientific publications on which your work is based. Cite only items that
you have read. Do not inflate the manuscript with too many references. Avoid excessive self-
citations. Avoid excessive citations of publications from the same region. Check each
reference against the original source (authors name, volume, issue, year). Please use
Reference Manager Applications like EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, etc. Use other published
articles in the same journal as models.
All publications cited in the text should be included as a list of references. References
are sequentially numbered as they appear in the text. Reference numbers are indicated in
square brackets. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the
reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full.
Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list,
but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they
should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of
the publication date with either “Unpublished results” or “Personal communication”. Citation
of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last
accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source
publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the
reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any references in the list (and any
citations in the text) to other articles in the same Special Issue. Recommendations for
references are to:
 1. Use current references from scientific articles (such as journals, thesis and
dissertation, conference proceedings) as main resources.
2. Include all authors. et al., for multiple authors is not acceptable.
3. When referencing in the body of text, use 12pt Times Roman in square brackets
[1].
4. Types of references can be seen in the author guidelines.

When preparing your reference list, the following should be avoided:

1. References not cited in the text.
2. Excessively referencing your own work.
3. Insufficiently referencing the work of others.

Note for author

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Sample 1
REFERENCES: 12pt, Times New Roman
Flemming, L. E. (2011). Reading for thinking. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. ←
Book
Linse, C. (n.d.). T.(2005). Practical English language teaching: Young learners. New York:
McGraw-Hill. ← Book
Harida, E. S. (2014). Students’ ability and difficulties in understanding English text (A study
at English program IAIN Padangsidimpuan). Al-Ta'lim Journal, 21(3), 183–188.←
Journal
Gani, S. A., Yusuf, Y. Q., & Susiani, R. (2016). Progressive outcomes of collaborative
strategic reading to EFL learners. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 37(3), 144–
149. ←Journal
Fitrisia, D., Tan, K.-E., & Yusuf, Y. Q. (2015). Investigating metacognitive awareness of
reading strategies to strengthen students’performance in reading comprehension.
Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education, 30, 15–30.←Journal
Barbara, Leila, & Sardinha, T. (2007). Proceedings 33rd international systemic functional
congress. Retrieved December 4, 2016, from
http://www.pucsp.br/isfc/proceedings/←Conferences
Rahayu, J. S. (2015). Students’ reading engagement in literature circles a study of literature
circles in teaching reading at a junior high school in bandung (masters). Universitas
Pendidikan Indonesia. Retrieved from http://repository.upi.edu←Thesis
Lo, C-L. (2013). The impact of note-taking in counseling. PhD dissertation. The University of
Iowa, Iowa City. ←Dissertation
Onukwugha, U. (2006). The Four Cardinal Points of Any Good Writing: Expression, Content,
Organization & Technical Accuracy. Ezine Articles. Com, 28. Retrieved from
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Four-Cardinal-Points-of-Any-Good-Writing:-
(Accessed 2 April 2014).←Website.
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