CALL FOR PAPERS
The Journal of Communicative English (TJOCE) invites original, high-quality manuscripts for publication in its forthcoming issue.
TJOCE is an online, peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Department of English Language Education, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Nigeria. The journal provides a scholarly platform for research in English language and English language education, with particular emphasis on the development of communicative competence among learners and users of English.
The journal welcomes theoretically grounded, empirically based, and pedagogically significant studies that advance knowledge and practice in the teaching, learning, assessment, and use of English, particularly within educational and other communicative contexts.
Areas of Interest
TJOCE welcomes original research articles, review articles, and other scholarly contributions addressing, but not limited to:
- English language teaching and learning
- Communicative competence and language development
- English language pedagogy and methodology
- Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills
- English language proficiency and competence
- Language assessment and evaluation
- Classroom communication and interaction
- Teacher education and professional development
- Curriculum development and innovation
- Instructional materials and resources
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
- English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
- English as a Second/Additional Language
- Applied linguistics and language education
- Sociolinguistics and varieties of English
- Pragmatics and discourse studies
- Language policy and planning
- Digital technologies and English language education
- Artificial intelligence and language teaching and learning
- Multimodal communication and digital literacy
- Language, literacy, and communication
- Contemporary issues in English language education
- Other areas of English language and English language education that thematize communicative competence
Submission and Publication
Manuscripts are accepted throughout the year. The journal publishes four issues annually in:
March | June | September | December
Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts that have not been previously published or simultaneously submitted to another journal.
All manuscripts undergo a rigorous peer-review process before publication. Accepted articles are assigned Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and are published through the journal's Open Access platform to facilitate wider scholarly visibility and accessibility.
Submission
Authors should submit manuscripts through the journal's official submission platform:
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For submission guidelines and further information:
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Important Dates
Submission: Open throughout the year
Peer Review: Ongoing
Publication: March, June, September, and December
Join the Conversation on Communicative English
TJOCE particularly encourages submissions that offer innovative, contextually relevant, and evidence-based perspectives on communicative competence, especially studies that respond to emerging developments in English language education, technology, assessment, and communication.
Researchers, scholars, teacher educators, language teachers, postgraduate researchers, and practitioners are warmly invited to submit their work.
The Journal of Communicative English (TJOCE)
Department of English Language Education
Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University
Makurdi, Nigeria
Editor: Professor Adaje, A. O.
Assistant Editor: Dr. Akogwu, S. U.
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