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State / Territory MLTA Directory

ACT MLTA( ACT) Inc., GPO Box 989, Canberra ACT 2601

NSW MLTA NSW Inc., C /- PTC, PO Box 121 Leichhardt NSW 2040

NT LTANT, PO Box 42446, Casuarina NT 0811

QLD MLTAQ Inc., PO Box 3727, South Brisbane BC 4101

SA MLTASA Inc., GPO Box 622 Adelaida SA 5001

TAS MLTAT of Tasmania, C /- PTC, PO Box 20U, Upper Burnie, Tas. 7320

VIC MLTAV Inc., Statewide Resources Centre, 150 Palmerston Street, Carlton Vic. 3053

WA MLTAWA Inc., PO Box 605, Subiaco WA 6008

Financial members of Australian State and Territory MLTAs receive Babel automatically as part of their membership. Applications for membership of any State or Territory Modern Language Teachers Association should be forwarded to the appropriate association at the address indicated above.

Subscription Rates

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Requests for subscriptions should be directed to subscriptions @ afmlta. asn. au

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Guidelines for Contributors

Babel publishes general and research articles, reviews, and reports about the teaching and learning of languages, and language policy at primary, secondary, and tertiary level. Articles should normally be between 2000 and 5000 words. Reports and reviews are more likely to be between 1000 and 2000 words. Microsoft Word format is preferred(. doc /. docx) or Rich Text Format(. rtf). Authors should include their name, title, work location, postal and e-mail addresses, and fax and telephone numbers on a separate cover sheet. As all contributions are anonymously peer reviewed, authors should remove any identifying information from their text( e. g. name in footers and headers) and, if necessary, refer to themselves in the Reference list only as Author. In general, submissions will include an Abstract of between 150-200 words and a list of key word descriptors.

It is the responsibility of contributors to consult our stylesheet and follow formatting and referencing requirements before submitting their work( visit www. afmlta. asn. au, go to the Journal tab).

Pictures, graphics, graphs or other forms of illustrations must be of good quality and submitted separately as jpeg files. They should be no larger than A4-size.

Electronic copies of contributions are sent to the Editor at: editor @ afmlta. asn. au

Articles

‘ Conversing’ in French: the effect of high-stakes environments on oral task performance

Writing strategies of children in a Macedonian- English bilingual program in Victoria

Reducing teaching hours in tertiary Japanese: a case study

Reducing the gap between second language researchers and teachers: lessons learned

Volume 47 Number 2