1. Manuscripts must be double-spaced, and include a title page with the following information:

 (1) the title of the paper

(2) the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s)

(3) name and address (including e-mail if possible) of the author to whom correspondence should be sent.

(4) a brief paragraph of biographical information (50 words max. per author),

 The article proper should begin on the second page, with the title at the top, but no reference to the author (as all articles are blind reviewed by two readers).

2. References

 2.1 References in the text: All references should be included as parenthetical citations within the text (not as footnotes) in the following manner:

 Thematic patterning has been the subject of a great deal of research on different text types; this research shows typical thematic patternings of texts as well as the usefulness of this patterning for writing students to analyze their own texts (e.g. Witte, 1983; Weissberg, 1984; Vande Kopple, 1991; Bloor & Bloor, 1992; Nwogu, 1995; Schleppegrell, 2000).

 Shaw and Liu (1998: 247) suggest that there is a tendency for non-native speakers of English to write in too spoken a register, even if they speak in a register which is too written...

2.2 List of references: All works cited in the text, and only those, should be listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript, under the section heading References as follows:

 Journal articles:

 Shaw, P. & Ting-Kun Liu, E. 1998. What develops in the development of second-language writing? Applied Linguistics, 19/2, 225-254.

 Articles in books:

 Hyland, K. 1999. Disciplinary discourses: writer stance in research articles. In Candlin, C. & Hyland, K. (Eds.). Writing: Texts, Processes and Practices. London: Longman, 99-121.

 Books by author:

 Cope, B., & Kalantzis, M. 1993. The Powers of Literacy: A Genre Approach to Teaching Writing. London: The Falmer Press.

 Edited books:

 Candlin, C. & Hyland, K. (Eds.) 1999. Writing: Texts, Processes and Practices. London: Longman.

Articles from the internet:

Oliver, R. 1999. Another look at genre in the teaching of writing. A revised version of a paper presented at the IFTE conference ‘The Power of Language’, Warwick, July 1999. Available online: http://www.nyu.edu/education/teachlearn/ifte/oliver1.htm.

Note: In titles of articles (in either books or journals) only the first word of the title and proper names should be capitalized. In titles of books, all major words should be capitalized. Titles of books and of journals should be either italicized or underlined (please be consistent). Please provide page numbers in the case of all articles from books and from journals, as well as the volume number (and issue number, if applicable) in the case of journal articles. When more than one publication place is provided for a book, give only the first one, e.g. “London: Longman”, not “London & New York: Longman.