Focus and Scope

Focus

Seltics Journal: Scope of English Language Teaching, Literature, and Linguistics is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes original research contributing to the advancement of knowledge in linguistics, applied linguistics, English language teaching, and literary studies.

The journal welcomes empirical, theoretical, analytical, and critical studies that demonstrate originality, methodological rigor, engagement with relevant scholarly literature, and a clear contribution to their respective fields. Seltics Journal aims to facilitate scholarly exchange among researchers, academics, and practitioners working in language, language education, and literature.

The journal considers research conducted in local, national, and international contexts, provided that the manuscript establishes a clear connection to the journal's disciplinary focus and makes a meaningful contribution beyond a purely descriptive account of a particular phenomenon.

Scope

Seltics Journal covers the following four areas of scholarship:

1. Linguistics

This area focuses on the structure, systems, and functions of language through theoretical, descriptive, and empirical approaches. Research may examine English or other languages when the linguistic relevance and contribution are clearly established.

Topics include:

  • Phonetics and phonology

  • Morphology and syntax

  • Semantics and pragmatics

  • Theoretical and descriptive linguistics

  • Functional linguistics and systemic functional linguistics

  • Corpus linguistics and corpus-based linguistic analysis

  • Linguistic variation, language change, and language contact

  • Discourse analysis and conversation analysis, particularly studies examining linguistic structures, patterns, and functions

2. Applied Linguistics

This area examines language use and language-related processes in social, cultural, cognitive, institutional, and professional contexts. It emphasizes theoretically informed investigations of language-related phenomena and their implications for understanding language in real-world settings.

Topics include:

  • Sociolinguistics and language variation in social contexts

  • Psycholinguistics and language processing

  • Second and foreign language acquisition

  • Critical discourse analysis

  • Language in media and digital communication

  • Language, identity, multilingualism, and translanguaging

  • Language policy, planning, and management

  • English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

  • Corpus-assisted approaches to language use

3. English Language Teaching

This area focuses on the teaching and learning of English across educational levels and learning contexts. It welcomes research that advances understanding of English language pedagogy, learner development, curriculum, assessment, and educational practices through rigorous empirical, theoretical, or analytical approaches.

Topics include:

  • English language teaching methods and pedagogical approaches

  • Teaching and learning of listening, speaking, reading, and writing

  • Vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and language development

  • Curriculum design, instructional materials, and textbook evaluation

  • Language assessment, testing, and evaluation

  • Teacher education, teacher professional development, and teacher identity

  • Learner motivation, autonomy, engagement, and language learning strategies

  • Classroom interaction and evidence-based teaching practices

  • Technology-enhanced language learning and digital pedagogy

  • Artificial intelligence in English language teaching and learning

4. Literary Studies

This area focuses on the interpretation and critical analysis of literary works through relevant theoretical, historical, cultural, and comparative perspectives. It prioritizes close engagement with literary texts, critical arguments, and relevant scholarly literature.

Topics include:

  • Analysis of novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and other literary forms

  • Literary criticism and literary theory

  • Feminist, postcolonial, psychoanalytic, ecocritical, and other relevant theoretical approaches

  • Cultural studies and representations of identity, power, ideology, and society in literary works

  • Comparative literature and cross-cultural literary analysis

  • Narrative, genre, style, and literary form

  • Historical and contemporary developments in English-language literature

  • Digital literature and emerging literary forms

Editorial Considerations

Seltics Journal welcomes qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research, as well as rigorous theoretical and critical studies appropriate to the selected field.

Submissions are evaluated based on originality, relevance to the journal's scope, theoretical or conceptual grounding, methodological or analytical rigor, engagement with relevant literature, and contribution to scholarly knowledge.

Manuscripts that merely describe classroom activities, report routine teaching practices, summarize literary works without critical analysis, or present language examples without a clear analytical contribution may be considered insufficiently developed for publication.

Authors should select the journal section that most closely corresponds to the manuscript's primary research question, theoretical orientation, analytical approach, and principal contribution. The editorial team may reassign a submission to a more appropriate section when necessary.

Seltics Journal does not guarantee acceptance based solely on a manuscript's alignment with its scope. All submissions are subject to editorial screening and, where appropriate, independent peer review.