Author Guidelines

A. General guidelines for authors
Update (14 April 2022)
Carefully read the submission guidelines as follows:

  1. The article must be typed in 1.13 spaced, TNR font with size 11,5 pts except for abstract and on A4 paper size
  2. The article must be 10-20 pages including a bibliography and appendix
  3. The article must include an abstract in Bahasa and English(100-250 words) and be followed by keywords (3-5 words). Abstract and keywords are typed in 1 spaced and TNR 11 pts
  4. Foreign and regional words which are not standardized in KBBI (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia) should be written italics
  5. The citation must be in footnote form.
  6. References are typed in single-spaced and TNR 10,5 pt. The authors are encouraged to use journals as the main references and avoid using web articles. The bibliography must be the last 10 years publication except for any foundational works e.g. learning theories, framework, etc.

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C. Structure of The Manuscript

Introduction. The introduction should contain a (structured) general background, the problem, a previous literature review (state of the art) as the basis of a statement of the scientific novelty of the article, a statement of scientific novelty, and the research problem or hypothesis. At the end of the introduction should be written the purpose of the article studies. In a scientific article, the format is not allowed for the review of the literature as well as in a research report, but expressed in the previous literature review (state of the art) to demonstrate the scientific novelty of the article and can be written development conceptually based on previous research studies.

Method. The method used to solve the problem is written in this section, Methods must be structured, clear, and understandable as well as the right to use the technique.

Results: Type the findings of scientific research in accordance with the method used. but must be supported by data and facts sufficient. No discussion on the results of research findings, this section describes only the findings of the research results.

Discussion: this section is not re-write the research findings, but more scientifically reviews the results of the research, not restating data obtained from research results. The scientific findings should be described in Science including: Do the scientific findings obtained? Why did it happen? Why such a variable trend? All these questions must be explained scientifically, not merely descriptive, and must be supported by scientific phenomena. Furthermore, it should also be explained in comparison with other researchers' results on the same topic. The results of the research and findings must be able to answer the research hypotheses in the introduction.

Conclusions: Each article is closed with a conclusion that summarizes the answers to the hypothesis or research purposes or scientific findings obtained. Conclusions do not contain repetition of results and discussion, but rather a summary of the findings as expected on purpose or hypothesis. If necessary, at the end of the conclusion can also write things that will be associated with the next idea of the study.

References. All references in the text of the article should be written in the References section. Reference should contain reference libraries derived from primary sources (journals). Scientific Journal of a minimum of 80% of the total bibliography) published last 5 years. Each article contains at least 15 (fifteen) reference references. The format for writing references in the journal Al-Afaq is in the form of footnotes.

 

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