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Writing
11, 12 As the writing activity will take some time, you 
could give it as homework. 
Follow-up
13 If time allows, do the first step of this activity in 
class. Either prepare the required guidelines beforehand 
or make sure learners can access them online in the 
classroom. Discussion of the pros and cons of publishing 
internationally would be a great way to end the Module!
Module wrapping-up
This brief self-evaluation and reflection activity aims to 
give learners a sense of another milestone reached in 
developing the skills necessary for their academic careers.
Audioscript 
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Presenter: In terms of submitting articles, I can’t stress this 
enough: always refer to the instructions for contributors 
because there will be specific instructions for each journal, 
which differ from journal to journal. Also, when you are 
sending in your article, send with it your covering notes 
that explain the rationale for the paper. This is really your 
opportunity to say why the paper is important, why it’ll make 
a difference. So do take this opportunity, as it may help with 
the publication process, with the editorial board of the journal. 
Remember, if there are co-authors, submission of the paper to 
the journal is taken to mean that everyone involved with the 
paper has seen the final version and given it their approval, so 
don’t be tempted to send in the paper until everybody in the 
writing team has seen and agreed to the final version. 
Once your paper has been submitted, it’s possible that there 
may be revisions required and it might even be rejected 
after the peer review. Typical reasons for rejection would be 
insufficient originality, serious scientific flaws, the absence 
of a message that’s important to the target audience, and 
sometimes, being simply descriptive with very little effort 
at evaluation. So, if the paper is sent back to you after the 
peer review, and there are comments and suggestions from 
the reviewers, it’s important that when you resubmit your 
paper you give the journal editors a point-by-point detailed 
explanation of how you’ve addressed each of the reviewers’ 
and editors’ comments and concerns. And in that process it’s 
important to be … again to take a positive tone, er, just going 
through each point and saying how you’ve addressed the 
concerns of the reviewers.
After the acceptance of the paper, the publisher will be doing 
many things to prepare the paper for publication, including 
copy editing and proof-reading. They will be taking care of 
online delivery of the paper, and also providing usage statistics 
on the paper at the journal and article level. If there is a print 
component, of course, they will be getting that ready, too.