About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Calidoscópio is a journal of Applied Linguistics in its broadest sense and thus not restricted only to topics revolving around language teaching and learning. Its mission is to investigate both theoretical and empirical issues of language use in a variety of social contexts, recognizing and focusing precisely on the centrality of language in order to reach better understanding and possible solutions for those issues.

The scope of Calidoscópio is articulated with the understanding of Applied Linguistics as a multidisciplinary area whose focus is language in society. Thus the knowledge produced is conceived as organized and identified more by the themes and contexts of investigation and application than by the theories and methodologies used in such investigations. The journal is called Calidoscópio (Kaleidoscope) as a metaphor for the conception that multiple theoretical and methodological approaches can produce new interpretations and different proposals about language use, which, like in a kaleidoscope, result from various combinations of these domains.

Calidoscópio is a peer-reviewed journal published three times a year. It is articulated with the areas of investigation of the Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics at the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos: (1) Language and School Practices; (3) Text, Lexicon and Technology; and (3) Interaction and Discursive Practices. This way, each issue is dedicated to one of these research areas, being the three of them annually contemplated.

The journal, classified by CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) as a QUALIS A2 publication, is permanently open to the submission of articles written by PhD scholars at the following address: http://revistas.unisinos.br/calidoscopio. In cases of co-authorship, at least one of the authors should have a PhD degree, whereas the other authors may be graduate students and other participants of the study.

Peer Review Process

The publication of the article is subjected to the previous approval of the journal's Editorial Board, as well as to peer review made by, at least, two ad hoc reviewers using the double blind review process.

The final acceptance of the article depends on:

• The recommendation of the reviewers;


• That the authors carry out the necessary corrections;


• And final approval by the Editorial Board, which decision will recommend one of the following options:
  
  
  1. Accept submission;
  2. Revisions required;
  3. Resubmit for review;
  4. Resubmit elsewhere;
  5. Decline submission;
  6. See comments.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making cientific knowledge freely available to the public supports a greater global democratization of knowledge.