Template for Proceedings of 21st Conference of PAAL
Michiko Nakano1 and Koichi Ano21

School of Education, Waseda University, 2Faculty of International Studies, Bunkyo University
xxx@gmail.com, yyy@waseda.jp

Abstract
In this paper we describe the formatting
guidelines for Proceedings of 21st Conference ofPAAL. The abstract should be no longer than
200 words.

Keywords
Keywords are your own designated keywords

Introduction
The proceedings are the records of theconference. PAAL hopes to give theseby-products a high-quality appearance. Wewould like authors to make the papers lookexactly like this document. The easiest way toachieve this is to replace the content with youown material.

1General instructions

The length of the paper for Proceedings of 21stConference of PAAL must be 2 pages. Print all
text, figures, and tables in two-column format.
The exceptions to the two column format are thetitle, authors’ names and affiliation, email
address, and full-width figures and tables. All
margins are set to 25 mm. DO NOT put a page
number in each page.
1.1

Typeset text and styles

1.1.1

The top of the first page

Use a 14-point Arial font in the title, an 11-point
Times New Roman in the authors’ name and theaffiliation, and an 11-point Courier New in theemail address. The title, the authors’ names andthe affiliation, and the email address arecentered.
Insert a line between the title and theauthors’ name, and between the authors’ nameand the affiliation.
1.1.2

Section heading

Label section and subsection heading in the styleshown on this document. Use numbered sections.
The style and font used are: 12-point bold Times
New Roman for Section heading, 11-point boldand normal Times New Roman for Sectionheading. Insert a line between sections.
1.1.3
Body text
Use an 11-point Times New Roman font in thebody, and indent the first line of the second andlater paragraphs.
1.2

Footnotes

Footnotes should appear at the bottom of thepage, and should be numbered1. Use a 10-point
Times New Roman font in the footnotes.

2

Figures and tables

Place figures and tables in the paper near where
they are first mentioned, if possible. Widefigures and tables may run across both columns.
Table 1 is an example of tables. Insert a line
between text and figures and tables. Captions oftables should be appeared on the top of the table.
Use a 10-point Arial font in tables.
Table 1: Caption of Table 1NMSDrx
42
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2.56.22y33
11.92
3.34.58z
45
15.36
5.22.78
Note: The notes of tables should be appeared here.

Figure 1 is an example of figure. Note thatProceedings of PAAL 2016 is published online.
10.8
0.6
0.4
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0Figure 1: Caption of Figure 11

This is an example of footnotes.

12Place a caption of figure below the figure.
Provide a caption for every figure and table, andnumber each table and figure sequentially in theform “Table 1: Caption of Table 1” and “Figure1: Caption of Figure 1”.

3

Paper submission

The length of your paper for Proceedings ofPAAL 2016 must be 2 pages. DO NOT put apage number in each page. The acceptable fileformat is Microsoft Word file or PDF. If yourpaper includes special fonts, please send the font
file to PAAL Japan office. The URL of the paper
submission website is announced by email.
The deadline for proceedings submission is30th of June, 2016. Authors who exceed thedeadline will be automatically disqualified
regardless of the reason for his/her delay.

4References and appendices

4.1

References

Conform to the styles of the Publication Manualof the American Psychological Association.
Citations in the text appear in parenthesis as(Author, year) or (Author, year: page). If theauthor’s name appears in the text, as Author(year) or Author (year: page).
Full citation of literature referred to should
be given in References. Arrange the referencesalphabetically by first author’s name, rather thanby the order of occurrence in the text. Punctuateand capitalize as in References of this document.
4.2Appendices

Any appendix should be appeared directly after
the reference, and should be given an
informative title: Appendix A. Title ofAppendix A.
References
Hancin-Bhatt, B. (2000). Optimality in second
language phonology: codas in Thai ESL.
Second Language Research. 16,3,201-232.
Kager, R. (1999). Optimality theory. Cambridge:CUP.