Compilation and online distribution of review articles on acquisition and instruction of Japanese as a second language

Initial Goal：We aimed at“systematically compiling review articles of studies on acquisition of Japanese as a second language(JSLA)and its pertinent fields，conducted in Japan as well as English-，Chinese-，and Korean-speaking countriesAchievements：(1)So far we compiled 39review articles(Including One Invited Paper)；3 lecture notes；11 introductory notes；and 2 pertinent articles。They cover topics from versatile fields，including language acquisition，language education，and descriptive language research.These review articles collectively enlist nearly3000books and papers from Japanese-，English-，Chinese-and Korean-speaking countries.(2)We published these articles in the following three anthologies in the past three years：·“The State of the Art in Second Language Acquisition and Instruction Research：2002 Version”(Special Issue of“Japanese Language Education”)-400pages，21 reviews and 9pertinent articles The State of the Artinent Research。Language Acquisition and Instruction Research：2002 Version“(Special Issue of”Japanese Language Education“)--240pages，10reviews and 2pertinent articles·”The State of the Art in Second Language Acquisition and Instruction Research：2002 Version“(Special Issue of”Japanese Language Education“)-256pages，8reviews and 5pertinent articles(3)Fortunately，this project has been favorably rably ceived in the academic community(Taan‘s’)。Upon numerous requests from researchers and institution in both Japan and other countries，we dispatched nearly800 complimentary copies in total.(4)We installed a PDF version of some of those articles on a Web server，to experiment their online distribution。(The experiment is currently in progress，and we plan to increase the number of online articles in a near future.)(5)One of the project participants of published her outcome in an external journal(Sugaya，2004)。

Initial Goal : We aimed at "systematically compiling review articles of studies on acquisition of Japanese as a second language(JSLA) and its pertinent fields, conducted in Japan as well as English-, Chinese-, and Korean-speaking countriesAchievements :(1)So far we compiled 39 review articles (including one invited paper) ; 3 lecture notes ; 11 introductory notes ; and 2 pertinent articles. They cover topics from versatile fields, including language acquisition, language education, and descriptive language research. These review articles collectively enlist nearly 3000 books and papers from Japanese-, English-, Chinese-and Korean-speaking countries.(2)We published these articles in the following three anthologies in the past three years :・"The State of the Art in Second Language Acquisition and Instruction Research : 2002 Version"(Special Issue of "Japanese Language Education")---400 pages, 21 reviews and 9 pertinent articles・"The State of the Art in Second. Language Acquisition and Instruction Research : 2002 Version"(Special Issue of "Japanese Language Education")---240 pages, 10 reviews and 2 pertinent articles・"The State of the Art in Second Language Acquisition and Instruction Research : 2002 Version"(Special Issue of "Japanese Language Education")---256 pages, 8 reviews and 5 pertinent articles(3)Fortunately, this project has been favorably rably perceived in the academic community (e.g., Tahaka's book review on Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language). Upon numerous requests from researchers and institution in both Japan and other countries, we dispatched nearly 800 complimentary copies in total.(4)We installed a PDF version of some of those articles on a Web server, to experiment their online distribution. (The experiment is currently in progress, and we plan to increase the number of online articles in a near future.)(5)One of the project participants of published her outcome in an external journal (Sugaya, 2004).