CONTRIBUTION GUIDELINES
The Japan Foundation would like to announce a general call for papers from around the globe for Vol. 19 of Japanese-Language Education around the Globe, an academic journal for those who are interested in Japanese-language education as a foreign or a second language.
The journal has two sections for paper contributions: the academic paper section and the practical/current-status report section. These sections differ in content. "When you contribute your paper, please read the style guidelines, distributed separately, and note on the designated sheet the section to which you wish to contribute, the academic section or the practical/current-status report section. We look forward to reading your manuscript.

 

1. Eligibility
Anyone who is interested in Japanese-language education is qualified to submit papers. Contributions from non-native speakers of Japanese are especially welcome. In order to include papers from as many different contributors as possible, those who wrote papers for the 18th issue (including co-authors) may not contribute to the 19th issue.

 

2. Content
Only unpublished papers in one of the sections described below will be accepted. Each contributor can contribute to one section only. Double submissions are forbidden. (Please do not send duplicates of papers sent to other publications.) Ideally, the papers should be useful to people not only in the country where the author resides but in other countries as well.

 

<The academic papers section>

<The practical/current-status reports section>

 

3. Number of Submissions to be Accepted:
The expected number of accepted papers varies in accordance with the manuscripts we receive, but will total about 15 papers for both sections.

 

4. Language of Papers: Japanese or English

 

5. Length

 

6. Style Guidelines
Before making a submission, the contributors must read the Style Guidelines, which give detailed information on the editorial standards for contributions. Both <the academic paper section> and <the practice/current-state report section> share the same style guidelines. You may download them from here (please see "12. Contact information" for details).

 

7. Submissions
When submitting a paper, please send all required materials at the same time.

 

8. Review Process
The editorial committee reserves the right to select or reject submitted papers. Contributors will be notified of the results by January 10, 2009.

 

9. Complimentary Copies and Fees
Three copies of the issue in which a paper is published and 20 copies of offprints will be presented to the author. Also, a small fee will be paid for publication of a paper in the journal.

 

10. Placement on the Website and Copyright
All accepted papers, including abstracts and contents, will be published on the Japan Foundation’s website as well as in the NII Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator (CiNii) conducted by the National Institute of Informatics. Publication in the printed form will be produced according to the necessary number of copies. A condition for publication in this journal is that authors assign their copyright to the Japan Foundation.

 

11. Deadline
Submissions must reach us no later than June 16 (Monday), 2008.
*Please note that the deadline for the 19th issue is scheduled 4 days before than that of last issue.

 

12. Contact information (for enquiries as well as the submission of papers):
Planning and Coordination Division
Japanese-Language Dept., The Japan Foundation
4-4-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo, 160-0004 Japan
Tel: 81-3-5369-6066 / Fax: 81-3-5369-6040 (from abroad)
Tel: 03-5369-6066 / Fax: 03-5369-6040 (from within Japan)