Thrilled to share the release of Volume 5, Issue 1 of the JASAL Journal!
The theme of this issue is social connections between self-access users and its importance in reducing anxiety and promoting engagement in self-access activities. This issue covers a variety of topics of interest to self-access researchers and practitioners, and three reports from recent JASAL events, our 2023 national conference, the latest JASAL Forum held at the 2023 Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) international conference, and a report from the December 2023 online student conference.
Thank you to all the contributors for their valuable insight and research in the field of self-access!
A big thank you to the authors, reviewers, the editorial team for their hard work in curating this enriching collection!
The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning 