Japanese children abroad : cultural, educational, and language issues
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Bibliographic Information
Japanese children abroad : cultural, educational, and language issues
(Bilingual education and bilingualism / series editors, Colin Baker and Nancy Hornberger, 15)
Multilingual Matters, c1999
- : pbk
Available at 64 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The increase in international business transactions has brought about the temporary migration of Japanese families to many countries. Japanese Children Abroad examines the particular linguistic, cultural and educational implications of temporary residence in a foreign country from the perspective of professionals in the fields of education, language acquisition and bilingualism, and from Japanese people themselves. The book focuses on the maintenance of the Japanese language and the acquisition of English, but contains important insights into bilingualism and education in many other contexts.
Table of Contents
'Leaving Japan'
David Wilkins: Foreword
Asako Yamada-Yamamoto: Introduction and Overview: For a Better Understanding of Japanese Children Overseas
Part 1: Language Learning and Japanese Children in the UK
1 Asako Yamada-Yamamoto: Statistical Overview of Japanese Children in the UK and Language Environment Survey
2 Kazue Aizawa: The Japanese Saturday School
3 Michael Garman: The Acquisition of English by British Children
4 Carolyn Letts: A Speech and Language Therapist's View
5 Brian Richards: Input, Interaction and Bilingual Language Development
Part 2: Educational Adaptation and the Acquisition of English by Japanese Children
6 Joanna McPake: Dissonances Experienced by Japanese Children in British Classrooms
7 Asako Yamada-Yamamoto: The Development of English by Japanese Children Temporarily Resident in the UK
Part 3: Observations by School Teachers and Other Education Professionals
8 Margaret Pond: Strategies Adopted in a School with a Large Number of Japanese Pupils
9 Ann Griffin and Sue Allaway: Some Experiences of Educating Japanese Children in an English County Primary School
10 Julie Bunker: Japanese Children at a Pre-Prep School
11 Sarah Mitchell: The View of a Second Language Specialist Working for an Education Support Service
12 Mo Pickering: Do's and Don'ts in Bilingual Education
13 Michelle Turner: Observation of Japanese Pre-school Children as an Interlocutor
Part 4: Views of Japanese Saturday School Teachers and Parents
14 Emiko Furuya-Wise: Roles and Responsibilities, and the Special Context of the Japanese Saturday School
15 Kazue Aizawa: Some Issues about Becoming Bilingual
16 Mariko Sasagawa-Garmory: Differences in Cultural and Linguistic Expectations between Britain and Japan
17 Yumiko Shibata: Initial Experiences at a British School: A Mother's Account
Part 5: Learning and Teaching Other Languages
18 Helen Gilhooly: Reading and Writing in Japanese: A Challenging Task
19 Lydia Morey: Japanese and English: Languages of Different Organisation
20 Kiyoko Ito: A Different Language: A Source of Challenge and Enjoyment
21 Viv Edwards: Multilingual Classrooms
Brian Richards: Conclusions: The Educational and Linguistic Development of Japanese Children
Contributors
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"