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.
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Höhe: 210 mm
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978-1-85359-426-7 (9781853594267)
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Asako Yamada-Yamamoto is a Research Fellow in Linguistics at the University of Reading. Her research interests and publications focus on the acquisition of English by Japanese children and on the bilingual development of English and Japanese. Dr Yamada-Yamamoto is a mother of three bilingual children (Japanese and English), and has lived with her family in the USA and the UK for a total of fifteen years. Her publications include The Acquisition of English Syntax by a Japanese-speaking Child (1995) and Taiei-chuu no Kodomo no Gengo Hattatsu (1997) (Language Development by Japanese Children Resident in the UK). Brian Richards was a teacher of German and of English as a Foreign Language before joining the University of Reading where he is Research Convenor in the School of Education. Dr Richards is Associate Editor of the Journal of Child Language and his publications include Language Development and Individual Differences (1990), Input and Interaction in Language Acquisition (with Clare Gallaway) (1994) and Growing Points in Child Language (jointly with Katharine Perera and Glyn Collis) (1994).
'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
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