Language and Education in Japan
Unequal Access to Bilingualism
Published on 1. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 206 pages
978-1-349-35324-8 (ISBN)
Description
The first critical ethnography of bilingual education in Japan. Based on fieldwork at five different schools, this examines the role of schools in the unequal distribution of bilingualism as cultural capital. It argues that schooling gives children unequal access to bilingualism thus socializing them into different futures.
Reviews / Votes
'Language and Education in Japan makes a welcome contribution both to
critical studies of language education, and specifically to understanding
bilingualism in Japan. I recommend it to scholars interested in applied
linguistics, language education, and contemporary Japan.'
- Chad Nilep, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, USA (via Linguist List)
More details
Series
Edition
2008 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XII, 206 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
283 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-35324-8 (9781349353248)
DOI
10.1057/9780230591585
Schweitzer Classification
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01/2008
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
YASUKO KANNO is Associate Professor of TESOL in the College of Education at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. Her research interests include bilingual education, multilingual and multicultural identities, and sociocultural experiences of language minority students. She is author of Negotiating Bilingual and Bicultural Identities: Japanese Returnees Betwixt Two Worlds . She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education and the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism .
Content
Introduction Framing the Study Nichiei Immersion School Zhonghua Chinese Ethnic School Hal International School Sugino Elementary School Midori Elementary School Imagined Communities and School Policies and Practices Student Bilingualism and Identities Conclusions: Unequal Access to Bilingualism Bibliography Index