Japanese Children Abroad: Cultural, Educational and Language Issues (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 15)

267 Pages·1998·1.55 MB·English

by  Asako Yamada-Yamamoto

Japanese Children Abroad : Cultural,
title: Educational, and Language Issues Bilingual
Education and Bilingualism ; 15
author: Yamada-Yamamoto, Asako
publisher: Multilingual Matters
isbn10 | asin: 1853594261
print isbn13: 9781853594267
ebook isbn13: 9780585120867
language: English
Japanese students--Education--Great
Britain, Education, Bilingual--Great Britain,
subject
English language--Study and teaching--
Great Britain.
publication date: 1999
lcc: LC3185.G7J36 1999eb
ddc: 371.82995/6/0941
Japanese students--Education--Great
Britain, Education, Bilingual--Great Britain,
subject:
English language--Study and teaching--
Great Britain.
Page i
Japanese Children Abroad
Page ii
BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM
Series Editors
Professor Colin Baker, University of Wales, Bangor, Wales, UK
Professor Nancy H. Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, USA
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Page iii
BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM 15
Series Editors: Colin Baker and Nancy Hornberger
Japanese Children Abroad
Cultural, Educational and Language Issues
Edited by
Asako Yamada-Yamamoto
and Brian Richards
MULTILINGUAL MATTERS LTD
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Japanese Children Abroad: Cultural, Educational and Language Issues/Edited by
Asako Yamada-Yamamoto and Brian Richards
Bilingual Education and Bilingualism: 15
Includes bibliographical references
1. Japanese students-Education-Great Britain. 2. Education, Bilingual-
Great Britain.
3. English language-Study and teaching-Great Britain. I. Yamada-
Yamamoto, Asako.
II. Richards, Brian J. III. Series.
LC3185.G7 J36 1998
371.82995'6'0941-dc21 98 29055
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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Page v
CONTENTS
'Leaving Japan' viii
Foreword ix
David Wilkins
Introduction and Overview: For a Better Understanding of 1
Japanese Children Overseas
Asako Yamada-Yamamoto
Part 1
Language Learning and Japanese Children in the UK
1 17
Statistical Overview of Japanese Children in the UK and
Language Environment Survey
Asako Yamada-Yamamoto
2 27
The Japanese Saturday School
Kazue Aizawa
3 30
The Acquisition of English by British Children
Michael Garman
4 36
A Speech and Language Therapist's View
Carolyn Letts
5 40
Input, Interaction and Bilingual Language Development
Brian Richards
Part 2
Educational Adaptation and the Acquisition of English by
Japanese Children
6 47
Dissonances Experienced by Japanese Children in British
Classrooms
Joanna Mcpake
7 55
The Development of English by Japanese Children
Temporarily Resident in the UK
Asako Yamada-Yamamoto