Language and education in Japan : unequal access to bilingualism / / Yasuko Kanno

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782211803321
• Autore: Kanno Yasuko <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Basingstoke ; ; New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-91502-5; 9786611915025; 0-230-59158-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2008.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities
• Disciplina: 370.117/50952; 370.11750952; 404.20952
• Soggetti: Language and education - Japan; Bilingualism - Japan; English language - Study and teaching - Japanese speakers; Second language acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; Oriental literature; Languages; Language and languages; Philology; Linguistics; Asian Literature; Asian Languages; Language and Literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Framing the Study; 3 Nichiei Immersion School; 4 Zhonghua Chinese Ethnic School; 5 Hal ; International School; 6 Sugino Public Elementary School; 7 Midori Public Elementary School; 8 Imagined Communities, School Education, and Unequal Access to Bilingualism; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.