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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965654703321

Autore

Kanno Yasuko <1965->

Titolo

Language and Education in Japan : Unequal Access to Bilingualism / / by Y. Kanno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008

ISBN

9786611915025

9781281915023

1281915025

9780230591585

0230591582

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities, , 2947-5899

Disciplina

370.117/50952

Soggetti

Psycholinguistics

Multilingualism

Sociolinguistics

Oriental literature

Asia - Languages

Language and languages - Style

Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics

Asian Literature

Asian Languages

Stylistics

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.