02799nam 2200649 a 450 991081705970332120200520144314.01-281-91502-597866119150250-230-59158-210.1057/9780230591585(CKB)1000000000549945(EBL)370399(OCoLC)314769758(SSID)ssj0001659103(PQKBManifestationID)16439911(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659103(PQKBWorkID)14988327(PQKB)10976780(DE-He213)978-0-230-59158-5(MiAaPQ)EBC370399(EXLCZ)99100000000054994520071128d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLanguage and education in Japan unequal access to bilingualism /Yasuko Kanno1st ed. 2008.New York Palgrave Macmillan20081 online resource (219 pages) illustrationsPalgrave studies in minority languages and communitiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-35324-8 0-230-50694-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 IndexThe 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.Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities.Language and educationJapanBilingualismJapanEnglish languageStudy and teachingJapanese speakersSecond language acquisitionLanguage and educationBilingualismEnglish languageStudy and teachingJapanese speakers.Second language acquisition.370.117/50952Kanno Yasuko1965-932561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817059703321Language and education in Japan4119565UNINA