| Language and Education in Japan: Unequal Access to Bilingualism 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Kanno, Y. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230506941 ISBN-13: 9780230506947 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: "Language and Education in Japan" offers the first critical ethnography of bilingual education in Japan. Based on two-year fieldwork at five different schools, the book examines the role of schools in the unequal distribution of bilingualism as cultural capital. It argues that bilingual children of different socioeconomic classes are socialized into different futures and are given unequal access to bilingualism through schooling. While bilingualism is considered desirable for children of privilege, it is deemed a luxury that immigrant and refugee children cannot afford. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Foreign Language Study |
| Dewey: 404.209 |
| LCCN: 2007048669 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.79" W x 8.75" (0.85 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |