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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 Other Books in the Series Becoming Bilingual: Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community JEAN LYON Bilingual Education and Social Change REBECCA FREEMAN Building Bridges: Multilingual Resources for Children MULTILINGUAL RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN PROJECT Child-Rearing in Ethnic Minorities J.S. DOSANJH and PAUL A.S. GHUMAN Curriculum Related Assessment, Cummins and Bilingual Children TONY CLINE and NORAH FREDERICKSON (eds) Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism COLIN BAKER Language Minority Students in the Mainstream Classroom ANGELA L. CARRASQUILLO and VIVIAN RODRIGUEZ Languages in America: A Pluralist View SUSAN J. DICKER A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism COLIN BAKER Policy and Practice in Bilingual Education O. GARCIA and C. BAKER (eds) Multicultural Child Care P. VEDDER, E. BOUWER and T. PELS Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Schools ELIZABETH COELHO Teaching Science to Language Minority Students JUDITH W. ROSENTHAL Working with Bilingual Children M.K. VERMA, K.P. CORRIGAN and S. FIRTH (eds) Other Books of Interest Beyond Bilingualism: Multilingualism and Multilingual Education JASONE CENOZ and FRED GENESEE (eds) Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education COLIN BAKER and SYLVIA PRYS JONES Please contact us for the latest book information: Multilingual Matters, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon, BS21 7HH, England http:/www.multilingual-matters.com 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 Clevedon · Philadelphia · Toronto · Sydney · Johannesburg 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 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1-85359-426-1 (hbk) ISBN 1-85359-425-3 (pbk) Multilingual Matters Ltd UK: Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon BS21 7HH. USA: 325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA. Canada: 5201 Dufferin Street, North York, Ontario M3H 5T8, Canada. Australia: P.O. Box 586, Artamon, NSW, Australia. South Africa: PO Box 1080, Northcliffe 2115, Johannesburg, South Africa. Copyright © 1999 Asako Yamada-Yamamoto, Brian Richards and the authors of individual articles. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Typeset by Archetype-IT (http://www.archetype-it.com) Printed and bound in Great Britain by WBC Book Manufacturers Ltd. Printed and bound in Great Britain by WBC Book Manufacturers Ltd. 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

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Increase in international business transaction has brought about the temporary migration of Japanese families to many countries. This text examines the particular linguistic, cultural and educational implications of temporary residence in a foreign country from the perspective of professionals in th
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