基本説明
Offers a 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.
Full 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.
Contents
Introduction Framing the Study Nichiei Immersion School Zhonghua Chinese Ethnic School Hal International School Sugino Elementary School Midori Elementary School Imagined Communities and School Policies and Practices Student Bilingualism and Identities Conclusions: Unequal Access to Bilingualism Bibliography Index