By Asako Yamada-Yamamoto, Brian J Richards
Bring up in overseas enterprise transaction has caused the transitority migration of jap households to many nations. this article examines the actual linguistic, cultural and academic implications of transitority place of dwelling in another country from the viewpoint of execs within the fields of schooling, language acquisition and bilingualism, and from eastern humans themselves. The e-book specializes in the upkeep of the japanese language and the purchase of English, yet includes very important insights into bilingualism and schooling in lots of different contexts.
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So we were not just looking at how the Japanese community saw school, but we thought that by seeing what the Japanese thought was odd about our school system we could question some of our assumptions. ' 1 looks at these issues in more detail. Main Dissonances Identified by the Research In this chapter, the focus is on our findings relating to dissonance. It is important not to think that everything about British school is odd or unexpected or difficult for Japanese children. Many aspects fitted in very well with their understanding of what school should be like.
They were less concerned with detail but seemed more interested in eliciting a concise story which was a cohesive sequence of several experiences, a form of narrative which, according to the authors of the study, is particularly valued in Japanese culture. Another particularly interesting contrast in Minami and McCabe's findings was the fact that mothers in Japan discouraged the children from telling them things they already knew, while the American mothers actively encouraged this. It is not my intention to present a stereotype here, and it is important to emphasise that maternal, or parental, behaviour varies extensively within, as well as between cultures.
Previous page page_26 next page > < previous page page_27 next page > Page 27 Chapter 2 The Japanese Saturday School Kazue Aizawa There are eight Japanese schools in the UK. Of these the largest is in London, with 1602 pupils. There is one in Cardiff with 94 pupils, one in Derby with 111 pupils, Hereford with 79, Manchester 85, Yorkshire Humberside 23, Edinburgh 63, and one in the north-east of England (Washington, Tyne and Wear) with 78. The distribution of these schools reflects the distribution of Japanese companies operating in this country.