Language and Education in Japan: Unequal Access to Bilingualism (Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Language and Education in Japan: Unequal Access to Bilingualism (Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities) Book

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. Read More

from£N/A | RRP: £50.00
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £N/A
  • 0230506941
  • 9780230506947
  • Professor Yasuko Kanno
  • 17 January 2008
  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 240
  • And Ed
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.