Rethinking Language and Culture in Japanese Education: Beyond the Standard

Published by Multilingual Matters 2014

Rethinking Language and Culture in Japanese Education

Beyond the Standard

Edited by: Shinji Sato and Neriko Musha Doerr

In the series Multilingual Matters

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783091850

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This book investigates the ways in which Japanese 'language' and 'culture' have come to be standardized through ideology, representation in textbooks and in classroom practices. In doing so, it provides insights into the standardization processes which address the theoretical and practical concerns of researchers and educators.

Author / Editor information

Sato Shinji :

Shinji Sato is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Japanese Language Program, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University, USA. His research interests include language policy and teaching and the critical examination of commonplace ideas in language education.Doerr Neriko Musha :

Neriko Musha Doerr teaches at Salameno School of American and International Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA. Her research interests include bilingual and heritage language education and the anthropology of education.

Shinji Sato is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Japanese Language Program, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University, USA. His research interests include language policy and teaching and the critical examination of commonplace ideas in language education.

Neriko Musha Doerr teaches at Salameno School of American and International Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA. Her research interests include bilingual and heritage language education and the anthropology of education.

Reviews

A must-read book for Japanese and other language educators. This book makes language educators, myself included, face the nature of our profession, which, whether we like it or not, cannot escape from being involved in ideologies and politics. The book asks us to examine our accountability as intermediaries between the 'language' and learners, who regularly (and often without much thought) make choices about the 'language' for the learners.

This is a fascinating original study of the politics involved in standardizing Japanese language. It is the first to jointly examine Japanese language education for 'native' speakers (kokugo) and for 'non-native' speakers. Its interdisciplinary approach makes the book enlightening for anyone interested in language, education, or Japanese society.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Shinji Sato and Neriko Musha Doerr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1: Theoretical Framework
1. Standardization of Language and Culture Ryuko Kubota Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Language as a Countable and the Regime of Translation Naoki Sakai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Part 2: Kokugo Education: Japanese Education Designed for ‘Native Speakers’
3. On the Necessity of ‘Being Understood’: Rethinking the Ideology of Standardization in Japan Neriko Musha Doerr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. Rethinking ‘Norms’ for Japanese Women’s Speech Shigeko Okamoto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
5. Constructing and Constructed Japanese: The History of Standard Japanese and Practice at a Japanese Preschool Shinji Sato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
6. How Japanese Education for Young People Has Been Discussed: A Critical Analysis from a Relational Viewpoint Uichi Kamiyoshi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
7. A Consideration of the Discourse on Mother Tongue Instruction in Japanese Language Education: A Case Study of the Practices of Japanese Language Classes for Chinese Returnees and Vietnamese Residents Yuko Okubo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Part 3: Nihongo Education: Japanese Education Designed for ‘Non-Native Speakers’
8. Teaching Japanese People’s Thinking: Discourses on Thought Patterns in Post-war Studies of Japanese Language Education Hazuki Segawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
9. On Learning Japanese Language: Critical Reading of Japanese Language Textbook Yuri Kumagai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
10. Critical Teaching of Japanese Culture Ryuko Kubota Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
11. The Process of Standardization of Language and Culture in a Japanese-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom: Analysis of Teacher–Students Interactions Yuri Kumagai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
Conclusion and Departure Neriko Musha Doerr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 256

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Published: April 1, 2014
ISBN: 9781783091850