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Author Gottlieb, Nanette, 1948-

Title Language policy in Japan : the challenge of change / Nanette Gottlieb.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Over the last thirty years, two social developments have occurred that have led to a need for change in language policy in Japan. One is the increase in the number of migrants needing opportunities to learn Japanese as a second language, the other is the influence of electronic technologies on the way Japanese is written. This book looks at the impact of these developments on linguistic behaviour and language management and policy, and at the role of language ideology in the way they have been addressed. Immigration-induced demographic changes confront long cherished notions of national monolingualism and technological advances in electronic text production have led to textual practices with ramifications for script use and for literacy in general. The book will be welcomed by researchers and professionals in language policy and management and by those working in Japanese Studies"-- Provided by publisher.
"This book examines two important issues in language policy in Japan today: first, and most prominently, increasing migration-induced multilingualism which has ramifications both for providing Japanese-language learning opportunities for migrants and for the use and teaching of languages other than Japanese and English; and second, the influence of electronic technologies such as computers and cell phones on the way in which Japanese is written. These two developments, of course, have occurred in many other countries beside Japan. What makes the Japanese case particularly interesting is that Japan does not yet consider itself to be a country of immigration and hence has only recently shown signs of an awareness of the importance of providing both language teaching and multilingual services for non-Japanese workers, so that what policy development does exist in this area is ad hoc and fragmented rather than centrally planned and coordinated at national level. It also has in place a set of longstanding policies pertaining to the officially sanctioned use of the writing system, policies which were arrived at after a great deal of division and debate, that shape the way in which Japanese and non-Japanese children alike learn to read and write in Japanese schools. In both these cases, official and individual views are strongly informed by language ideologies of various kinds"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Language ideology, planning and policy -- The language needs of immigrants -- Foreign languages other than English in education and the community -- Technology and language policy change -- National language policy and an internationalising community.
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Subject Second language acquisition.
Second language acquisition.
Linguistics -- Study and teaching -- Japan.
Linguistics -- Study and teaching.
Japan.
Language and culture -- Japan.
Language and culture.
Citizenship -- Japan.
Citizenship.
Japan -- Languages.
Language and languages.
Language policy -- Japan.
Language policy.
Japanese language -- Political aspects.
Japanese language -- Political aspects.
Japanese language.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gottlieb, Nanette, 1948- Language policy in Japan. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107007161 (DLC) 2011033047 (OCoLC)746489225
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