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Publication details [#62029]

Sakamoto, Mitsuyo and Leiko Matsubara Morales. 2016. Ethnolinguistic vitality among Japanese-Brazilians: challenges and possibilities. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 19 (1) : 51–73.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This inquiry examines ethnolinguistic vitality amid Japanese-Brazilians (Nikkeis). It validates the interest of parental involvement and diverse social infrastructures that cause quality teacher training and community establishment. Key issues are: linguistic and cultural capital attributed to Japanese language and cultural knowledge, native-speaker myth perseverance, the intricate Nikkei constellation, and partnership defect between the Brazilian Government and Japanese-sponsored institutions. Native speaker supremacy assignation hinders Nikkei teacher training and hiring. It is vital to fix Brazilian-Japanese governmental partnerships to accomplish effective Japanese language education in Brazil and to further gather and disperse Nikkei teachers' voices to defy modern language teaching's directive discourse.