[EDLING:1422] Re: SLA Sources

[sicola at DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU]

Michael,

One more source you may want to consider is:

Kanno, Y. (2003). Negotiating bilingual and bicultural identities: Japanese
returnees betwext two worlds." Erlbaum Pubs.

It obviously is not fully about pedagogy and syntax, nor strictly about language
learning, but the retrospective accounts of different learning experiences may
provide a different kind of insight since you mentioned abroad study as one of
your variables.

Good luck!
Laura

Quoting Akira Kondo <akira at uga.edu>:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> My name is akira. I know some sources on Japanese SLA  studies (and
> bilingualism) so I will list some below (not exactly what you're looking for
> 
> but some related ones).
> 
> Noguchi, M. G., & Fotos, S. (2001). Studies in Japanese bilingualism.
> Clevedon England ; Buffalo: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
> 
> Sugimoto, Y. (2003). An introduction to Japanese society (2nd ed.).
> Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
> 
> Thornton, P., & Houser, C. (2005). Using mobile phones in English education
> in Japan. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21(3), 217-228.
> 
> Gary, F. (2005). The cline of errors in the writing of Japanese university
> students. World Englishes, 24(3), 371-382.
> 
> Koiso, H., Horiuchi, Y., Tutiya, S., Ichikawa, A., & Den, Y. (1998). An
> Analysis of Turn-Taking and Backchannels Based on Prosodic and Syntactic
> Features in Japanese Map Task Dialogs. Language & Speech, 41(3/4), 295-321.
> 
> White, S. (1989). Backchannels across cultures: A study of Americans and
> Japanese. Language in Society, 18: 59-76.
> 
> 
> 
> Also, "Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development" has published
> a special issue titled "Multilingual Japan" under Vol 16: 1&2, 1995.
> 
> True... there aren't many studies done around Japanese students' oral skills
> (more on writing). Hope this helps
> 
> Akira Kondo
> 


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