[lg policy] bibitem: The Paradox of US Language Policy and Japanese Language Education in Hawaii

[Harold Schiffman]

The Paradox of US Language Policy and Japanese Language Education in Hawaii
Author: Kimi Kondo
DOI: 10.1080/13670059808667673

Published in:  International Journal of Bilingual Education and
Bilingualism, Volume 1, Issue 1 January 1998 , pages 47 - 64



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Abstract

Present American language policy recommends a subtractive policy of
language assimilation for language minorities, while it encourages an
additive policy of foreign language study for mainstream English
monolinguals. This article examines how these two diverging principles
of American language policy affect Japanese language education for
Shin Nisei (new second generation Japanese) students in the US,
especially in Hawaii. These principles are particularly relevant to
Hawaii's Shin Nisei students; the state does not have a formal
bilingual education programme that supports Japanese language
maintenance,but itprovides extensive educationalopportunities for
learning Japanese as a foreign language.First,this article discusses a
recent trend in and political debate about bilingual education in
American schools. Second, it reviews US foreign language education in
general as well as Japanese language education in particular. Third,
it examines how the paradox of American language policy influences
Japanese language education in Hawaii. It includes the author's
personal insights as a Japanese language teacher in Hawaii as well as
a summary of data from her recent survey of Shin Nisei university
students. Fourth, it emphasises how little attention teachers and
researchers have paid to American Shin Nisei students in the past. It
concludes with implications for Japanese language teachers and
researchers in the US/Hawaii.

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/906147682-47054332/content~db=all~content=a907922439

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