34.1013, FYI: "Japan’s Language Policy and Assumptions about Learner Identities: Promotion of English Language Teaching for Japanese and Japanese Language Teaching for Foreigners" with Dr Kayoko Hashimoto

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-1013. Sat Mar 25 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.1013, FYI: "Japan’s Language Policy and Assumptions about Learner Identities: Promotion of English Language Teaching for Japanese and Japanese Language Teaching for Foreigners" with Dr Kayoko Hashimoto

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From: Maria  Telegina [mstelegina at gmail.com]
Subject: "Japan’s Language Policy and Assumptions about Learner Identities: Promotion of English Language Teaching for Japanese and Japanese Language Teaching for Foreigners" with Dr Kayoko Hashimoto

Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo
Language and Identity Workshop Series
Workshop III: Language and Identity in the Classroom: Policy and
Education
Keynote Lecture
Date: Monday, 17 April 2023, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (JST)
Location: Zoom

Abstract:

The embedded notion of the inseparable relationship between nation,
language, and people has shaped Japan’s language policy. This notion
has had a tremendous impact on the way language teaching is planned,
promoted, and delivered, and in the era of transnational migration, it
is a notion that seems to prevail in Japanese society. The latest
revision of the Courses of Study for secondary schools continues to be
based on the dichotomy of Japanese versus foreigners in relation to
language learning. The instrumental view of English as a tool to
promote Japan’s distinctiveness to the rest of the world appears to
mirror the way Japanese language teaching has been promoted.
In this talk, I will discuss how learners’ identity has been
constructed in so-called “English education” in Japan and how
learners’ identity has been assumed in the promotion of Japanese
language teaching in Japan and overseas, by analysing relevant policy
documents. I will also reflect on how such practices present
contradictions and problems for successful policy implementation.
In conclusion, I shall share one of my current projects on Japanese
language learners in Australia and Vietnam to illustrate how
individual learners with linguistically and culturally diverse
backgrounds are empowered by critical engagement in Japanese language
learning.

For more information including registration:
https://www.tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/ai1ec_event/8766/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Japanese (jpn)

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