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The number of heritage language speakers in the world has increased in recent years and the diversity and importance of heritage language education has become significant. The focus of this paper is Japanese heritage language learners in an Australian context. The project was conducted at a hoshuu-koo, a Japanese supplementary school and explored the experiences of a group of year seven students over a period of one year, in an alternative language class especially designed for heritage language learners. Emphasis for this study was on exploring the language learning experiences of a group of students and considering these against the experiences they brought with them to assist in their learning. The theoretical approach underlying the design of language instruction for the research was based on theories of language acquisition for heritage language learners and emphasised integrated, meaningful content with a focus on the academic register. Data were based on student performance in writing tasks. This research has implications for the design and pedagogical approaches adopted for Japanese heritage language education programs.
Heritage Language Journal
Misplaced Heritage Language Learners of Japanese in Secondary Schools2012 •
While heritage language learners are becoming visible in the research literature as a distinct group of language learners with specific needs, existing curriculum structures in secondary schools often focus on programs either for foreign language learners or for first language learners. The study reported here examines the experiences of heritage learners of Japanese who have been inappropriately placed in courses designed for native speakers and as a result, in some cases, have withdrawn from taking any formal program of Japanese language study. Focusing on the situation of Australian senior secondary Japanese students, this article reports the findings of questionnaire and interview data, featuring the voices of both teachers and heritage learners of Japanese. The data identify the issues that delineate heritage language learners from native speakers and highlight, through the experiences of misplaced learners, the need for appropriate placement, pedagogy and curriculum.
Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan: From Internationalization to Globalization
"To Know What It’s Like to be Japanese": A Case Study of the Experiences of Heritage Learners of Japanese in Australia2015 •
A Case Study of the Experiences of Heritage Learners of Japanese in Australia Traditionally, discussions of Japanese language pedagogy have commonly included the notions of Japanese as a Second Language (JSL) within Japan, and of Japanese as a Foreign Language (JFL) in educational contexts beyond the nation of Japan. However, the growing global population of Japanese diaspora has seen the emergence of a new group of language learners, known as heritage language learners. School-aged children are included within this group and also have specific needs for formal Japanese language instruction as part of their education. As a result, there is a change in understanding of Japanese language learning in formal education contexts. A case study of the experiences of heritage learners of Japanese in Australia is the focus of this chapter. Within this chapter, the identity development of adolescent Japanese-Australians is explored, focussing in particular on the factors which shape the construction of an identity which includes being Japanese despite not growing up in Japan. Specifically, case studies are presented exploring aspects of identity and language development in two young adults who have grown up in Sydney, Australia and whose parents are first generation Japanese migrants. An analysis of interview data traces their family backgrounds, the impact of the opportunities they had to study Japanese in educational settings and the relationship between their Japanese language literacy and their sense of identification as Japanese. This chapter considers, through its two case studies, how these learners use Japanese as a heritage language, and what their construction of multilingual identities through their language practices may mean.
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
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This paper reports a study comparing the reading performances (i.e., comprehension and speed in reading Japanese texts) and oral skills of intermediate and advanced learners of Japanese at an American university. The study assessed the performance of 14 heritage learners, who spoke Japanese at home and/or went to a Japanese school in the U.S., against that of 11 Chinese learners with extensive knowledge of kanji (Chinese characters used to write Japanese) in their first language (L1), and 14 non - heritage learners without such knowledge in their L1s. As anticipated, the heritage learners were found to have high oral proficiency. Their weakness, however, was not underdeveloped reading proficiency, as anticipated, but insufficient knowledge of kanji. The paper discusses the importance of recognizing the instructional needs of heritage learners studying a language that uses kanji in writing, and suggests some pedagogical methods to satisfy their needs.
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This paper presents data from interviews conducted with head administrators of 10 Japanese as a Heritage Language (JHL) schools in England and examines their emic perspectives on ‘heritage’. ‘Heritage’ is defined as “elements of past experience that a group deliberately sets out to preserve and pass on to the next generation” (Blackledge & Creese, 2010, p. 164). The interview transcripts are interrogated for their constructions of heritage in relation to the curriculum. A range of perspectives on heritage can be seen and these differences may affect the programme and approach each school chooses. In the era of globalisation, ‘heritage’ can involve connections to the future as well as connections to the past. Kokugo textbooks are selected because of the way they construct a Japanese ‘authenticity’. This paper presents phase one of a larger project aiming to shed light on the curriculum of JHL schools in England.
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