Publications

Publication details [#41588]

Downes, Simon. 2001. Sense of Japanese Cultural Identity Within an English Partial Immersion Programme: Should Parents Worry? International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 4 (3) : 165–180.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | identity negotiation | language and culture

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study examines how English immersion students in an early English language immersion programme in the elementary school of Katoh Gakuen, in Numazu City, Japan, subjectively perceive themselves in relation to Japan and the West.