Disability or difference? Identifying the special needs of language
minority children
平成 24 年度 日社済社会福祉助成金事業
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特別支援教育と外国籍の子供：言語習得問題と学習・知的障害の区別の大切さ全
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7月14日（土）場所 伊勢崎市民プラザ
研修室3 （10時～17時 休憩1時間）
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JALT Conference 2012
The 2012 National JALT conference will be October 12 (Fri) - 15 (Mon) 2012, at Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture.
The Pan-SIG conference will be held in Hiroshima in June.
See the sidebar to the right for links to both conferences.
Minority Parenting in Japan: ml@home, ML@school
Most international families in Japan adopt some variation of the One-Person-One-Language (OPOL) model, whereby one parent speaks Japanese to the children while the other speaks the minority language.
However, in families headed by two non-Japanese parents, an ‘inside-outside’ pattern of language choice often becomes the norm, with both parents speaking the minority language (ml) at home and the child acquiring Japanese, the Majority Language (ML), at school and through other community activities.
For example, Jennifer and her husband are both English-speaking Canadians and their daughter Tyler goes to a Japanese pre-school.
This year at the JALT national conference the Bilingualism SIG’s panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities of parenting according to the ml@home approach.
Convened as an open roundtable discussion, a panel of parents with firsthand experience will offer their candid opinions on a range of issues to do with minority bilingual child-raising.
The panellists will provide useful tips on
- how and when to use each language;
- dealing with teachers and homework in the ML;
- resources for maintaining the ml;
- advice about long term educational options.
In addition, they will discuss issues of culture and identity formation for minority children in a largely monocultural society like Japan, including the notions of Third Culture Kids (TCK’s) and social status.
The panel will be made up of both parents who are raising their children in English as well as those with non-English/non-Japanese backgrounds.
Much of the discussion will be of interest to OPOL families as well.
If you are interested in being a panellist on this topic, contact the panel organizer, Ron Murphy as soon as possible.
