The first critical ethnography of bilingual education in Japan. Based on fieldwork at five different schools, this examines the role of schools in the unequal d

This book examines a wide range of innovations in language learning and teaching in Japan. Each of the chapters describes the impetus for a change or new develo

This book illustrates the nature of Japan’s education system and identifies its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the socioeconomic environment surrounding

Language education is a highly contested arena within any nation and one that arouses an array of sentiments and identity conflicts. What languages, or what var

Over the last thirty years, two social developments have occurred that have led to a need for change in language policy in Japan. One is the increase in the num