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Language Policy in Japan : The Challenge of Change by Nanette Gottlieb is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 Number Of Migrants Needing Opportunities To Learn Japanese As A Second Language, The Other Is The Influence Of Electronic Technologies On The Way Japanese Is Written. This Book Looks At The Impact Of These Developments On Linguistic Behaviour And Language Management And Policy, And At The Role Of Language Ideology In The Way They Have Been Addressed. Immigration-induced Demographic Changes Confront Long Cherished Notions Of National Monolingualism And Technological Advances In Electronic Text Production Have Led To Textual Practices With Ramifications For Script Use And For Literacy In General. The Book Will Be Welcomed By Researchers And Professionals In Language Policy And Management And By Those Working In Japanese Studies-- This Book Examines Two Important Issues In Language Policy In Japan Today: First, And Most Prominently, Increasing Migration-induced Multilingualism Which Has Ramifications Both For Providing Japanese-language Learning Opportunities For Migrants And For The Use And Teaching Of Languages Other Than Japane

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Author

Nanette Gottlieb

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781107227668

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Linguistics, Sociology, Literary Fiction