Okayama JALT:

Factors Affecting Nikkei Brazilian Parents' Language Choices for Children at a Brazilian School in Japan

Date: Sunday, February 19th, 2006 Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Speaker: Toshiko Sugino (Dept. of Foreign Language. National Defense Academy)

Description:
According to a 2004 Immigration Control Office survey, Nikkei -Brazilians account for nearly 300,000 of the 2 million registered foreign nationals. In a city where the largest number of Nikkei-Brazilians reside, some parents choose Portuguese-mediated Brazilian schools over Japanese public schools for their children’s education. The presenter investigated the factors that affect these children’s language learning from historical, socio-political, and socio-economic perspectives.

Organization: Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Okayama JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 500 yen

Venue: Sankaku A Bldg. 2F

Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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