Japanese and Other Language Teaching & Learning General Research-Oriented Short Presentation
Translanguaging in Japan: A Case Study of High School English Teachers
Translanguaging reconceptualises language and speakers in Japan and how “the” foreign language, English, is taught in Japanese high schools.
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Sayaka Saito is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education, Monash University. Her research interests are Translanguaging, EIL, ELF, and language teaching.
Some scholars have contested the idea of homogenous Japan (Burgess, 2010; Lie, 2001; Weiner; 2009) including its monolingualism (Gottlieb, 2005; Heinrich & Galan, 2010).
Burgess, C. (2010). The illusion of homogeneous Japan and national character: Discourse as a tool to transcend the ‘myth’ vs. ‘reality’ binary. The Asia-Pacific Journal, 9(1).
Gottlieb, N. (2005). Language and Society in Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Heinrich, P., & Galan, C. (2011). Language life in Japan: Transformations and prospects (1 ed.). London: Routledge.
Lie, J. (2001). Multiethnic Japan. Cambridge, United States: Harvard University Press.
Weiner, M. (2009). Japan's minorities: The illusion of homogeneity (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.