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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 12
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Producing the "International" Child: Negotiations of Language in an International Preschool in Japan
Imoto, Yuki
Ethnography and Education, v6 n3 p281-292 2011
This article provides an ethnographic account of an "international preschool" in Japan, describing how ideologies of "English" and "internationalism" are produced and consumed among the parents, teachers and directors, in their common goal of socialising an "international" child. (Contains 6 notes.)
Descriptors: Ideology, Foreign Countries, Ethnography, International Schools, Preschool Education, Socialization, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Parent School Relationship, Language of Instruction, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan (Tokyo)
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