Yokohama Presentation by Toshiko Sugino
Date: Sunday May 13, 2007
Time: 14:00 - 16:30
Location: Ginou Bunka Kaikan (near JR Kannai & Yokohama Subway Isezakichojamachi)
Place: Skills & Culture Center
Fees: JALT Members: Free / "One-day members": 1000 yen
Speaker: Toshiko Sugino, National Defense Academy.
Title: Brazilian or Japanese: Choosing the Best Education
Description:
According to a 2004 Immigration Office survey, Nikkei-Brazilians account for nearly 300,000 of the 2 million registered foreign nationals in Japan. Why do some Nikkei-Brazilian parents choose Portuguese-mediated Brazilian schools over Japanese public schools for their children's education? Are there issues of identity shift and identity crisis involved? Sugino will share her investigation of factors that affect these children's language learning from historical, socio-political, and socio-economic perspectives.