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BERGER Maiko
Department Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Center for Language Education Position Associate Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2020/06/05 |
| Type | Paper/article (Editorial-reviewed) |
| Title | Keep it Positive: Raising Young Bilingual Learners |
| Contribution Type | Joint Work |
| Journal | The 2019 PanSIG Journal. Roy, D. & Blake, J. (Eds.) |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Publisher | Japan Association of Language Teachers |
| Volume, Issue, Page | pp.149-154 |
| Total page number | 378 |
| Responsible for | pp.149-154 |
| Author and coauthor | Hendricks, S., Johnston, P., Jones, K., Spiri, J. |
| Details | This forum offered diverse viewpoints from five parents raising bilingual or trilingual children in Japan.
They focused on strengthening the parent and child bond through fun and loving language support. During the discussion, questions were asked about their struggles, successes, and efforts to keep language learning a fun and positive experience for parents and children. The forum also covered issues such as public vs. private daycare, the challenge of adding a third language, budgeting for extra costs of bilingualism, sibling dynamics, biliteracy, extended family relationships, and the use of technology. Forum participants are all English language lecturers living in Japan and teaching their children Japanese and English, with one participant adding Dutch and another adding Spanish. |
| ISBN | 978-4-901352-58-1 |