Description: 'Leaving Japan' David Wilkins: Foreword Asako Yamada-Yamamoto: Introduction and Overview: For a Better Understanding of Japanese Children Overseas Part 1: Language Learning and Japanese Children in the UK 1 Asako Yamada-Yamamoto: Statistical Overview of Japanese Children in the UK and Language Environment Survey 2 Kazue Aizawa: The Japanese Saturday School 3 Michael Garman: The Acquisition of English by British Children 4 Carolyn Letts: A Speech and Language Therapist's View 5 Brian Richards: Input, Interaction and Bilingual Language Development Part 2: Educational Adaptation and the Acquisition of English by Japanese Children 6 Joanna McPake: Dissonances Experienced by Japanese Children in British Classrooms 7 Asako Yamada-Yamamoto: The Development of English by Japanese Children Temporarily Resident in the UK Part 3: Observations by School Teachers and Other Education Professionals 8 Margaret Pond: Strategies Adopted in a School with a Large Number of Japanese Pupils 9 Ann Griffin and Sue Allaway: Some Experiences of Educating Japanese Children in an English County Primary School 10 Julie Bunker: Japanese Children at a Pre-Prep School 11 Sarah Mitchell: The View of a Second Language Specialist Working for an Education Support Service 12 Mo Pickering: Do's and Don'ts in Bilingual Education 13 Michelle Turner: Observation of Japanese Pre-school Children as an Interlocutor Part 4: Views of Japanese Saturday School Teachers and Parents 14 Emiko Furuya-Wise: Roles and Responsibilities, and the Special Context of the Japanese Saturday School 15 Kazue Aizawa: Some Issues about Becoming Bilingual 16 Mariko Sasagawa-Garmory: Differences in Cultural and Linguistic Expectations between Britain and Japan 17 Yumiko Shibata: Initial Experiences at a British School: A Mother's Account Part 5: Learning and Teaching Other Languages 18 Helen Gilhooly: Reading and Writing in Japanese: A Challenging Task 19 Lydia Morey: Japanese and English: Languages of Different Organisation 20 Kiyoko Ito: A Different Language: A Source of Challenge and Enjoyment 21 Viv Edwards: Multilingual Classrooms Brian Richards: Conclusions: The Educational and Linguistic Development of Japanese Children Contributors Index

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