Foreign Fathers – Native English Speaking Fathers’ Contributions to Bilingual Child-Rearing in Intermarried Families in Japan

Foreign Fathers – Native English Speaking Fathers’ Contributions to Bilingual Child-Rearing in Intermarried Families in Japan

Who are you? What makes you so? These superficially simplistic questions pertain to the question of identity. Sociological understanding of this term suggests that our identities are socially constructed; that is, that they are both learned from and negotiated during our interactions with others. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lachlan Jackson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2006-12-01
Series:New Voices
Subjects:
bilingual; Intermarried families; foreign fathers; cross-cultural differences; English; social and cultural identity; Japanese language learners
Online Access:http://newvoices.org.au/volume-1/foreign-fathers-native-english-speaking-fathers-contributions-to-bilingual-child-rearing-in-intermarried-families-in-japan/

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http://newvoices.org.au/volume-1/foreign-fathers-native-english-speaking-fathers-contributions-to-bilingual-child-rearing-in-intermarried-families-in-japan/

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