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International Family Configurations in Tokyo and their Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language Socialization

International Family Configurations in Tokyo and their Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language Socialization

Donna M. Velliaris
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781466686687|ISBN10: 1466686685|EISBN13: 9781466686694
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8668-7.ch003
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Velliaris, Donna M. "International Family Configurations in Tokyo and their Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language Socialization." Handbook of Research on Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language and Literacy Development, edited by Patriann Smith and Alex Kumi-Yeboah, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 57-86. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8668-7.ch003

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Velliaris, D. M. (2015). International Family Configurations in Tokyo and their Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language Socialization. In P. Smith & A. Kumi-Yeboah (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language and Literacy Development (pp. 57-86). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8668-7.ch003

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Velliaris, Donna M. "International Family Configurations in Tokyo and their Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language Socialization." In Handbook of Research on Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language and Literacy Development, edited by Patriann Smith and Alex Kumi-Yeboah, 57-86. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8668-7.ch003

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Abstract

For children raised in a primarily monocultural setting, where their passport or ‘home' and their residential or ‘host' countries are the same, the knowledge/skills developed in one area may be applied in the broader contexts of their lives in a gradually more complex and fulfilling manner. Some of the knowledge/skills learned by ‘cross-cultural children', however, may be applied in a restricted range of settings and may be of limited use in ‘other' contexts of living. A prime example relates to ‘language' proficiency. This may be well developed in the particular language of one context (e.g., English), but not yet acquired in the language needed for a different context (e.g., Japanese). For this exploratory study, face-to-face interviews were conducted with ‘international parents' residing in Tokyo, Japan. Of the four themes that emerged from the qualitative data, this chapter is specifically focused on one—Language Socialisation—of cross-cultural child(ren).

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