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Takeuchi, Miwa – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
Family language practice can be significantly influenced by social, historical, and political contexts, especially in immigrant households where a society's minority languages are used. Set in a large city in Japan, this study examines how institutional power can affect Filipino mothers' language use at home. Drawing from the cultural historical…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Mothers, Native Language, Family Environment
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Moore, Paul J. – Modern Language Journal, 2013
This study investigates contextual features surrounding the use of a first language (L1) in a Japanese university English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) course during peer interaction in the extended preparation phase leading up to two oral presentation tasks (OP1 and OP3), performed seven months apart. Interaction data were analysed in terms of the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Native Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning