Japanned Steve McCarty · @SteveMcCarty
176 followers · 54 posts · Server hcommons.social

Regarding Japan's longstanding ban on dual , an Asahi Shimbun editorial asahi.com/ajw/articles/1484632 is fine as far as it goes, but it focuses on the type of in who are suspected of changing to evade taxes. To us in , it is more important that our half-Japanese "haafu" kids and others should not feel forced to choose one cultural allegiance simply because is not recognized or understood here. See "Dual Nationality in Japan: Learning to Love Ambiguity" at academia.edu/38566597 or shingetsunewsagency.com/2019/0
The law is not enforced in Japan, so it can be like a joke that vaccination makes three passports. Our happy-go-lucky sons have no conception of what it would be like to be an outsider or to agonize over their cultural .
Once I tried to explain "What it Means to Be Bicultural" - at academia.edu/36008217 or childresearch.net/papers/langu
How about this issue in your country or region?
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Japanned Steve McCarty · @SteveMcCarty
66 followers · 19 posts · Server hcommons.social

I've set up @Bilingualism for teachers or researchers of plural at levels of the ( development), (bilingual child-raising & ), society (a country's language & policies), or (bilingual or , Second or teaching).

If you follow it like you follow a person, you can get posts with @Bilingualism in them, or share messages with the group.


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Most of my publications on are at wilmina.academia.edu/SteveMcCa or japanned.hcommons.org/bilingua

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