Post date: May 3, 2014 10:54:16 PM
This week, I researched about the language issues for multicultural Japan.
At first, I read the articles about linguistic gap between Mother and her son. For example, One the second-generation Japanese-Brazilian woman has been working at factory in Japan since 2003. Most of her co-workers are Brazilian and Japanese proficiency is not a requirement, so she can speak little Japanese. However, she has a seven-year-old son who has been studying in a public school with Japanese children since he came to Japan with his mother. One day, when Mother scolds the boy, he ignored her. It means that he can tell from her expression which she is angry, but does not understand why. He just could not understand what his mother said to him in his mother tongue, Portuguese. These problems are called linguistic gap. Until now, I ever heard that some children who came from foreign countries failed to get accustomed to Japan including language problem. So, I was so surprised that some foreign children cannot use their native language. This article was the issue in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka prefecture. Next week, I would like to research the condition of foreign workers in Hamamatsu and their issues.
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