Accessing the Soft Power of Japanese Language in Australia: Young Korean Migrants Studying Japanese as a Foreign Languag
Drawing on case studies of Korean migrants who moved to Australia post-2000 during their adolescence, this chapter demonstrates that Japanese language played a significant role in establishing a place for these young people in Australian society. The chap
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Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia
Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia
Kayoko Hashimoto Editor
Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia
Editor Kayoko Hashimoto The University of Queensland School of Languages and Cultures Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Acknowledgements
Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia is a cross-disciplinary work by international scholars who generously agreed to contribute chapters to this book. Without a collaborative effort, this book would not exist. I am extremely grateful to all of the contributors not only for embarking on this challenging task but also for their willingness to share their expertise and insights. Some of the chapter authors are emerging scholars who are full of new ideas and enthusiasm about research in their fields, and it was very rewarding for me to work with them as an editor. Looking back, I can trace the beginning of my journey to develop the concept for this book to Gerry Groot’s conference presentation on China’s soft power at the 2014 ASAA Conference in Perth. It is great to have Groot’s chapter in this book. I first met some of the other contributors during my research trip to Japan in 2013 to conduct a survey on native-speakerism in Japanese language teaching. Their openness to my research and willingness to share their views and
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