Mitsuyo Sakamoto

List of John Benjamins publications in which Mitsuyo Sakamoto is involved.

Articles

Sakamoto, Mitsuyo 2006 Balancing L1 maintenance and L2 learning: Experiential narratives of Japanese immigrant families in Canada Heritage Language Development: Focus on East Asian Immigrants, Kondo-Brown, Kimi (ed.), pp. 33–56 | Article

This chapter examines reasons for first language (L1) maintenance among Japanese immigrant families residing in Toronto, Canada, by conducting life history research (Cole & Knowles, 2001). The data are then analyzed using activity theory (Engeström, 1999). The findings indicate that L1 is viewed as… read more

Sakamoto, Mitsuyo 2001 Exploring societal support for L2 learning and L1 maintenance: A socio-cultural perspective Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 24:2, pp. 43–60 | Article

This paper adopts the view that bilingualism is a result of numerous societal forces. In this paper, the data collected from five Japanese immigrant families residing in Toronto, Canada are dynamically represented within the framework of Engeström’s (1999) Activity Model. Results identify family… read more