3. On the Necessity of ‘Being Understood’: Rethinking the Ideology of Standardization in Japan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1: Theoretical Framework
6. 1. Standardization of Language and Culture 19
7. 2. Language as a Countable and the Regime of Translation 35
8. Part 2: Kokugo Education: Japanese Education Designed for ‘Native Speakers’
9. 3. On the Necessity of ‘Being Understood’: Rethinking the Ideology of Standardization in Japan 63
10. 4. Rethinking ‘Norms’ for Japanese Women’s Speech 82
11. 5. Constructing and Constructed Japanese: The History of Standard Japanese and Practice at a Japanese Preschool 106
12. 6. How Japanese Education for Young People Has Been Discussed: A Critical Analysis from a Relational Viewpoint 128
13. 7. A Consideration of the Discourse on Mother Tongue Instruction in Japanese Language Education: A Case Study of the Practices of Japanese Language Classes for Chinese Returnees and Vietnamese Residents 143
14. Part 3: Nihongo Education: Japanese Education Designed for ‘Non-Native Speakers’
15. 8. Teaching Japanese People’s Thinking: Discourses on Thought Patterns in Post-war Studies of Japanese Language Education 175
16. 9. On Learning Japanese Language: Critical Reading of Japanese Language Textbook 201
17. 10. Critical Teaching of Japanese Culture 218
18. 11. The Process of Standardization of Language and Culture in a Japanese-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom: Analysis of Teacher–Students Interactions 238
19. Conclusion and Departure 261
20. Index 267