Constructing, Reconstructing and Reclaiming Learner Identities - Academically Successful 1.5 Generation Filipino Students in Japan

This book focuses on the experiences of 1.5 generation Filipinos in Japan, charting their educational experiences in both the Philippines and Japan. The participants use their educational histories and learner identities as an intangible resource to help overcome the differences in the teaching-learning environments they encountered in Japan.

About the author

Ellen Preston Motohashi is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Dokkyo University, Japan. Her research focuses on education for immigrant students and students from linguistic and cultural minorities.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Preston Motohashi
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.09.2025
• EAN: 9781800415430
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-543-0
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, East Asia, Far East, Language teaching theory & methods, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism