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Teaching in the Graveyard

Japanese as a Second Language Teachers (JSL) in Japan

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Japan, a nation that has prided itself on being homogeneous (Befu, 2001; Endoh, 2000), has increasingly become multiethnic and multilingual. As of 2013, the number of registered foreigners is 2,066,445 (Statistics Bureau, 2013) and this number has nearly doubled since 1991. Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, and Brazilians are the top four nationalities in this order.

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Amos, Y.T. (2016). Teaching in the Graveyard. In: Welch, A.G., Areepattamannil, S. (eds) Dispositions in Teacher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-552-4_5

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