Grown children of foreign parents' experiences of minority language loss in Japan

2018 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00698
• Research Institution: Sagami Women's University
• Principal Investigator: 中村 ジェニス 相模女子大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (10622136)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: minority language / mixed-ethnic / haafu children / language regrets / lost opportunity / monolingualism

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

In the first year of the project, the researcher recruited and interviewed 11 mixed-ethnic participants for the study.All of these interviewes were transcribed, coded and analysed using the Constructivist Grounded Theory (GTA) approach. Coding and analytical procedures were conducted on MAXQDA, a qualitative analytical software.

Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

The researcher has already interviewed 11 participants and their interview data have already been analysed.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

For the second year, the researcher plans to conduct interviews with more mixed-ethnic children and perform further analysis on the interview data.The researcher also plans to present the study at international conference, and write a paper for publication in a peer-reviewed international journal.

Causes of Carryover

Funds will be used in the following year for transcribing interviews of more research participants. They will also be used to attend an international conference to disseminate the results of the study.