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Learning Japanese at school and at home with family
Roy Hirabayashi January 26, 2005
Earlier in the elementary and junior high school, we were kind of forced to go …
Results of being more American than Japanese
Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig August 26, 1998
I think, one of the disadvantages of trying to become so American was that—in my …
Going to Japanese school
Francis Y. Sogi May 29, 2006
To our parents we spoke Japanese. Because all of us in elementary school for the …
Volunteering to serve for the U.S. military in Japan
Francis Y. Sogi May 29, 2006
Well I had good grades and Japanese was easy because that time I could memorize. …
Feeling closer to Japan as a Japanese American
Francis Y. Sogi May 29, 2006
I think because of the fact that I could speak Japanese, I could read Japanese …
Retaining Japanese customs (Spanish)
Roberto Hirose October 7, 2005
(Spanish) In my case, the truth is that I come from a family in which …
To think in one language and live in another (Spanish)
Paula Hoyos Hattori July 12, 2006
(Spanish) I believe that my grandfather thought in Japanese but had to speak in another …
Studying Japanese to understand her grandfather (Spanish)
Paula Hoyos Hattori July 12, 2006
(Spanish) In my case, because I study Japanese, for example, I believe that [I have …
Japanese language is the important aspect to keep identity (Spanish)
Paula Hoyos Hattori July 12, 2006
(Spanish) The third generation I would say, after my grandfather, is that [generation] which returns …
Initial struggles with the language barrier (Japanese)
Ryoko Hokama November 28, 2006
(Japanese) [Learning the] language was the first thing. It was all about the words. For …