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My Experience with Heritage Language Loss in America
During one visit home with my mother, she was watching the Weather Channel. “I always watch W…

Yurimi Grigsby • Nov. 29, 2011


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Lingua Franca: The Bonds Created by a Shared Language
Imagine this scenario: an English speaker and a Japanese speaker are barely able to say things like…

Roy Fuentes • Oct. 20, 2011


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Chapter 14: A Variety of Sounds
Pochi is a Japanese dogWagging his tail...“Wan, wan”Perry was born in BrazilHe doesn&rs…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Oct. 19, 2011


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Chapter 13: Do You Speak Nisei Language?
When I was a student, we had an interesting kid in our class. She was Japanese Brazilian, and spok…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Oct. 12, 2011


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Chapter 12: About the Japanese Accent
Ever since I was in school, I’ve heard that “Japanese-Brazilians are bad at Portuguese&…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Oct. 5, 2011






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