Japanese storytime provides cultural link
Japanese storytime provides cultural link
- August 10, 2013
- Kris Noam, sociology graduate student, is quoted in the Orange County Register August 10, 2013
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From the OC Register:
Some Japanese might want their children to hold on to their culture because of practical
reasons, such as being competitive in the workforce by being bilingual, said Kris
Noam, a doctoral student in sociology at UC Irvine, who specializes in second-generation
immigrants. Noam focuses on the extent that parents pass on their culture to their
children. Noam said, however, that most people see the culture as part of their own
and their child’s identity and want the children to be able to speak to their grandparents.
“It (also) seems that people are becoming more aware of the advantages of having a
second language,” she said.
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