LINGUIST List 20.3062: Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan

LINGUIST List 20.3062
Sat Sep 12 2009 Media: Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan Editor for this issue: Catherine Adams <catherinlinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Huamei Han, Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan Message 1: Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan
Date: 09-Sep-2009 From: Huamei Han <huameihuameiyahoo.ca> Subject: Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan E-mail this message to a friend I'm sending this posting on behalf of Ryuko Kubota. Please see below. Thanks, Huamei Han Times Higher Education published the following article about three professors who were fired by Hokkaido University of Education for teaching an indigenous language in Japan. A lawsuit is still underway. For more information and support, please contact Ryuko Kubota. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=407967 -- Ryuko Kubota Professor Department of Language and Literacy Education Faculty of Education University of British Columbia, 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada Phone: 604-822-3950 Fax: 604-822-3154 Email: ryuko.kubotaubc.ca http://www.lled.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/kubota.htm Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics Discipline of Linguistics Language Documentation Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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