On the Loss of English as a Second Language by Japanese Returnee Children

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Abstract In the last two decades, the number of Japanese families going abroad to English-speaking countries on business has increased dramatically as a result of the growth in the country’s economy. Consequently, the number of children in such families who spend several years during their youth exposed to a second language (L2 English), acquiring the L2 fairly naturally, and later suffering L2 attrition after their return to Japan, has increased considerably. There is thus a rising need in Japan to develop language maintenance programs for both the first language (Ll Japanese) and second language (L2 English) of such children.

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