Heritage Language and L2 Learning Connections: Views from within Japan

Bearing in mind the Japanese context, this paper elaborates on how maintenance of international children’s heritage language (HL) might contribute to the spread of bilingualism in the country. It also expands on the ways these young learners see themselves as well as how they are seen by their families and within their academic context. It is argued that young HL learners’ propensity towards bilingualism might not only pave these children’s way to the acquisition of a second and/or foreign language, but also contribute to future developments in foreign language learning among the monolingual sectors of society

Listening & Speaking, Reading & Writing: Improving Four English Language Skills through the Eclectic Approach of International Educators in Japan

This paper elaborates on the language teaching experiences of four international educators working in Japan. With diverse nationalities and backgrounds, and as language learners themselves, these professionals’ eclectic approach is the result of many years of teaching within a multilingual and multicultural environment. It is argued that alternative forms of teaching might influence student’s motivation towards speaking, listening, reading and writing in an L2 (second/foreign language). In addition, the authors provide a few suggestions of activities that might contribute to successful outcomes in the English language education in Japan, which presently strives for communicative language teaching practices.研究ノー

日本における継承語と第２言語習得との関連性

Bearing in mind the Japanese context, this paper elaborates on how maintenance of international children’s heritage language (HL) might contribute to the spread of bilingualism in the country. It also expands on the ways these young learners see themselves as well as how they are seen by their families and within their academic context. It is argued that young HL learners’ propensity towards bilingualism might not only pave these children’s way to the acquisition of a second and/or foreign language, but also contribute to future developments in foreign language learning among the monolingual sectors of society

Renal autotransplantation to treat renal artery aneurysm: case report

CONTEXT: Renal artery aneurysm (RAA) is uncommon and usually asymptomatic, but complications like rupture or thromboembolism of the aneurysm can occur, with consequent renal infarction. Most of the clinical findings are found incidentally through imaging examinations, in investigating other diseases. Renal autotransplantation (RAT) is an alternative treatment for complex RAA, with satisfactory results described in the literature.CASE REPORT: The patient was a 48-year-old man with a history of systemic arterial hypertension, thrombocytopenia and advanced hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. He complained of right lumbar pain, which was investigated through imaging examinations (computed tomography and angiotomography). These revealed right RAA of 2.5 cm in diameter. Evaluation by the vascular surgery team found that this was untreatable using endovascular methods. The treatment performed was open right nephrectomy with kidney preservation in solution, followed by aneurysmectomy, suturing of the injured artery and kidney reimplantation in the right iliac fossa with anastomosis of the iliac vessels and ureter. The durations of the surgery and kidney ischemia were 385 and 140 minutes, respectively. The patient was discharged on the 20th postoperative day, with creatinine concentration of 1.4 mg/dL, urea 41 mg/dL, urine volume 1400 mL/24 h and ascites treated with diuretics.CONCLUSION: RAT is indicated basically in three situations: extracorporeal reconstruction of complex aneurysms of the renal pedicle, extensive ureteral injury, and conservative kidney cancer surgery in patients with a single kidney. This study presents a case of a patient with advanced liver disease and RAA that was untreatable using endovascular methods and was successfully treated using RAT

Autoenxerto de túnica vaginal como reforço na herniorrafia perineal em cão - Relato de caso

A orquiectomia, cirurgia coadjuvante para o tratamento da hérnia perineal, disponibiliza um tecido conjuntivo que, a exemplo de outras membranas biológicas, possui características ideais para enxertia. Desta forma, descreve-se a utiliza- ção da túnica vaginal como autoenxerto livre para reparação do diafragma pélvico de um cão de 12 anos, portador de hérnia perineal unilateral direita, redutível. O procedimento cirúrgico consistiu de dois tempos cirúrgicos. Inicialmente, foi realizada a orquiectomia fechada. Após a exérese dos órgãos, as túnicas de ambos os testículos foram coletadas e preparadas em um único enxerto de dupla camada. Posteriormente, foi realizada abordagem ao processo herniário, que se caracterizava por amplo anel herniário, acompanhado por discreta atrofia muscular e conteúdo herniário composto por alças intestinais, bexiga urinária e próstata. Após redução do conteúdo e debridamento muscular, procedeu-se à síntese muscular primária por meio de sutura, que se mostrou deficitária, permitindo aproximação das bordas musculares, mas com evidente fragilidade tecidual. O enxerto então foi fixado à musculatura e sepultado pela sutura intradérmica e de pele. O animal foi acompanhado por um período de 180 dias de pós-operatório, mediante análises clínicas e ultrassonográfica sem serem evidenciados quaisquer sinais de complicações ou recidiva. Conclui-se que o autoenxerto de túnica vaginal, obtido através da orquiectomia prévia, foi uma opção viável para reforço da herniorrafia clássica no reparo do diafragma pélvico e pode ser empregada para o tratamento da hérnia perineal