Papers by Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes
Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, 2016
Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, 2016
This study reflects on the experiences of six Filipino nurses deployed to Japan under the Japan-P... more This study reflects on the experiences of six Filipino nurses deployed to Japan under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) and their employers.
It first presents the narratives of the interviewees on preparations for the NBE. All of the six Filipino nurses acknowledge and appreciate the support of the hospital. It also presents the thoughtful strategies and extraordinary efforts of the hospital staff to help the Filipino nurses. The following section is a discussion of their experiences after the NBE. The narratives reveal that both the Filipino nurses and their coworkers are puzzled as they face new challenges when the EPA nurses became licentiates. The narratives also reveal that Filipino EPA nurses cannot have a clear career path even after passing the NBE. This article also conveys the voices of Filipino nurses how JPEPA program for nurses could be improved.
These narratives are reflected vis-à-vis theories on second-language acquisition, scope of nursing, and migration policy. The article concludes by proposing that Japanese language training be continued even after passing the NBE, that qualified Filipino nurse candidates’ stay in Japan be extended for a few more years even after failing the NBEs, that retaking of the NBE by those who have returned to the Philippines be facilitated, and that measures for brain circulation and brain gain be crafted.
Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, 2016
This article surveys the trajectory of the problematic implementation of, and later amendments to... more This article surveys the trajectory of the problematic implementation of, and later amendments to, the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)’s Movement of Natural Persons provisions between 2009 and 2016, with reference to the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement (JIEPA) and the Japan-Vietnam Economic Partnership Agreement (JVEPA). It draws on official documents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW), Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services (JICWELS), and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), among others, as well as a structured survey conducted among the Japanese employers who accepted the first batch of Filipino EPA nurse candidates in 2011, a year after the deployment of Filipino nurses. The study is based on formal and informal interviews since the early 200s with the government officers of the pertaining countries, EPA nurse candidates, and Japanese language education experts. In addition, the paper refers to the recently introduced English proficiency standard for foreign nurse applicants in Australia to reflect on Japanese language requirements in the EPA-MNP scheme. This study identified the learning of the Japanese language — and the difficulties thereof—as a key element of the scheme, and shows that a series of merely short-term amendments have been made to address the issues. The article concludes by suggesting a more systematic management of the EPA-MNP scheme, especially in matters concerning Japanese language training.
This article presents the results of a preliminary study on young members of transmigrant familie... more This article presents the results of a preliminary study on young members of transmigrant families who shuttle between the Philippines and Japan, particularly those who have migrated from Japan to the Philippines at least once during school age, and are residing in the Philippines at the time of data gathering (2010–2013). It profiles what, if any, language/s Filipino/Japanese acquire and to what extent they do so. This essay inquires into the implications of migration of children/youths of transmigrant families in terms of language/s at school, when they migrated from Japan to the Philippines in the advent of the introduction of Mother-Tongue Based, Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in 2012. It aims to raise awareness of the positive and negative impact of migration on minors' cognitive development and to help understand emerging features of migration, transmigration, and shuttling for more effective policy making and advocacy. Those who demonstrate the symptoms of proficient multilingualism migrated less frequently, underwent consistent education in a certain sociolinguistic environment from Grades 1 to 4, and benefited from a support system (such as lowering of school year level, tutorial etc.) that facilitated the foundation of mother-tongue literacy. The proficient multilinguals are more articulate and have clearer ideas about their
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Papers by Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes
It first presents the narratives of the interviewees on preparations for the NBE. All of the six Filipino nurses acknowledge and appreciate the support of the hospital. It also presents the thoughtful strategies and extraordinary efforts of the hospital staff to help the Filipino nurses. The following section is a discussion of their experiences after the NBE. The narratives reveal that both the Filipino nurses and their coworkers are puzzled as they face new challenges when the EPA nurses became licentiates. The narratives also reveal that Filipino EPA nurses cannot have a clear career path even after passing the NBE. This article also conveys the voices of Filipino nurses how JPEPA program for nurses could be improved.
These narratives are reflected vis-à-vis theories on second-language acquisition, scope of nursing, and migration policy. The article concludes by proposing that Japanese language training be continued even after passing the NBE, that qualified Filipino nurse candidates’ stay in Japan be extended for a few more years even after failing the NBEs, that retaking of the NBE by those who have returned to the Philippines be facilitated, and that measures for brain circulation and brain gain be crafted.
Books by Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes
It first presents the narratives of the interviewees on preparations for the NBE. All of the six Filipino nurses acknowledge and appreciate the support of the hospital. It also presents the thoughtful strategies and extraordinary efforts of the hospital staff to help the Filipino nurses. The following section is a discussion of their experiences after the NBE. The narratives reveal that both the Filipino nurses and their coworkers are puzzled as they face new challenges when the EPA nurses became licentiates. The narratives also reveal that Filipino EPA nurses cannot have a clear career path even after passing the NBE. This article also conveys the voices of Filipino nurses how JPEPA program for nurses could be improved.
These narratives are reflected vis-à-vis theories on second-language acquisition, scope of nursing, and migration policy. The article concludes by proposing that Japanese language training be continued even after passing the NBE, that qualified Filipino nurse candidates’ stay in Japan be extended for a few more years even after failing the NBEs, that retaking of the NBE by those who have returned to the Philippines be facilitated, and that measures for brain circulation and brain gain be crafted.