The Law of Inverse Returns Scott Barlow December 6, 1996 Shoji Azuma Japan 355 - 1 The law of inverse returns states that the better the foreign learner's Japanese is, the worse the reaction of the Japanese native population will be to the learner's use of Japanese. In this paper, I argue that the better the learner's Japanese is, the better the treatment to the learner of Japanese from native Japanese. I will argue this point by making three …
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…to be able to be more productive within Japanese society, thus better acceptance, and in promoting the cultural growth, awareness and sociability of yourself and those whom you come in contact with. This is why I support the idea that the law of inverse returns is not as it has been stated, '...residents of Japan who learn the language well are treated poorly by Japanese natives...', because it is not the majority case.