The current situation and issues with English language activities in primary schools in Japan after six years of implementation
| Autor: | Takiguchi Masaru, Machida Junko |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Vietnam Journal of Education, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2588-1477 2815-5572 16846370 |
| Popis: | English education in public primary schools in Japan started in 2011 not as a subject but as an area of foreign language activities in Japan. However, the preparation was poor and homeroom teachers without proper training were required to teach English. Since then, the issue has become highly controversial in Japan. To clarify the actual situation, we conducted surveys three times between 2012 and 2017 and found many problems. Nevertheless, English will become a compulsory subject from April, 2020, but before we see any major improvements by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), more careful study on the problems is an urgent need and therefore, we would like to utilize the results of our research. This paper attempts to study the changing situation and to point out the necessary conditions for possible reforms by comparing and analyzing the results of the latter two surveys. |
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