English Education in the Japanese school system

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English Education in the Japanese school system

• Globalization has made English in to a great tool
• Japan is realizing importance of English
  education
• TOEFL/TOICE is becoming more popular
• English Language classes are popular amongst
  children
• Now days, elementary school have English classes

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Interview of elementary school English teachers

• Purpose
• To have children adapt to English easier
• New things are learned faster at a younger age
• To grow more children that are interested in
  English
• Classes are held once or twice a month,
  approximately an hour for each class
• Native speaker comes to class about five times a
  year
• Curriculum consists mainly of speaking and
  communication

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Interview of elementary school English teachers

• Negative points
• Some of the children wont learn English well
• Some children get the impression that they are
  able to use English
• End up having hollow confidence
• Able to communicate, but not read

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Reading and Writing

• Reading and writing are necessary skills
• In order to do this vocabulary is a necessity
• Problems of vocabulary
• Difficult to predict what words will become
  necessary in the future
• Children interests differ from one another
• Some force is necessary, but childrens interests
  is also important

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English vs Japanese

• Opinionates believe that English language and
  culture is talking over Japanese traditions
• Reason
• Decline in the areas of Japanese vocabulary and
  grammar
• Kanji the Chinese letters used in Japanese
• Cause of teaching more than children can handle

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English vs Japanese

• Seminars POV
• English education cant be all cause
• Reason
• Can be possible that computers are reason for
  decline
• Programs have no use for Kanji
• Type in the word and changed automatically
• Without practice any skill will dull and
  sometimes fade

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Japans Opinion

• Children are learning English better
• More Japanese going over seas to find
  opportunities
• Some problems still exit
• Education system of teaching English is evolving
• Over all affects seems to be on the rise

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Conclusion

• Motivation
• Experience
• Practice

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