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Small-group classes taught by native English-speaking teachers are offered from the first year of junior high school to the second year of senior high school. This program is designed for students who wish to participate in external contests, such as the All Japan Model United Nations conference, or who wish to apply to an overseas university.
Article English Educational Policy for High Schools in Japan: Ideals vs. Reality Keita Kikuchi Junior Associate Professor of English, Foreign Language Center, Tokai University Japan keita@tokai-u.jp Charles Browne Professor of Applied Linguistics, Head, EFL Teacher Training Program, Department of English, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan browne ...
Nearly 100% of children are enrolled in compulsory education. High school is not compulsory, but the enrollment rate has been growing and in 2008, the rate of enrollment was 97.8%: the enrollment rate in universities and junior colleges was 51.5% (MEXT, 2008, pp. 10-11). English Language Curricula English language education in public schools ...
the JET program, or some proficient local English speakers. More than 5,000 ALTs are now working in Japan 3. However, this is insufficient as the number of the elementary schools reaches 20,000, along with 10,000 junior high schools and 5,000 senior high schools14. According to Nunan (2003), the JET program costs are extremely high, and similar
10 cze 2009 · English Educational Policy for High Schools in Japan: Ideals vs. Reality. June 2009. RELC Journal 40 (2):172-191. DOI: 10.1177/0033688209105865. Authors: Keita Kikuchi. Charles Browne. To read the ...
By 12 contrast ‘New Crown 1’, a popular junior high school textbook used in Japan, has nine units and only 119 pages (New Crown 1, 2012). Of course quantity is no substitute for quality but the activities and design of ‘Middle School English 1’ appear to be far more ‘user friendly’ for teachers and students alike. 3.4.
25 gru 2019 · English is perceived as “a common international language” by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (hereafter, MEXT, 2014) and other scholars (e.g. Otsu ...
