Starting this April Japanese teachers of fifth and six grade students are supposed to begin teaching English as a required class. The only problem is that these teachers don’t know English at all because this was a seventh grade expectation in the past. The fifth and sixth grade teachers think it is absurd that they are expected to teach English if they themselves don’t know it. I have to say I agree with them on that part, but I think it is a great idea to put the program in place once they have teachers that can properly teach the language. Some of the teachers studied English in college years ago but they can’t imagine teaching it. I think it will take some time to get done, but the end effect will be well worth it.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/japanese-elementary-teachers-take-on-teaching-english-52528.html
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