Japanese english education from now

Japanese English Education from now

 

I think that Japanese people is citizen who are the poorest at speaking English in developed countries. The reason is Japanese government has not attached importance to speak English in our English education although many disputants have already pointed out this fact. Therefore, few teachers can speak English fluently because this present continues for decades. I also suspect whether English teachers can speak English fluently or not.

This reason is very simple. So, there is necessity for us to speak English is close to nil. Japan does not have an experience which is dominated long-term by English-speaking countries. Furthermore, Japan is not a multiracial country. Therefore, it is enough for us to speak only Japanese in daily life.

However, the international society came to a stage which people, commodities, money and service come and go frequently nowadays. And we cannot avoid touching foreign countries somewhere. In additional that, this tendency will not be stopped. After that, when we encounter some scene which we must communicate with foreign people, we must speak English to communicate with them. These days, our government has started English lessons in primary school. But I doubt this effectiveness because we could not get English speaking skill although we had studied English for 6years.

So, how can we get English speaking skill through our English lessons in secondary education? I think that the government should change English speaking lessons to be a main in English lessons at first. Because if we don’t have little chance to speak English, we cannot get English speaking skill. Second, they should promote a chance of studying abroad for students. If students have the chance, they can improve their English skill dramatically. Third, they should increase amount of ALT(Assistant Language Teacher) in junior high schools and high schools. Fourth, I really think that when people get a teacher’s licence, the government should impose them to career of studying abroad. If they do, almost of teachers in secondary education can teach each subject in English after 30 years. 

 Finally, if the government really would like students to be a talented person who can make out in the international society, they should change our English education in secondary education as soon as possible.