Publications

Publication details [#61867]

Colomé, Llorenç Comajoan. 2016. Primary school English reform in Japan: policies, progress and challenges. Current Issues in Language Planning 17 (2) : 215–225.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language teaching | language planning | language policy | primary school | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

The execution of Japanese Primary School English language teaching policy (2011), compelling 4th- and 5th-graders to weekly follow English courses, is hindered by various factors. A “micro” approach minding diverse dares faced by local government, school, and teachers needs to be adopted before “racing” to apply PSE programmes.