Navigating English Policy and Practice in Japan's Primary Schools
This book investigates recent changes in language education policy and the implementation of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Japan’s public elementary schools. Through interviews with policymakers, school principals and elementary school teachers, it examines the challenges in creating, transmitting and applying this new language policy. It reveals not only the contents of language policy documents, but the political and socioeconomic rationale for introducing EFL into Japan’s national curriculum. This book will aid understanding of various macro-level discourses, such as progressive and conservative views of schooling in Japan and how globalization has affected attitudes toward English education. It will be of interest to researchers in language policy and planning, second language acquisition, second language teacher education and Japanese studies.
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Navigating English Policy and Practice in Japan's Primary Schools
This book investigates recent changes in language education policy and the implementation of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Japan’s public elementary schools. Through interviews with policymakers, school principals and elementary school teachers, it examines the challenges in creating, transmitting and applying this new language policy. It reveals not only the contents of language policy documents, but the political and socioeconomic rationale for introducing EFL into Japan’s national curriculum. This book will aid understanding of various macro-level discourses, such as progressive and conservative views of schooling in Japan and how globalization has affected attitudes toward English education. It will be of interest to researchers in language policy and planning, second language acquisition, second language teacher education and Japanese studies.
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Navigating English Policy and Practice in Japan's Primary Schools
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Navigating English Policy and Practice in Japan's Primary Schools
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836681519 |
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| Publisher: | Channel View Publications |
| Publication date: | 09/16/2025 |
| Series: | Early Language Learning in School Contexts , #12 |
| Pages: | 195 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.15(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d) |
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