Elly the Reindeer

May 16, 2010

Japanese parents very keen on having English in elementary schools, but want teachers who specialize in English

mainvis.jpg

'Nippon-PTA', the national association of PTAs around Japan, has carried out a survey of its members and found that the parents of children who have English activity classes at elementary school are very much in support of having these classes, but would like to see more teachers who specialize in English.

1,988 parents of 5th grade students replied to the questionnaire. 69.1% thought the English activity classes were necessary and only 8.3% thought the classes were not necessary. 58.7% of those who thought English was necessary said it was because it would help their children at junior high school, 50.3% said it was because it would encourage their children to become more interested in other countries (parents could give more than one reason when answering the questionnaire).

When asked what would make the English activity classes effective, 52.2% said that it was necessary to have teachers who were specialists in teaching English, 44.2% said that methodology that was appropriate for elementary school was important, and 42.8% said that the teachers should be native speakers of English.

Click here for the complete survey (in Japanese)

Share this:  
Permalink | Send us your news | Leave a comment


« New research - Talking seriously with children is important for their language development | Main | Mike Guest to be a trainer on the one-day certificate courses in teaching Japanese students »


Post a comment

=================================================================
Note: Please use your real name (first and family) when submitting comments.
=================================================================

Your Name:
Your Email:
Website:
Your Comment:

Security Image:
CAPTCHA Image

Security Code:
Notify me when new comments are posted:
Tick to activate. You can unsubscribe any time later
 

Recent Headlines

>>View All Archives

Jobs in Japan

>> Guide to Teaching English in Japan

Columns

Editorial
Proper English and Google
Russell Willis

Columns

Columns
Sh*t English Teachers Teach Students
Mike Guest
Columns
Behind the scenes at a webinar
Barbara Sakamoto
Columns
Graded Readers on the iPad
Daniel Stewart

Features

Useful Links

Teaching Organizations

  • ETJ English Teachers in Japan
  • JALT Japan Association For Language Teaching
  • IATEFL International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
  • TESOL Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • BC JapanThe British Council, Japan
  • LATEM Little America Teaching English Methods

Unions

Sponsors

Comments

Events

Kanji of the Day

獄


World Today

International

Japan