Hi, everyone!!
I'd like to ask you about learning English at school.
Could you give me your opinion?
These are questions:
-Why do we learn English at school?
-What is the best advantage of learning English at school?
Some students don’t take English class at school seriously while they go to Juku or English conversation schools like NOVA or AEON. Some students consider English classes less important than Juku. However, school is a still special place for students to study. It might be because of the environment that they study or work with their friends in the same classes or the same clubs. If we can, discus this further:
-How can teachers use the environment of school as an effective tool of English learning?
Thank you!!
I'd like to ask you about learning English at school.
Could you give me your opinion?
These are questions:
-Why do we learn English at school?
-What is the best advantage of learning English at school?
Some students don’t take English class at school seriously while they go to Juku or English conversation schools like NOVA or AEON. Some students consider English classes less important than Juku. However, school is a still special place for students to study. It might be because of the environment that they study or work with their friends in the same classes or the same clubs. If we can, discus this further:
-How can teachers use the environment of school as an effective tool of English learning?
Thank you!!
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I think that learning any language -- not only English -- can be a great
benefit to a young person. Perhaps not now, but when the get older it can
help them find a job, and might even give them the motivation to visit foreign
countries and try to get to know people in a second language! :)
benefit to a young person. Perhaps not now, but when the get older it can
help them find a job, and might even give them the motivation to visit foreign
countries and try to get to know people in a second language! :)
I teach both at school and Juku.
Juku has two types. The first one has small group lessons, like 15 students in one class. This type of Jukus
quite often give only teachers' lectures. They are often quite advanced. Giving grammativcaland vocabulary knowledge comes first.
In the second type of Juku, Students are taught individually.
Students who thinks English classes at school too difficult or too easy, they often come to the second-type
Juku.
At school, we can often use pair or group work.
At Juku, we can't.
At school, we can use various kinds of activities, such as singing English songs, word games, story telling.
At juku, we can't.
Being able to use pair and group work, and a variety of activities is surely an advantage in English classes at school.
Juku has two types. The first one has small group lessons, like 15 students in one class. This type of Jukus
quite often give only teachers' lectures. They are often quite advanced. Giving grammativcaland vocabulary knowledge comes first.
In the second type of Juku, Students are taught individually.
Students who thinks English classes at school too difficult or too easy, they often come to the second-type
Juku.
At school, we can often use pair or group work.
At Juku, we can't.
At school, we can use various kinds of activities, such as singing English songs, word games, story telling.
At juku, we can't.
Being able to use pair and group work, and a variety of activities is surely an advantage in English classes at school.
おかじゅん, I like the points you made about the differences between regular
public school and jyuku.
Coincidentally, two of our teachers from 城西国際大学 taught a demonstration
lesson recently at a high school in Chiba. They noticed that in those large
classes there were a quite a few kids who seemed good at English AND, more
importantly, interested in learning more. But due to the way that the Japanese
school system tends to move up blocks of students together, the class also had
lots of loud noisy kids who couldn't even say "My name is."
Perhaps one role of a jyuku, then, is that it serves as a space for those kids
who aren't getting the level of language education they should be getting at the
public schools.
To me the solution seems easy -- just start tracking kids into levels from
an early age. It makes it better for the students, and certainly easier for
the teacher to do a good job.
public school and jyuku.
Coincidentally, two of our teachers from 城西国際大学 taught a demonstration
lesson recently at a high school in Chiba. They noticed that in those large
classes there were a quite a few kids who seemed good at English AND, more
importantly, interested in learning more. But due to the way that the Japanese
school system tends to move up blocks of students together, the class also had
lots of loud noisy kids who couldn't even say "My name is."
Perhaps one role of a jyuku, then, is that it serves as a space for those kids
who aren't getting the level of language education they should be getting at the
public schools.
To me the solution seems easy -- just start tracking kids into levels from
an early age. It makes it better for the students, and certainly easier for
the teacher to do a good job.
Mike,
>>just start tracking kids into levels from an early age.
This might be a quite controvertial issue in Japanese
school system, especially in public schools.
In private schools, tracking students into levels is not a problem and many private schools had already had that kind of system.
However, in public schools, especially in elementary and junior high schools, "everyone is equal" is the most important issue in Japanese compulsory public schools.
I know it's a very conservative idea which comes from Japanese traditiolnal culture.
Your solution might not be so easy, I think.
>>just start tracking kids into levels from an early age.
This might be a quite controvertial issue in Japanese
school system, especially in public schools.
In private schools, tracking students into levels is not a problem and many private schools had already had that kind of system.
However, in public schools, especially in elementary and junior high schools, "everyone is equal" is the most important issue in Japanese compulsory public schools.
I know it's a very conservative idea which comes from Japanese traditiolnal culture.
Your solution might not be so easy, I think.
Everyone, I really appreciate your cooperation though the topic is not easy to discuss. I chose this topic because I want to recognize that school is indeed a special place to learn English. Some students don’t think that school classes are not important. That kind of students try to sleep or do not participate in the activities in the big class at school, and they go to JUKU to study in smaller classes. School is indeed a precious place for everyone for some reasons. I wanted to look back the process that I went through the process to learn English at high school, and think again what I can do or should do at school, as a teacher of English.
I enjoyed reading your responses and comments.
Thank you!!
I enjoyed reading your responses and comments.
Thank you!!
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