Date:
May 2000
Page No.:
27
Writer(s):
Judith M. Lamie, University of Birmingham
Aimed at assessing teacher response to the Monbusho's English curriculum
document, the New Revised Course of Study: Emphasis on Oral Communication,
this paper reports the findings of an exploratory questionnaire administered to
60 junior and senior high school English teachers around Japan for the purposes
of assessing the amount of university-level teacher training given the teachers,
their current teaching aims and resources, and their participation in inservice
education . The results suggest that if English teaching is to fulfil its aims in
Japan, the restructuring of teacher education and training must become a priority.
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