JAPAN’S local education boards have decided to make English education compulsory for fifth- and sixth-graders in primary schools in 2011. Under the revised curriculum, students in both grades will take 35 45-minute lessons per year, primarily focusing on communicative skills such as speaking and listening, with no lessons in reading and writing. The students will not be graded for the classes.
South African pupils prefer English in class
最新调查显示非洲人青睐使用英语教学
A RECENT survey by the South African Human Sciences Research Council shows that Indians and Asians are more likely than white men to select English as the preferred language of instruction in the formative phase of schooling, followed by Africans. Most South African pupils prefer to be taught in English. But educators thought pupils should be taught in their mother tongue until grade 3.
