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- Title
Assessing the Action Plan: Reform in Japanese High School EFL.
- Authors
Lockley, Thomas; Hirschel, Rob; Slobodniuk, Adam
- Abstract
In 2003, the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) introduced potentially far reaching reforms to EFL curricula in high schools entitled "The National Action Plan to Cultivate 'Japanese with English Abilities'" (the Action Plan). However, given the failure of previous attempts at reform, there was some doubt as to whether the Action Plan would meet with success. This paper investigates the state of policy implementation through a review of the literature and presentation of new research. By means of a multi-regional five site study (N=309), first year university students were asked about the EFL lessons they experienced in their senior high schools. The study finds that many schools are meeting at least some of the aims of the Action Plan, but few if any are meeting all of them. Relevant issues and apparent trends are explored and discussed.
- Subjects
JAPAN; EDUCATIONAL change; JAPAN. Monbusho; CURRICULUM; HIGH schools; ENGLISH as a foreign language
- Publication
Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 2012, Vol 9, Issue 2, p152
- ISSN
0219-9874
- Publication type
Article