The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan examines the complex
nature of Japan's promotion of English as a Foreign Language (EFL).
In globalized societies where people with different native
languages communicate through English, multicultural and
multilinguistic interactions are widely created. This book takes
the opportunity to look at Japan and examines how these multiple
realities have affected its English language teaching within the
domestic context. The myth of Japan's racial and ethnic homogeneity
may hinder many Japanese in recognizing realities of its own
minority groups such as Ainu, Zainichi Koreans, and Brazilian
Japanese, who are in the same EFL classrooms. Acknowledging a
variety of English uses and users in Japan, this book emphasizes
the influence of Japan's recent domestic diversity on its EFL
curriculum and urges that such changes should be addressed. It
suggests new directions for incorporating multicultural
perspectives in order to develop English language education in
Japan and other Asian contexts where English is often taught as a
foreign language. Chapters include: Social, cultural, and political
background of Japan's EFL education Race, ethnicity, and
multiculturalism Representations of diversity in Japanese EFL
Textbooks Perceptions of English learning and diversity in Japan
The role of EFL education in multicultural Japan
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