Posted in: Japanese high school students fail to meet English proficiency target See in context
The ALT system has now turned a race to the bottom mentality; it is not about getting a qualified teacher, it is about getting the cheapest native English speaker possible. I could fix the Japanese education system in a month:
Fire all ALTs Recruit English teachers Pay them 400,000 yen a month Make English compulsory one day a week, no Japanese all day. Parents to be trained in English.3 ( +4 / -1 )
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