Future English Education

English was made compulsory at elementary schools from April 2008, and people emphasized communication skills more deeply. Cooperation with junior high schools is important people think, too. But, if English education keeps present style, it may not be able to work together. Now, the most important thing is communication skills. It’s already old-fashioned that we learn vocabulary and grammars along with the textbook.

This time, I will mention about what junior high schools should do specifically in the future when they teach a lesson.

Now, I have 3 points about it. First, they should abolish the education that is tend to focusing text book. Students had to bring the textbook and notebook every class in old-style class. As preparation, they did list-up new vocabularies and grammars, and text body on the note. Then, they read out with teacher in the class. Is it really important? Surely, they might able to memorize words and grammars. But in this way, they can never get skills to communicate and attitude to try to it.

Second, we need to spend more time with ALT. When I was junior high school student, we had only twice a month to have activity with ALT. Actually, we enjoyed game and singing English songs. It was really fun! But now, I think learned not-useful English. So, for the future, I want schools to spend more and more time with ALT, and provide to students useful English, like daily English conversation expressions.

The last point, teachers should not have a sense of ‘having a class’. Usually, in the class, teachers must give a grade to each student. But I think English is a just second language and not subjects that can appraise. The most important thing is their attitude and English can develop by their efforts.

Today, activities using English are changing. Schools should review their learning program to improve it better.