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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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"English-Only", but Not a Medium-of-Instruction Policy: The Japanese Way of Internationalising Education for Both Domestic and Overseas Students
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Hashimoto, Kayoko – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
While the medium-of-instruction (MOI) has been seen as one of the most crucial decision-making areas in language policies, it is curious that the equivalent Japanese expression to MOI is absent from educational policy documents. In a nation where the Japanese language is called the national language and enjoys the status of an official language,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Compulsory "Foreign Language Activities" in Japanese Primary Schools
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Hashimoto, Kayoko – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2011
From 2011, the new curriculum for introducing English to Japanese primary schools will be fully implemented in the form of "foreign language activities". This innovation forms part of the government's plan to cultivate "Japanese with English abilities", a development based on the awareness, particularly in the business sector, that equipping…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Discourse Analysis