Smith, Richard and Imura, Motomichi (2004) Lessons from the past : traditions and reforms. In: Makarová, V. and Rogers, T., (eds.) English language teaching : the case of Japan. LINCOM studies in second language teaching . Munich: Lincom, pp. 29-48. ISBN 9783895868528

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Abstract

This chapter provides a historical perspective on English language education in Japan by examining three major attempts to reform secondary school teaching methods in the twentieth century: those instigated by Harold E. Palmer and the Institute for Research in English Teaching (IRET) in the 1920s and 1930s, American-backed efforts to introduce Charles Fries’s Oral Approach in the late 1950s and 1960s, and reforms promoted by the Japanese government itself from the late 1980s onwards. In the course of this examination, we highlight the importance of underlying traditions, and, on this basis, identify constraints and possibilities which have preserved their salience up until the present-day. We begin, though, by considering the late nineteenth century background, identifying the emergence of a
particular English teaching tradition which has remained dominant despite all attempts to dislodge it over the last hundred years.

Item Type:	Book Item
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Series Name:	LINCOM studies in second language teaching
Publisher:	Lincom
Place of Publication:	Munich
ISBN:	9783895868528
Book Title:	English language teaching : the case of Japan
Editor:	Makarová, V. and Rogers, T.
Official Date:	2004
Dates:	Date Event 2004 Published
Number of Pages:	298
Page Range:	pp. 29-48
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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