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Group D

Madelaine de Valle (Lena/レーナ)

AUSTRALIA

Foreign Language Education in Australia

● South Australian public school students:

○ Begin in primary school (4-5 years of age)

■ About 2 hours of class per week

■ Usually 1 language on offer

○ Compulsory until completion of year nine (14-15 years of age)

■ About 3.5 hours of class per week

■ A variety of languages offered

● 1990s - Australian Government’s 10 priority languages

○ Chosen for historical ties and trade utility

● Teachers can be either native or non-native speakers

● Three assumed motivations for language study

○ Cultural heritage; job prospects; hobby/enjoyment

● Language learning not a high priority, except for foreign nationals (English)

My Foreign Language Learning History

● Native language is English - no other language spoken at home

● Japanese from primary school to end of year 10 (15 years of age)

● Spanish in two senior years of high school (then exchange)

● Korean at Yonsei University in Seoul (3 weeks)

● Japanese again (from the beginning) in 2nd year of university (2013)

● Earlier teachers were non-native speakers, recently more native speakers

● Mostly taught by very competent teachers

○ Primary and high school language education not very intense

● Some languages are more accessible than others in Australia

○ Spanish → Japanese → Mandarin

● Several opportunities to use target languages in immersive environments

● Mostly positive responses to language study as an additional course

Jimmy Franchi (ジミー・フランキ)

SWEDEN

Foreign Language Education in Sweden

Swedish public school system:

● Begin in primary school at the age of 7

○ Divided into lower, middle and higher primary

○ Language learning begins with English at the age of 9

○ A new language introduced at the age of 12

○ Compulsory until completion of year nine (14-15 years of age)

○ Some are exempted

● Vast majority finishes high school education

○ Language learning electable at high school

○ Most continue learning the language they selected in primary

○ More languages offered

● My native language is Swedish.

● English from the age of 9 to 18

● French from the age of 12 to 15

● Japanese from the age of 16 to 18

● Japanese again in university (from 2012 to 2014)

● Was lucky to get a great Japanese teacher in high school

● Primary school education:

○ Listening to tapes

○ Short presentations

○ Mimicking the teacher

● High school education:

○ Performing sketches in the target language

○ Open Q&A time with the teacher about the current chapter

My Foreign Language Learning History

堤敏樹(つつみとしき/ Toshi)

Foreign Language Education in Japan

Primary school (1st ~ 6th grade) ・Begin in 10-11 years of age

・1 hours class per week

・The purpose is getting familiar with foreign languages and grammar isn’t taught

・Most teachers aren’t the language expert

Junior high school(7th ~ 9th grade)・4 hours class per week

・Learning listening, speaking, reading and writing in well balance

The subject name is “Foreign Languages” but virtually it is “English”

Elementary School

High School

-English

-French

-German

-Spanish

-Latin and Greek

University

English

・Started to learn through radio program when I was 10

German

・When I was a freshman of previous university

Polish

・From this year

Indonesian

・This semester

My Foreign Language Learning History