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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