The Board of Education in Suginami-ku, Tokyo has signed an agreement with Waseda University Academy of Education and Comprehensive Science to promote mutual support and cooperation in order to enhance English education in elementary and junior high schools. Looking ahead to the fact that English education will become a compulsory subject in elementary schools from 2020, the ward will provide educational sites for Waseda University students who are aiming to become teachers, and Waseda University will support training for teachers.
According to Suginami Ward, the ward elementary and junior high schools in the ward will promote English education by positioning the 1st to 4th grades of elementary school as the introductory period, the 5th to 6th years as the basic period, and the junior high school as the fulfillment period.Native foreign English teaching assistant for the main purpose of cross-cultural exchange and experience in the introductory period, Japanese English teaching assistant with high English proficiency in the basic period, foreign English teaching for exchange activities with foreigners in the fulfillment period Place assistants and gradually increase the number of placements.
Along with this, students aiming to become teachers at Waseda University will be invited to participate in classes and develop vocational awareness, while Waseda University will provide e-learning materials for teachers in the ward to learn English pronunciation using the Internet. At the same time, we will dispatch teachers of the Department of English and English Literature to training, etc., and support them so that they can properly teach the four skills of "reading, listening, writing, and speaking."
In the ward and Waseda University, Waseda University teachers have served as instructors in the training for foreign language teachers in the ward, and Waseda University students are promoting supportive guidance for group work at pre-study meetings for junior high school students studying abroad. There is.In the future, we plan to collaborate not only in English education but also in various other educational activities.
