国際教養学部AO入試 supplement, education of foreign children in Japan - revised -

Read the following article and answer the question.

NHK World Japan  Backstories   April 19, 2019  (Underlined by Sasaki)

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/433/

Questions

1.    Write the reason why children of foreign descent in this report do not go to a public elementary school in Japan? Use bullets to describe.

2.    Over the past five years, there has been a rapid increase of children of foreign workers, who have been on the increase and are supposed to increase more following the legislation change in April this year. What the Japanese government should do so that foreign children can be educated at Japanese public school? Answer in bullets.

  

Answer Keys

1.      Write the reason why children of foreign descent in this report do not go to a public elementary school in Japan? Use bullets to describe.

●language barrier

●difference in culture and custom

●concern about bullying and discrimination

2.      Over the past five years, there has been a rapid increase of children of foreign workers, who have been on the increase and are supposed to increase more following the legislation change in April this year. What the Japanese government should do so that foreign children can be educated at Japanese public school? Answer in bullets.

●It should provide language support for foreign children if necessary.

●It should raise awareness of the multi-ethnic society Japan is heading for and emphasize the importance of peaceful coexistence.

●It should provide environment where foreign children can have go to school with Japanese children without bullying and discrimination.