The Development of Integrated Teacher Training Curriculum of Elementary School English Education

小学英语教育之所以被要求，是因为为国际社会培养具有高度英语交际能力的人才的必要性日益增加。当前的英语教学问题有几个严重的原因，如缺乏明确的重点、教学目标的方向、缺乏知识、缺乏英语语言技能等。这些原因可以追溯到以语法翻译法教学为主的传统英语教学。学习者很少有机会在实际情况中使用英语，为了通过入学考试，他们经常把大部分时间花在记忆词汇或成语上。有一定的认识，“英语教育从初中开始！”对于实现培养小学生的英语交际能力是有限度的。本研究旨在达到以下目的：1)厘清小学英语学习的概念、目的和目标。2)以课程形成和年度指导为基础，制定课程框架。3)开发整体课程，不仅要考虑英语，还要考虑其他科目，如日语、音乐、科学等。

The reason why the English education in the elementary school is requested is that the necessity to cultivate the talent who has the highly advanced English communication skill for international society is increasing. The present problem of English teaching has several serious causes such as lack of clear focus, direction of teaching goal, knowledge, and English language skill of the elementary school teachers who are not trained to teach English at schools. These causes go back to the traditional English teaching which is mainly taught by grammar translation method. Learners had little chance to use English in a practical situation and often spent most of their time for memorizing vocabulary or idiom in order to pass the entrance examinations. There is certain recognition that "English education from junior high school!' has the limit for achieving to cultivate communicative English skill of the elementary school children.In this research, we aimed to accomplish these objects:1) To clarify concept, purpose and goal of English learning in the elementary school.2) To make the framework of curriculum based on curricular formation and annual guidance.3) To develop the total curriculum to consider not only English but also the other subjects like Japanese, music, science, etc.