A study of English language teacher education for young learners in Japan : Developing new strategies

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We conducted a questionnaire survey focusing on the teachers' own perceptions of their training needs. The survey involved 418 teachers in state primary schools across Japan. The teachers were asked to identify the levels of English ability required to meet their needs in the classroom. The factors influencing their responses included : their self-perceptions of their own English proficiency levels ; different views of the objectives of English Language Teaching at primary school ; and variations in the mode of delivering the teaching. In addition the teachers' manuals for Eigo Note have been closely analyzed to identify their linguistic characteristics.