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。造成目前小学英语教学问题的主要原因有：教学重点不明确，教学目标不明确，小学英语教师缺乏专业知识和英语语言技能。这些问题的根源在于传统的英语教学以语法翻译法为主。学习者很少有机会在实际情况下使用英语，往往花了大部分时间来记忆词汇或成语，以通过入学考试。有一定的认同认为“英语教育从初中开始！本研究旨在实现以下目标：1）明确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）制定不仅考虑英语而且考虑日语、音乐、科学等其他学科的课程。

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.