Regionally-Coordinated Educational System for Foreign Language Activities: Its Model Proposal

在本研究项目中，为了将日本小学外语活动发展成为更有意义和更有效的第一阶段英语教育，我们实验性地构建了一个“区域协调教育体系”。地区协同教育体系包括大学、校际协议的海外大学、小学、教育委员会等。在功能上，利用本校和海外大学的学术和人力资源，在小学的实际支持和教委的行政支持下，设计和实施职前和在职教师教育，同时寻求在日语环境中更清晰地了解Foreign Language Activities as FLEX。提出了教师教育模式的本土版本和海外版本，具有改进和多样化发展的可能性。

In this research project, a "Regionally-coordinated educational system" has been experimentally constructed for the purpose of developing Foreign Language Activities at Japanese elementary school into a more significant and effective first stage of English education. The regionally-coordinated education system include university, overseas university with inter-university agreement, elementary school, and board of education as its organization. Functionally, academic and human resources at the university and the overseas university were employed to design and implement pre-service and in-service teacher education with practical support from elementary school and administrative support from board of education, while seeking for a clearer idea of Foreign Language Activities as FLEX in the Japanese settings. The teacher education model is proposed both as local and overseas versions with possibility of improvement and varied development.