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Publication details [#43482]

Butler, Yuko and Masakazu Iino. 2005. Current Japanese Reforms In English Language Education: The 2003 “Action Plan”. Language Policy 4 (1) : 25–45.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | foreign language teaching | language policy | language spread | multilingualism

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

This paper discusses the Japanese governmental 2003 "Action Plan", its conflicting goals, and its overall intention to cultivate Japanese people's English communicative skills.