Pre-reading questions:
- Is studying in college difficult?
- Is it expensive to study in Japan?
Starting 2018, Japan will give scholarships to students from low-income families for them to enter universities. This means that students from low-income families can study in college for free. Many Japanese students nowadays borrow money from the government to pay for college. With the scholarship program of Prime Minister Abe, students would not need to pay a lot of money to the government. The government wants everyone to have the chance to finish school. The government has prepared ¥7 billion for this program.
Vocabulary:
scholarship [noun] – an amount of money given by a school, college, university, or other organization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability but little money
low-income [adjective] – not having or earning much money
nowadays [adverb] – at the present time, in comparison to the past
True or False:
- Starting 2018, Japan will give scholarships to students from low-income families for them to enter universities.
- With the government scholarship, students from low-income families cannot study in college for free.
- Many Japanese students nowadays borrow money from the government to pay for college.
- With the scholarship program of Prime Minister Abe, students would need to pay a lot of money to the government.
- The government has prepared ¥17 billion for this program.