JP pushes for English classes reform
Pre-reading questions: When did you start studying English? How long do you study English every day? The Japanese Education Ministry will increase English study hours to 70 hours starting 2020. This change will affect primary school, middle school and high school students. This change will lessen the need to enrol in cram schools. Other improvements will also be made. There will be improvements on subjects and the Japanese Entrance Examinations. All these changes will be made to improve the English skills of students and will give them the ability to compete with other countries. Vocabulary: increase – 増える[verb] to (make something) become larger in amount or size…
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