English Education in Japan

Professional Organizations

• Japan Association for Asian Englishes

• Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET) (see Kyushu Chapter site)

• Japan Association for the Study of Teaching English to Children (JASTEC)

• Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)

• Japan Association for Foreign Language Education (JAFLE)

• Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT)

• Japan Language Testing Association (JLTA)

• Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA)

• Japan Society of English Language Education

• Society for Historical Studies of English Teaching in Japan

Language Policy and Research Institutions

• Ministry of Education (includes Teaching Guidelines for English and other subjects)

• National Institute for Education Research

• The Prime Minister's Commission on Japan's Goals in the 21st Century (includes recommendation for making English a second official language in Japan)

Newspapers, Magazines, Webzines

• Asahi Shimbun (Japanese and English)

• ELT New (webzine in English on ELT in Japan)

• Japan Times

• Kyoiku Shimbun (Education News)

• Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japanese and English)

• Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese and English)

References and Other Useful Sites

• Japanese-Language Mailing List for High School Teachers

• Kansai English Language Education Society (useful collection of links to sites in Japan)

• Mogi Toshinobu's Site (useful collection of links to sites in Japan)

• Professor Gotoo Hitoshi's Link Collection (an outstanding collection of links)

• Sophia University Applied Linguistics Kenkyukai (informative site with good links)

• Webcat (search of all academic libraries in Japan)

Kyushu

• Kyushu Chapter, Japan Association of Language Education and Technology