Attempt of university educational reform -Introduction of “ESP' in English Language Education and setting of attainment target-
Attempt of university educational reform -Introduction of 'ESP' in English Language Education and setting of attainment target-
One of the problems of English Education in Japan is placing great emphasis on “English for the entrance examination. ”Such English, namely “Juken－Eigo” means that it is not a language “to communicate” but an object“ to solve. ”In modern times, we live in an international society, so English has become more and more important as the second language also in Japan． In other words，English is one means of communication， therefore，people tend to put emphasis on “practical English.” Orginally，English has two phases：“skills” and“ theories.”The activities themselves by using English are important for mastering of English．But the amount of time to acquire such skills as speaking or listening is too short in the present day and Japanese English teachers tend to take much time in order to instruct in English grammar. Hence, we need to teach practical English in our college because English study is the final stage for our students. Nowadays most universities and colleges in Japan are doing educational reforms with the revision of their curricula. The radical deregulations of “Daigaku－Secchi－Kijun” made it possible for Japanese universities and colleges to revise their curricula．We can identify some tendencies of their foreign languages education curricula as follows. 1．They tend to discard the emphasis on only English and to various foreign language courses so as to register as many students as possible. 2．They tend to provide many audio－visual rooms in order to provide training in practical English as an international language. In addition, many colleges tend to employ native speakers of English. 3．They tend to place emphasis on training iｎ the skills of reading books concerning each discipline of the faculty． 4．Most universities tend to have a semester system and there are English classes two times per week and with each class lasting for 45 or 50 minutes． 5．Universities, which have diversified the method to cou