I visited Mr. Tanaka's website and read his opinion. He is talking about the difficulty of Japanese speaking English. I certainly think Japanese has less English ability in the world. However, even if you can not speak English, you will not have trouble in your daily life. So I think that English ability will not rise if you forced to learn English by force. Actually, there were English classes twice a week at the university, but the score of the TOEIC practice test did not rise at all. I think that communication skills rather than English conversation skills are important for conversations with foreigners. Japanese people have a shy personality that they can not easily talk to foreigners. On the contrary most people say that “I can not speak English” when spoken in English. If you have communication skills, messages may be conveyed in body language. I think that those people can have fun overseas even if they do not understand the words. I went to Guam on my graduation trip this year, and I could have a smoother conversation in Japanese than in English. Regarding overseas travel, I thought it would be sufficient if I could say a few words such as greetings and thanks. If it says, I can search word which I can not understand on the net easily in this era.
Recently I was concerned about the following news as topics about English. In Fukui prefecture, it was decided to add points according to the acquisition level of practical English proficiency test in English academic ability examination from the prefectural high general entrance examination in 2018. I am convinced that English is necessary in the present era when globalization is progressing but I was worried about the spread of disparity. It is good news for students who are good at English or are studying English hard at cram school but I think others are bothering. I thought that the quality of daily lessons should be improved than making such a system. Especially since Japanese pronunciation of English is not good, I think that it is good if you put effort into speaking and can overcome the weak consciousness.
Recently I was concerned about the following news as topics about English. In Fukui prefecture, it was decided to add points according to the acquisition level of practical English proficiency test in English academic ability examination from the prefectural high general entrance examination in 2018. I am convinced that English is necessary in the present era when globalization is progressing but I was worried about the spread of disparity. It is good news for students who are good at English or are studying English hard at cram school but I think others are bothering. I thought that the quality of daily lessons should be improved than making such a system. Especially since Japanese pronunciation of English is not good, I think that it is good if you put effort into speaking and can overcome the weak consciousness.