Task

1. Thailand
Thailand has a long history of exchange with Japan, such as the formation of a Japanese town in Thailand in the 14th century. Also, Thailand, as an independent country, sent over 150 international students to Japan back in 1941 before the war. After the war, full-fledged 。language education began in the 1960s, and now more than 40 universities have Japanese studies as their major. Summarize the language policy and development of Japanese language education in multi-ethnic Thailand.

2. Vietnam
The 16th century international trade city of Hoi An has a long history of exchange between Japan and Vietnam. Vietnam after the war went through a socialist era, and the Doi Moi policy stimulated foreign economic exchanges and changed foreign language education. Japanese language education has been introduced in universities, high schools and junior high schools and as well as in some elementary schools. In addition, the activities of private institutions such as Donzu Japanese School, which sent many young people to Japan, are also remarkable. Vietnamese students accounted for 24 percent of all international students in Japan in 2018. Summarize how Vietnamese Japanese language education has changed over the years of socialism.

3. “Kanetsu kanguage”Kanji word (Chinese words) in Vietnamese
Currently, kanji itself is not used in Vietnamese, but it is said that 70% of the vocabulary derived from kanji is in Vietnamese and the influence of kanji words in Vietnamese cannot be overlooked. For this reason, when Vietnamese native speakers learn Japanese, attempts are being made to devise and practice learning strategies, focusing on the knowledge of Kanji. Summarize what knowledge is gained from practice regarding Kanji based vocabulary and its learning strategies.

4 .Malaysia
Among those who studied in Japan as special Southern students during the Pacific War, there were those who served as presidents of the University of Malaya after the war and were active as pioneers in Japanese language education. On the other hand, as Japanese companies expand overseas during the period of high economic growth in Japan, Japanese language education becomes more active. In 1981, when the East Policy was launched under the initiative of Prime Minister Mahathir (at that time), many international students went to Japan through study abroad and training programs. At this time, Japanese language education was provided as a preliminary education for studying abroad. In the multi-ethnic country Malaysia, summarize the changes in Japanese language education along with the Eastern policy and foreign language education policy.

5. Philippines
The Philippines is a multilingual country where more than 170 languages are spoken in the country. Since bilingual education in Filipino and English is being conducted and it is necessary to learn two languages in addition to the mother tongue, foreign language education at junior high school has not been implemented. However, in 2009, foreign language education for high school students was conducted on a trial basis, and Japanese was also taught. Since the 1980s, the Japanese language education that was conducted for overseas workers and the purpose of working for adults now includes Japanese language education for people visiting Japan as nursing / caregivers. The purpose is diversified. Summarize the history of Japanese language education in the Philippines.

6. Indonesia
One post-war processing in Japan is the conclusion of war compensation agreements. In 1958, Japan concluded a compensation agreement with Indonesia and accepted a war scholarship student from Indonesia. In addition, Japan, which participated in the Colombo project, provided technical cooperation to Indonesia and sent Japanese language teachers. On the other hand, former Japanese students became bridges between Japan and Indonesia, such as the creation of a university to make use of their experiences in their home countries after returning to Japan. In this way, summarize the changes in the characteristics of Indonesian Japanese language education along with the aspect that it started as part of technical cooperation from Japan.

7. Secondary education in Indonesia

There are many countries where second language education is being implemented following the English at the junior high school stage and Indonesia also is one of them. Introducing Japanese subjects in secondary education requires a lot of work, such as training new teachers and creating teaching materials because of the large number of learners. As an example, summarize how they have been done in Indonesia.

8. India
The first Japanese language education in India was founded in 1905 by Tagore (the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in Asia). On the other hand, there are many opportunities for economic exchange between Japan and India after the war, such as the advancement of Japanese companies and the dramatic growth of the Indian economy, but Japanese learners are not prosperous. Indian schools are required to learn more than three languages (local official language, Hindi, English), so there are not many institutions that can take foreign language subjects in secondary education. Summarize the changes in language policy and Japanese language education in multilingual India.

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