The Teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL) in Japan I first came to Japan in mid July 1999. I was selected‚ in Ireland‚ to be an instructor on the Japan English Teaching (JET) Programme. The JET Programme is a Japanese government scheme to promote the teaching of English in schools all over the country. How? Invite 3‚000 foreigners every year to help teach the language‚ about 50 of whom come from Ireland. Japan is a country where the same political party (the LDP) was in power for
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On December 7th‚ 1941‚ Japan attacked the United States at the naval base on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This horrible attack forced the U.S. to join WWII. President Roosevelt called it “a date which will live in infamy”. Prior to WWII‚ Japan attacked China in the Second Sino-Japanese War. They wanted oil and other resources in Southeast Asia. Japan joined forces with Germany and Italy and became allies. Japan was afraid the U.S. would try to stop them from taking Southeast Asia‚ so they decided to
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POLICE SYSTEM IN JAPAN In Japan‚ police system generally enjoy wide community support and respect. The system‚ so called keisatsu seido consists of approximately 220‚000 police officers who are organized into prefectural forces coordinated and partially controlled by the National Police Agency in Tokyo. Concerning the historical development‚ during the Edo period - we are talking about the years 1600 - 1868 here‚ the Tokugawa Shogunate ( the form of those days governing the country ) developed elaborate
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Culture guide to Japan Japan is located in the continent of Asia. Japan is the English name for the country where Japanese uses the word “Nippon” to address their country in their native language. The capital of japan is Tokyo where it used to be called “Edo”‚ Tokyo is a very modern city‚ it is very busy everyday and it is extremely crowded. Japan is a very special country with its unique cultural which has attracted many people from all around the world. Living with a Japanese may be hard for
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Clèo from 5 to 7 is a film written and directed by Angnès Varda; it follows Clèo‚ a young singer in Paris as she anticipates the result of her medical test. The film’s use of cinematography techniques such as tracking‚ the use of a handheld camera‚ and zoom lens all exemplify the notion of ignorance; being unaware‚ oblivious and lacking in perspective. At the very start of the film‚ the viewer is greeted with the concept of death. In this scene‚ Clèo visits a fortune teller who reads cards; she
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This archive file comprises US 101 Week 6 Assignment History - US Culture and History Produce a family tree for at least three generations of your family or a friend’s family following these seven genetic traits: · Eye color · Hair color · Dominant hand · Height · Widow’s peak · Hitchhiker’s thumb · A family genetic disorder of your choice Summarize the inheritance of traits through meiosis and how it relates to genetics. Prepare a 5- to 6-slide
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the study of society and the different social structures within it. Sociology examines the role of the individual within society; it is viewed as the scientific study of society P1: An introduction to sociological perspectives. Functionalism: According to the functionalist perspective of sociology‚ each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to society’s stability and functioning as a whole. For example‚ the government provides education for the children of the family‚ which in turn
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Do you remember the huge nuclear accident that happened in Japan 6 years ago in 2011? This disaster is said to be the world’s second worst after the 1986 Chernobyl tragedy‚ brought about the closure of all of Japan’s 44 working reactors‚ responsible for producing nearly a third of the national energy output (Documentary Director to RT). This incident killed over 1300 people in Japan‚ and some people are still suffering from diseases‚ such as radiation-caused cancer. Also‚ Naoto Kan‚ a former Japanese
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is particularly devastating in Japan‚ a country that has seen at least 30‚000 deaths from suicide annually since 1998 (Hidaka Yasuharu‚ 2008) B. Cultural Context 1. One of the primary manifestations of suicide in Japanese culture‚ it is seppuku‚ which is “a ritualized form of suicide by disembowelment. (Toyomasa‚ 1980) 2. Seppuku spread to the samurai military aristocracy during their rise to power in the 12nd century as a form preserving one ’s honor from the indignity of capture by the
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Buddhism had an important role in the development of Japanese art between the sixth and the sixteenth centuries. Buddhist art and religion came to Japan from China‚ with the arrival of a bronze Buddhist sculpture alongside the sutras. Buddhist art was encouraged by Crown Prince Taishi in the Suiko period in the sixth century and Emperor Shomu in the Nara period in the eighth century. In the early Heian period Buddhist art and architecture greatly influenced the traditional Shinto arts‚ and Buddhist
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