Die japanische Regierung hat die Einführung von „Vorschulen“ in verschiedenen Regionen angekündigt, um ausländischen Kindern vor dem Schuleintritt die Grundkenntnisse der japanischen Sprache und die Regeln des Schullebens beizubringen.
https://www.nippon.com/ja/in-depth/c15508/
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Sure, make them feel even more foreign and unwanted by putting kids and babies in foreign only schools, lol.
Actually good idea for once
Let’s hope it doesn’t turn out to be a “teach of an arbitrary test” situation that Japan is famous for. Japan doesn’t really have a good track record of teaching languages.
100% need this in the US for our domestic students of all backgrounds
Attend of get out of our country situation
Let’s hope!
Yeah a good idea actually it should’ve been introduced sooner
Isn’t that what kindergarten for?
The concept of having foreigners teaching foreigners is lost on them. I can remember arguing with a Japanese teacher 25 years ago over her not wanting to deviate from the textbook until I was able to prove that learning “X” was relevant to my life as a foreigner here.
Oh, so cram kindergarten
They are describing hoikuen. My kid hears no Japanese at home but speaks it as well as the others in his class, uses chopsticks, clears up his toys, greets people, says gochisosama etc etc. I suspect a big part of that is because he’s surrounded by Japanese kids, rather than being excluded and put in some kind of foreigner „preschool“…
My daughter went to the private kindergarten I teach at from 3-6 before she started Japanese school. Her brother, who is a few years older had to jump into elementary right away. The difference it made in how her academics has gone is immense. She didn’t need JSL help and she was just immersed into Japanese every day. We practiced phrases her teacher wanted her to learn at home. If it wasn’t for her blonde hair, she’d blend right in otherwise
And who will the teachers be? Probably volunteers. Do you know the kind of stuff they have the foreign students go over? I only have my example of what I saw someone from the city doing with a JHS student from India. But it was not anything useful that will help them in their everyday life. They should be learning Hiragana, Katakana and basic verbs and words and conjugations. Instead it’s like animals and proverbs.
I am really skeptical about how useful this will be. I have gone to those weekend volunteer Japanese classes and it’s very hit or miss.
Wouldn’t they learn this stuff if they go to regular houikuen/kindergarten?
First rule of integration is avoiding ghettoization. Any toddler in a Japanese preschool will quickly pickup the language and customs. For other international preschools without any Japanese sounds good.
My kids went straight to yochien when they got here. By the time they graduate yochien they’re fluent enough in Japanese language and culture to attend the next level. No special school needed unless you’re integrating older children.
This is not a good idea… this is a horrible idea. This is essential creating an underclass.
For those who don’t know look up how Japan ‚developed‘ Palau in a similar way.
Those kids will be labelled and marginalised early based on the schools name alone
I’m confused. First, is this a significant problem in the first place. Second, isn’t this what preschool already does?
72 yo Japanese lady doing this gig so she can buy rice (in Japanese): So today I will talk about the importance of not abusing the Healthcare System
3 yo kid: *shits himself*
I hope this pans out as well as they are envisioning it…. z.z
So….. preschool? Preschool but more inclusive?
Er, they have kindergarten and hoikuen already.
Is there actually some massive problem with foreign parents not using these?
If they want to spend money on something, the effort surely needs to go into systems to help older kids moving into Japan at later ages to integrate.
3 and 4yo just need to go to normal kindergarten or daycare, WHICH ALREADY EXIST.
Yea I won’t be sending my kid to them.
That’s a sensible idea
Not a bad idea if they do it right
Good idea.
I can guarantee you that Ssnseito thinks this is a terrible idea as foreigners will be able to assimilate more easily. It will not be Japanese first.
Educate local little bullies first. Chinpira kids are bigger problem.
Additional language to address initial difficulties is fine, but it’s not clear what these „rules of school life“ are. This is a hugely formative point in children’s lives. Will they be taught lessons that essentially come across as:
„We are Japanese, this is how a Japanese person is“
Because inherent in that statement is:
„You are not Japanese, you are not acceptable“
This just seems to be a means of institutionalizing an acceptance into vulnerable kids that people who look different should expect and deserve different treatment.
That’s good isn’t it but the sensitive gaikokujins who don’t even live in Japan will still complain
i think people saying they should just go to normal nursery are missing the point.. the j gov dont want loads of non japanese speaking kids flooding the nurseries
Actually… Sort of think it’s a good idea. Having things explained, even very simple tasks and behaviours, seems to really, really help kids get used to things. I’d really like to work in a place like that, being a clearly not Japanese person helping kids settle here by teaching them various things about life in Japan in a mixture of English and very easy beginner Japanese sounds lovely!
Of course… I don’t really expect them to hire any foreigners though.