Joining the JET-set in Japan

Article Abstract:

Several hundred British graduates are selected each year to teach English at junior and senior high schools across Japan as part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching programme. So far, more than 3,800 young British graduates have taught for at least one year in Japan under this programme. All their expenses are paid, and they receive a generous salary. They also benefit from the opportunity to learn Japanese. Some 28% of graduates who reach the screening stage of selection have studied humanities, while 25% have studied social sciences. The programme recruits very few graduates who have studied Japanese or business studies.

Japan, Study and teaching, English education, English teachers

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Speak the right language

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There is a need for more British students to study languages, but the numbers studying French and German at Advanced-level dropped between 1992-1993 and 1997-1998. The numbers studying Spanish rose, but from a low base. There are not enough language teachers. The national curriculum has meant that more people drop languages after they are 16-years-old, since there has been an increase in the number of compulsory subjects. Language skills are important in business, and universities can help promote language skills for people with no knowledge of a language, as well as those with some initial knowledge.

Management, Schools, British, Language and languages, Businessmen, Second languages

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Churchmen have missed the opportunity to speak of war

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The Church has tended to argue for a just war, while regretting that armed aggression is necessary. There has been some opposition to war from Quakers and others, but British troops have been accompanied by religious representatives since the 13th century. War has been portrayed a tool of God like pestilence and famine. Padres have allowed men to kill in war time with no feelings of guilt. There were protests among the clergy in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, both at how wars are conducted and at war itself, but some protesters found their opportunities for promotion were affected.

History, Political aspects, War and society, Society, Wars, Church and state

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