1. CALL Class presentation
Group D

2. AUSTRALIA
Madelaine de Valle (Lena/レーナ)

3. Foreign Language Education in Australia
● South Australian public school students:
○ Begin in primary school (4-5 years of age)
■ About 2 hours of class per week
■ Usually 1 language on offer
○ Compulsory until completion of year nine (14-15 years of age)
■ About 3.5 hours of class per week
■ A variety of languages offered
● 1990s - Australian Government’s 10 priority languages
○ Chosen for historical ties and trade utility
● Teachers can be either native or non-native speakers
● Three assumed motivations for language study
○ Cultural heritage; job prospects; hobby/enjoyment
● Language learning not a high priority, except for foreign nationals (English)

4. My Foreign Language Learning History
● Native language is English - no other language spoken at home
● Japanese from primary school to end of year 10 (15 years of age)
● Spanish in two senior years of high school (then exchange)
● Korean at Yonsei University in Seoul (3 weeks)
● Japanese again (from the beginning) in 2nd year of university (2013)
● Earlier teachers were non-native speakers, recently more native speakers
● Mostly taught by very competent teachers
○ Primary and high school language education not very intense
● Some languages are more accessible than others in Australia
○ Spanish → Japanese → Mandarin
● Several opportunities to use target languages in immersive environments
● Mostly positive responses to language study as an additional course

5. SWEDEN
Jimmy Franchi (ジミー・フランキ)

6. Foreign Language Education in Sweden
Swedish public school system:
● Begin in primary school at the age of 7
○ Divided into lower, middle and higher primary
○ Language learning begins with English at the age of 9
○ A new language introduced at the age of 12
○ Compulsory until completion of year nine (14-15 years of age)
○ Some are exempted
● Vast majority finishes high school education
○ Language learning electable at high school
○ Most continue learning the language they selected in primary
○ More languages offered

7. My Foreign Language Learning History
● My native language is Swedish.
● English from the age of 9 to 18
● French from the age of 12 to 15
● Japanese from the age of 16 to 18
● Japanese again in university (from 2012 to 2014)
● Was lucky to get a great Japanese teacher in high school
● Primary school education:
○ Listening to tapes
○ Short presentations
○ Mimicking the teacher
● High school education:
○ Performing sketches in the target language

8. 堤敏樹
(つつみとしき/ Toshi)

9. Foreign Language Education in Japan
Primary school (1st ~ 6th grade)
・Begin in 10-11 years of age
・1 hours class per week
・The purpose is getting familiar with foreign languages and grammar isn’t taught
・Most teachers aren’t the language expert
Junior high school(7th ~ 9th grade)
・4 hours class per week
・Learning listening, speaking, reading and writing in well balance
The subject name is “Foreign Languages” but virtually it is “English”

12. Elementary School
High School
-English
-French
-German
-Spanish
-Latin and Greek
University

13. My Foreign Language Learning History
English
・Started to learn through radio program when I was 10
German
・When I was a freshman of previous university
Polish
・From this year
Indonesian
・This semester