Offering English language education in an entertaining, communicative way sounds just fine. In theory.
So does having foreign language classes aimed at broadening interest in other cultures.
But Kyoko Fukuoka, a public elementary school teacher in Hyogo Prefecture, had one simple question after learning that an Education Ministry panel earlier this year recommended English education at elementary schools:
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