English Language Teaching during Japan's Post-war Occupation

Mayumi Ohara obtained her doctorate at the University of Technology Sydney. John Buchanan is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Technology Sydney.

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PART 1: Context

Chapter 1 The Scope of this Book

Chapter 2 Setting the Scene

PART 2: Historical Background

Chapter 3 History of Foreign Language Education in Japan

Chapter 4 Exploring the Historical Literature (1)

Chapter 5 Exploring the Historical Literature (2)

Chapter 6 Data Sources, Collection and Analysis

PART 3: Interviews and Their Implications

Chapter 7 The Interviews: What We Learned

Chapter 8 Concluding Thoughts

Appendix A Examples of Publications

Appendix B School Systems

Appendix C Lists of Japanese Names Translated into English

Appendix D The Locations of the Middle Level Schools Attended by Participants (Except for Yoko) as well as Other Places Referred in the Book.

Appendix E Summary of Warfare Between the Manchurian Incident and the Pacific War

Appendix F Political Occurrences and the Periods of the Participants’ Middle-level Schooling

Appendix G The Numbers of English Majors in Hiroshima Arts and Sciences University and Hiroshima Higher Normal School

Appendix H Employment of Foreign Teachers

Appendix I Information on the Participants (Age Order)

Appendix J Sample Interview Questions

Appendix K The Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan

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