What is the set-up of Japanese in UK schools?
This varies a lot between schools. Many schools offer Japanese as an extra-curricular subject. For others, Japanese is taught within the curriculum, in the same way as other languages. Other schools don’t teach it regularly but offer taster sessions. Primary schools that teach Japanese often use many Japan-related ideas across the curriculum. Sometimes the Japanese teacher is a full-time teacher who teaches other subjects (often other languages). Sometimes the teacher is not based at the school, but visits the school regularly to teach Japanese. Many teachers are native speakers of Japanese, but many are not. Some schools have a Japanese language assistant. Click here to read case studies of schools teaching Japanese.
