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The paper aims to systematically organize the debate surrounding English education in elementary schools (EEES) that has taken place since the late 1990s and to provide implications for future discussions. Through a qualitative content analysis of the literature, the following findings were obtained. (1) Pro-EEES arguments can be classified into si...
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... fourth argument, PR4, is quite dissimilar to the previous proEEES arguments. As Figure 5 shows, the supporters of PR4 argue that an increasing number of children (as well as adults) today are hesitant to exchange their opinions and feelings with others in their own language (i.e., Japanese lan guage), damaging their (firstlanguage) communication skills. To solve this problem, they argue, chil dren should develop a positive attitude toward verbal communication by engaging in English conver sation activities. ...
