＂The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan examines the complex nature of Japans promotion of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). In globalized societies where people with different native
languages communicate through English, multicultural and multilinguistic interactions are widely created. This book takes the opportunity to look at Japan and examines how these multiple
realities have affected its English language teaching within the domestic context. The myth of Japans racial and ethnic homogeneity may hinder many Japanese in recognizing realities of its own
minority groups such as Ainu, Zainichi Koreans, and Brazilian Japanese, who are in the same EFL classrooms. Acknowledging a variety of English uses and users in Japan, this book emphasizes the
influence of Japans recent domestic diversity on its EFL curriculum and urges that such changes should be addressed. It suggests new directions for incorporating multicultural perspectives in
order to develop English language education in Japan and other Asian contexts where English is often taught as a foreign language. Chapters include Social, cultural, and political background of
Japans EFL education Race, ethnicity, and multiculturalismRepresentations of diversity in Japanese EFL TextbooksPerceptions of English learning and diversity in JapanThe role of EFL education
in multicultural Japan＂--
