Abstract
This research article explores the differences between Canadian and Japanese school systems. The author used 4 websites. the author’s analysis shows, there is a big difference between Canadian and Japanese school systems because I thought that the learning environment would change because the official language of each country is different.
Introduction
A Canadian official language is English language, and 19.1 million people in Canada speak English (citation needed). Therefore, there are many schools teaching in English. In fact, many Canadian schools have international students from other countries, and language schools have a highly competitive ratings, and each language school do various things. For example, there are schools in Canada where each class is divided into 3 levels and there are 10 levels and 15 levels in total. There are also schools that do not classify English proficiency levels only based on their comprehensive abilities, but rather classify the levels according to the individual skills of the four skills of “reading,” “writing,” “listening,” and “speaking”. In Japan, we have English and other classes, and there are international students. However, Canada gets a lot of language students from other countries. The aim of this research is to explore the differences between Japanese and Canadian school systems.
Literature Review
Many countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia, English is the official language and focus on the school system. However, Canada is seen as the most popular country for English education among English-speaking countries. In Canada school there isn’t a federal government controlled or funded state school system and funded provincial schools are called public or separate schools (which are Roman Catholic public schools ), and although anyone can attend either schools, they’re generally split along religious denomination lines. Also, Most children start school before the age of six, when compulsory schooling usually begins, either in a nursery school or a kindergarten. The maximum 13 years of formal elementary and secondary education covers education from the ages of 5 to 18, divided into increments called grades (kindergarten and grades 1 to 12).Children usually start in kindergarten at the age of five and advance one grade per year until reaching grade 12 at age 18. Occasionally a student must repeat a grade due to prolonged absence or low marks, but this is rare (citation needed).
A child can legally quit (drop out of) school at 16, but this is generally discouraged and the vast majority of students stay at high school until they reach the age of 18. Following are the school divisions for grades and ages of schooling: age 2 to 5 goes to pre-school or kindergarten, age 6 to 11 goes to grade 1 to 6 of elementary school, age 12 to 14 goes to grade 7 to 9 of junior high school and age 15 to 18 goes top grade 10 to 12 of senior high schools. Usually a student has one teacher for all major subjects during his first six years of schooling (elementary) and a different teacher for each subject during the last six grades in junior and senior high schools(citation needed).
In Japan, there are cases in which the country, prefectures, and municipalities operate schools, and cases in which individuals operate it. Also, students attend kindergartens and preschools from the age of 3 to 6, and go to elementary school from the age of 7 to 12. Next, they attend junior high school from the age of 13 to the age of 15. In Japan, compulsory education is required up to junior high school, and students from high school take exams before enrolling. In high school, people between the ages of 16 and 18 can enter universities after passing the university entrance exam and study for four years. Then go on to the path they want to pursue, such as graduate school or employment. Japan has some similarities to the Canadian school system.
Now let’s look at the differences between Canadian and Japanese school systems. There are two differences between Canadian and Japanese school systems. First of all, the system for running a school is different. According to the article “Public Schools Just Landed”, in Canada, there are not many government-run schools. In comparison, Japan has public schools run by countries, prefectures, cities, etc., national schools and private schools run by individuals. This is a big difference. There is also what is called a “semester high school” in Canada. Instead of teaching the standard eight subjects throughout the year, four subjects are taught each semester and one long lesson per subject (typically 70 minutes) is given daily. This system is considered suitable for students who have a deeper understanding of each subject and who have difficulty dealing with eight subjects each week. This is a system not found in Japan. Thus, there is a clear difference between Canadian and Japanese school systems.
Conclusion
In recent research, we examined the difference between Canada and Japan’s School system. According to the current survey results, there is a big difference between Canadian and Japanese school systems. There was not much difference in language, but there were differences in school management and classes. In this survey, we investigated whether there is a difference between English-speaking Canada and non-English-speaking Japanese school systems. As a result, there were some similarities, but the differences were clear. In addition, There are good learning environments in both countries.
Reference List
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- “Public Schools.” Just Landed, 23 Feb. 2016, www.justlanded.com/english/Canada/Canada-Guide/Education/Public-Schools.
- “【2020年最新版】カナダの語学留学情報｜国から選ぶ留学プログラム.” 海外留学のワールドアベニュー, www.world-avenue.co.jp/country/ca/ca-gogaku.
