English Language Teaching during Japan's Post-war Occupation: Politics and Pedagogy

by Mayumi Ohara and John Buchanan

In 1945 Japan had to adjust very rapidly to sudden defeat, to the arrival of the American Occupation and to the encounter with the English language, together with a different outlook on many aspects of society and government. This scholarly book is based on in-depth interviews with people, now aged, who were school students at the time of the Occupation and who experienced first-hand this immense cultural change. The book considers the nature of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367589397
• ISBN13: 9780367589394
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"