The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan examines the complex nature of Japan s 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 Japan s racial and ethnic homogeneity may hinder many Japanese in recognizing realities of its own minority groups...