Seven years later, children who start learning English in the first grade achieve poorer results in this subject than children whose first English lesson isn’t until the third grade. The researchers ...

Although the government is pushing for earlier English education in schools, the educational system is struggling to keep up and prepare for the demands of the new curriculum. The Central Council for ...

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Around half of junior high school students have called the English skills they acquired in elementary schools "useless," according to recent findings by education services provider Benesse Holdings ...