Why do Japanese have trouble learning English?

As globalization makes headway, calls for increased ability in an international language like English become louder and louder. Although English is a compulsory subject in junior high and high school in this country, Japanese still have a hard time achieving even daily conversation levels. According to the most recent EF English Proficiency Index, the English level of Japanese is ranked 35th out o

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more than 70 percent of junior high school English teachers have a TOEIC score lower than 730 / from elementary to high school students will still only be exposed to English for less than 1,000 hours — despite the expectation of results more indicative of over 2,500 hours of exposure.

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日本人が英語が喋れない主な理由は、文化とか教育の方法もあるとおもうけれど、第一に英語に触れる時間が足りていない。政府が到達したいと言うレベルに統計的に必要な量の時間とれてないからだよね、という話