Violence In Japan’s Elementary Schools
VIOLENCE IN JAPAN’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What are you studying?
무엇을 공부하고 있나요? - Do you like studying English?
영어 공부가 좋으세요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Japanese elementary school children are becoming more violent. A government report shows that the number of cases of violence rose to a record 1,890 during the past school year. This broke the previous record of 1,600 cases set in 2003. This is worrying for Japanese citizens who are used to a well-behaved society. Schoolchildren are traditionally famous for their good behavior and respect for teachers. A government spokesman said the violence is because children have “difficulties expressing their feelings” or “lack patience”.
Attacks against teachers jumped nearly 33 per cent to 336 cases during the latest school year. The government report stated: “Children easily lost their tempers because of trivial things and quickly turned to violence.” This included stabbings and destruction of school property. Worried parents stayed in the classroom and watched their own children in one school to try and get students to study. Teachers have said they no longer know how to control many children. Police statistics show serious crimes committed by children are increasing.
Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your teacher.
선생님과 대화를 연습해 보세요.
What is your image of schools in Japan?
Do elementary schoolchildren in your country respect teachers?
What are the biggest problems in your county’s elementary schools?
Did you see or experience any violence at elementary school?
Why do you think violence is increasing in Japanese schools?
Would you like to be a schoolteacher?
What should happen to a child who attacks teachers?
What is the best way to make elementary school students behave?
What would you do if your intelligent child could not learn because of bad students and bullies?
Do you think teachers are too weak?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
'cannot help but' 뒤에는 동사원형이 옵니다. 'to'를 넣지 마세요. 또는 'cannot help laughing'도 가능합니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F): a. A lot of violent crime has hit Japan’s schools this week.T / Fb.There are record levels of violence in Japan’s elementary schools.T / Fc.Japanese elementary schoolchildren are usually well behaved.T / Fd.The government said the violence is because of video games.T / Fe.Teachers jumped after children attacked them.T / Ff.Children lost their tempers over trivial things.T / Fg.Worried parents have fitted classrooms with web cameras.T / Fh.Police statistics show children are committing more crimes.T / F2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article: a. ReportAlarmingb.Rosesmallc.WorryingAlmostd.ExpressingIncreasede.LackIncidentsf.NearlyShowingg.CasesStudyh.TrivialConcernedi.WorriedDonej.Committeddon’t have3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible): a. school children are becomingfor teachersb.the number of cases of violencetheir tempersc.This broke theexpressing their feelingsd.good behavior and respectStudents to studye.children have difficultiesof school propertyf.Attacks against teachers jumpedmore violentg.Children easily lostby children are increasingh.stabbings and destructionnearly 33 per centi.try and getRose to a record 1,890j.show serious crimes committedprevious record
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: VIOLENCE IN JAPAN’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Level: High Advanced (H.A)
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