Internationalization in Elementary School, Why Not?

In line with the needs of facing globalization, we realize that internationalization is one of the important things that need to be done. Internationalization is not only can apply on higher education but also can be started from elementary school. At the elementary school level, the intention and focus of international education are to motivate the students in knowing their own cultures, expand students’ international knowledge and improve students’ foreign language communication skills. In this case, teacher can establish a school-wide foreign language learning environment, integrate international knowledge into the curriculum, hold frequent study tours and join a variety of international competitions. In fact, to teach elementary school students about culture and foreign language skills is not easy. That’s why as a future teacher we need to improve our competencies through creating fun learning environment that can foster the students to learn foreign language in emphasizing the internationalization needs.

Reference : A journal entitled A Comparison of the Internationalization of Education in Taiwan and Japan: The Perspective of Elementary School Principals by Ming-Huang Lin & Shan-Hua Chen.