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TodayWhat is the current situation today?

• It is difficult to deal with the kids because what they have learned so far differs depending on the country of origin. Some children from developing countries have never had the opportunity to learn, even some junior high school students do not even know how to add. People who do not know the background may suspect that they have a developmental disorder, or may not make an appropriate judgment.
• Even children who have studied properly in their home country and have good grades are not evaluated because the learning content is different in Japan. Not only Japanese class, but also science is different, and they do not know the geography and history of Japan, so they cannot understand social studies. （Quoted from Kouichi Kibe “About Japanese Language Education for Children Who Can't Speak Japanese "Child Research Net (CRN)", 11.15.2019 ）
  Many children go to high school without being able to demonstrate their true potential. （Quoted from Kim Songil・Yoshiko Shiki（2014） Factors Related to Ensuring the Education of Foreign Children : The Practice of Educational Support at Kobe Foreigners Friendship Center (page7) ）
  

  Even if I go back to my home country, I won't be able to study like before, so I just have to give up ...

• When they can't keep up with their studies, they won't be motivated and fall into a vicious circle.
• There is no one around them to teach me how to study.

SolutionWhat kind of solutions do we have?

Provide support tailored to individual needs as soon as possible

Each individual has different things to do, such as studying Japanese, homework, and studying subjects, so it is necessary to provide support tailored to each individual's needs. Also, from the student's point of view, tutoring allows students to study their own learning content without feeling embarrassed, which increases their motivation for learning. However, the current situation is that there are still few environments in which such generous support can be provided. It is also important to make decisions at an early stage after arriving in Japan if the appropriate learning support can be provided. Teachers in places where there are few international kids don't know how to deal with them. Many teachers deal with problems alone. Schools and NPOs should share more information and provide support tailored to the circumstances of each child.

Motivate an enthusiasm for learning with multilingual textbooks

The reason why intekids can't keep up with learning is because they don't understand Japanese enough. So, using a textbook written in their native language or written in Japanese that is easy to understand, kids could get out of the situation where they don't know what the teacher is saying in class. When the kids can understand the contents, they will naturally increase your motivation to learn. There are already some textbooks that support multiple languages, and digital textbooks have appeared in the last few years. In this digital textbook (multimedia daisy textbook), it has become possible to make it easier to read by adding ruby ​​characters, reading aloud, and slashes in kanji, making learning easier. （Quoted from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Technology(MEXT)’s "Foreign children, etc." About the use of textbooks in Japan Document 6 ")

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