Japanese Customer: Japanese students - passive learning style changing

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Book - Language and Education in Japan: Unequal Access to Bilingualism

"Beyond the language barrier, it is often said that Japanese students, accustomed to a passive learning style, find it difficult to get involved in Western-style classes where positive interaction is expected when they go to study overseas."





Source: English for a shrinking world by Yoko Mizui,
Daily Yomiuri, Jan. 8, 2008
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/language/20080108TDY18003.htm



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