Paper short abstract:

In 2012, the Japanese government carried out the new government course guideline in junior high school, which provide whole the classes should be conducted in English as a rule. This research will show the influence and effect of it.

Paper long abstract:

In the highly globalized world, English has an absolute power. As a result of globalization, English have raised its necessity as a lingua franca for quality and quantity all over the world. To deal effectively with this situation, each country has taken any action. However, the action of Japan is lax and this handling of the matter has caused a decrease of English skills as a global human resources. Therefore Japan falls behind other Asian countries like China, even in the education.

In 2012, Japanese government carried out the new government course guideline in Junior High school. Here, the classes should be conducted in English as a rule. This reform will lead some influence to present situation of it.

A research methodology to answer following issues is multi-method approach: analyzing the book referring to the history of English education in Japan to find out similar cases to current situation, and data from journal related to it. The issues that this paper will include are:

1. The influence on students' comprehension and English skills by conducting the whole of classes in English, and required teachers' skills.

2. The role of Assistant Language Teacher (ALT)

3. The government concept of this innovation, and the comparison of Japanese educational situation to Chinese one.

The expected result is that this reform has some significant effect to the present and future situation of English education in Japan.