ABSTRACT
This book has focused on English language education in Japan before and during the Occupation, when Japan experienced a significant political shift, with a different ruler and system during each period. The study investigated causes with regard to the democratization of education and society, as well as the changed status of English and English teachers, and the effects of these changes on students. The study also investigated, among other phenomena, the role of Japanese culture in the changes that occurred at the time. This chapter will provide a brief summary of the study, relate the findings to prior research, and make some recommendations for future studies, while discussing some implications for contemporary global politics. If you’ve already read the preceding chapters, you may find it more useful to skip this section and proceed to Relation to Prior Research, on p. 239.
