Our crrent understanding about this topic.
First of all, there are wide range of opposition about making english as a official language in japan.
since peopel are thinking that it would lose the culture of japan. they are claiming that english invade not only the japanese tradition,but also the people's identity as a japanese.
Thenthere are the things that we learned through learning about this topic.
for example, japanese people would gain the oppotunity to take an important role in the world economics and politics and so on. since you can communicate in english easily, it would allow you to say the idea that japanese people made up to the people all over the world.
It will be interesting to look into whether the use of English in Singapore has diluted the ethnic cultures there or badly affected their identity. English is sort of the de facto official language there since it's the medium of instruction in schools and the principle language used in government and in the courts. But, at home people in Singapore still speak their ethnic languages, whether they be Tamil, various dialects of Chinese, or Malay.
返信削除Dear Hideaki,
返信削除I don't see any sign of Yuto here. Did you send him an invitation to the blog so that he'll have equal posting rights?
Cheers,
Joseph D.