Abstract
This paper describes a fact-finding study of ESL-education (English as a Second Language) in USA and Canada, and gives consideration to JSL-education (Japanese as a Second Language ) in Japan. Recently, JSL-education for foreign-born children staying with parents in Japan is being regarded as so important education! , because of numbers of such children increasing rapidly. However, JSL-education will face to some difficult problems such as educational objectives, curriculums, methods, and so on, because teachers in Japan have no experience of teaching foreign children, and they have to teach with consideration into cultural differences. Under educational background above mentioned, the authors made an on-the-spot investigation of ESL-education in USA and Canada for four weeks. As results, it was found that informations on educational philosophy, objectives, curriculums, methods of ESL-education give so useful advice to JSL- education. And, from results, the authors recommends how to perform JSL- education in order to make it productive.
