"Romaji" learned in elementary school is now-Excite News

"Today, I inadvertently read" TAKE "in Roman letters as" take "(laughs)." When I heard the story of my 4th grade daughter, I thought it was true. When we were children, we learned "Romaji" in elementary school, and after going through the stage of writing the names and place names of ourselves and friends in Romaji, we encountered "English" in junior high school. But now I'm learning English from elementary school students (already mentioned in Connecta). In fact, greetings and games are the main focus, and letters are not dealt with much at school, but at this point, many elementary school students may be learning English before learning "Romaji". By the way, if you learn English first, some children may feel uncomfortable with the Roman alphabet. Also, when I grow up, I sometimes wonder, "Did you need to learn Romaji?" Of course, romaji input is the mainstream for PCs, and I think that romaji notation is necessary, but there are various ways to spell romaji, such as royal instructions and Hepburn, which is confusing. The spelling of the Roman alphabet is stipulated in "Cabinet Notification No. 1" (December 9, 1945), but it is necessary to separate "n, which represents the bouncing sound, from the next vowel or y." In some cases, "insert'after n" and "long vowels are represented by adding ^ above the vowels. In the case of capital letters, vowels may be arranged" are used in daily life. There is no. In addition, Romaji was previously studied in the 4th grade, but the new course of study has moved to the 3rd grade. Why. We asked the Curriculum Planning Office, Curriculum Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. [Next page] "Now, from 3 years onward, I'm using a computer to do research and input ...