The Japanese are often made fun of for their lack of ability to use other languages, especially English. This article will suggest some reasons for this and then go on to describe various efforts being made to improve English education in Japan. One of these has been the application of an ESP (English for specific purposes) approach to the teaching of specific language registers. Various examples are presented to show how ESP concepts can be applied from secondary school to graduate school language education. These efforts should result in an ecdysis that produces Japanese who can use English for specific purposes according to their communicative needs.

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全球化的蜕化：当今日本的 ESP

日本人经常因为不会使用其他语言，尤其是英语而被取笑。本文将对此提出一些原因，然后继续描述为改善日本英语教育所做的各种努力。其中之一是将 ESP（特定用途英语）方法应用于特定语言语域的教学。提供了各种示例来说明 ESP 概念如何从中学应用到研究生院语言教育。这些努力应该会导致日本人的蜕变，他们可以根据自己的交际需求将英语用于特定目的。