160306-0008 - Learning Romanized Japanese

Japanese elementary school students learning alphabetized Japanese crowd around a teacher, 1948 (Showa 23). Between 1948 and 1950 (Showa 25), teaching materials with romanized script were distributed among Japan's elementary school to be used in teaching subjects other than the Japanese language (Kokugo, kokugo). Between 1948 and 1950 (Showa 25), teaching materials with romanized script were distributed among Japan's elementary schools to be used in teaching subjects other than the Japanese language (Kokugo, kokugo). The results showed that students in this post-war romanization education experiment did not fall behind their peers. They even suggested that they could have made faster progress than students who did They even suggested that they could have made faster progress than students who did not use romanized materials. They even suggested that they could have made faster progress than students who did not use romanized materials. They even suggested they could make faster progress than students who did not use romanized materials. Photo by MeijiShowa/AFLO