Schools in Japan use smartphone, tablet apps to engage a new generation

Educational smartphone and tablet apps are becoming increasingly used in Japanese schools as teachers look to capitalize on what has become many young people's preferred window to the world.Such artificial intelligence-assisted apps have become prevalent in education, particularly in subjects many Japanese teachers struggle to teach well.One subject in which Japanese educators need some help is in teaching children English, a task that is all the more important as English speaking skills are due to be included from the 2020 school year in the joint achievement test, part of the country's hi…READ FULL ARTICLE