JAPANESE LANGUAGE.
TO BE TAUGHT IN SYDNEY SCHOOLS. SYDNEY, March 27. The docisioiT of, the jSiewv.|>ouJ>U Wales authorities £(*" luive : Japaiiese ffaught m the Sydney ■'University and m the State, secondary schools is said to- be the first decision of the kind reached by any 1 ( luopean country. ' " | Professor James Murdoch is already lecturer m Japanese history ami philosophy, at -the Sydney "University arid'Duntroon Military College, arid* he* will l»e assisted by the newly-arrived Professor -Mitsuji Koide. Mr Mineichi Miyata i. : < to bp the 'instructor m the'- secondary schools. It. is stated, that it is possible to learn to speak the language, 'which m th.it respect Is nob difficult, within twelve 1 months. But to learn to read and write the language is 'another' matter, requir-' ing years of study. > It takes a Japanese student^ .eleven years to completely master the penmanship, of '" hia "language. British officers wh&'go to Japan to study Japanese acquire only the rudiments of the Ifingnage m three or four years. Ihe great [wssijaili ti.es of the growing trade between Aiistralia and Japan has ujduced 4 -the Government to take this step. 'Dhere. are indications that the language course will be iwidely availed of.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14571, 5 April 1918, Page 6
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