The Immersion Course is one form of bilingual education, which is designed to enable children to acquire English in a natural way by being immersed in an English environment just as Japanese children acquire Japanese language.
At Katoh Kindergarten Immersion Program, 50% or more of a school day is conducted in English. Principally, if the morning activities are conducted in English, afternoon activities are in Japanese. Native English-speaking teachers and Japanese teachers collaboratively bring up children. By continuing every day’s activities in the kindergarten, children will rapidly acquire English necessary for their life. They can learn English in the same way they learned Japanese, soaking it in naturally as if it was their native tongue.