A small town is hoping that teaching English to its young people will get it noticed, attracting a few of the many foreign tourists on their way to Osaka via the neighboring international airport.
Elementary and junior high school students in Tadaoka, Osaka Prefecture, were recently featured in a video to introduce Masaki Art Museum and other attractions in the town to an overseas audience. They spoke in English and sang a special English song.
For the taping, the students received English lessons from a native speaker dispatched by ECC, an Osaka-based operator of foreign language schools.