世界各国为应对英语的入侵和英语教育的不足,纷纷在仔细研究的基础上审时度势地提出了各自的英语教育改革,不但切实加强中学英语教育,而且进一步延伸至小学,甚至推行小学低年级英语教学。为了进一步认清低年级英语教育改革的利与弊,我们将从韩日这两个与我国一衣带水的东亚国家 In response to the invasion of English and the inadequacy of English education, all countries in the world have put forward their own reforms in English education on the basis of careful study. They have not only effectively strengthened their English education in secondary schools, but also extended them to primary schools and even promoted the teaching of lower primary English in primary schools . In order to further understand the pros and cons of lower grade English education reform, we will from South Korea and Japan, the two East Asia countries