Unexplored Junior x English

• I recorded this as an interesting sample of what PMs in unexplored junior are discussing.

• (PM Ukai) Unexplored Junior, we did not receive a single proposal in English this year, but in the future, it might be better to accept proposals only in English, as it would motivate people to study English? I think it would be better to accept proposals only in English in the future, as it would motivate people to study English.

  • (Suzuki PM) I think it would be possible to introduce it next time, if only to have students write 30-50 words in English. Considering the state of English education in elementary and junior high schools in Japan, I think it is unfair to require all of them to write in English.
  • (PM Ishii) As expected, I don't think English proficiency has anything to do with the unexplored nature of the project itself, but it is true that people with English proficiency have a larger number of users to reach, more people to ask, and a wider sense of future development potential. This is also true for Chinese.
  • (PM Nishio) Accepting only English is "uniformly enforcing English" and undermines diversity, so it would be better if some PMs would just declare that they positively evaluate English applications.
    • My personal feeling is, "It doesn't matter if the proposal is in Japanese or English, but Chinese is a problem for me because I cannot read it. If English speakers are included among the intended users, I will positively evaluate their high English proficiency. The same applies to Chinese.

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