Connecting Foreign Families to Japanese Schools: The E-Tra Note Digital Correspondence Log

E-Tra Note, displayed in Indonesian on the left and Japanese on the right. (© Wakabayashi Hideki)

A class at Ōarai Elementary, where a tenth of the student body has a foreign background. (© Tanaka Keitarō)

Select a situation to view a number of potentially appropriate sentences. (© Wakabayashi Hideki)

Onuma Masami, principal of Ōarai Elementary School. (© Tanaka Keitarō)

The Japanese language classroom at Ōarai Elementary School displays greetings in multiple languages. (© Tanaka Keitarō)

Wakabayashi Hideki, visiting associate professor at Utsunomiya University. (© Tanaka Keitarō)

Sumaran Kenzo (left) and Ngenget Yukimi. (© Tanaka Keitarō)

E-Tra Note also lets teachers choose response options for parents to select. (© Wakabayashi Hideki)