One of the teachers at my school pointed out this story to me a few days ago from the Yomiuri Shimbun, the most widely read newspaper in the world (or at least most widely bought):
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20091130TDY01306.htm
Eigo Note (or English Notebook) is the primary book I use in most of my elementary schools. Several school districts have their own textbooks or teaching plans, but Eigo Note is (or was) supposed to present a standard text for those areas that did not have within the next few years. The book is intended to help teachers teach English when they do not have a native English speaker present, though many teachers do not know what to make of it.
To be honest, I'm not sure what to make of it either. The book has both useful and confusing activities (including 'chants' or songs for each chapter, many of which are impossible for the kids to say). There's also an pretty good version of the textbook that can be used on smart boards, but only one class in all my schools has one.
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