Sweeping changes are taking place with respect to the implementation of computers into the classroom throughout Japan. In 1994, the Mombusho [Japanese Ministry of Education] began a six-year plan to provide computer labs to every public school in Japan. The ultimate goal is to have a one-computer-to-two student ratio in elementary schools and a one-to-one student-to-computer ratio at the junior and senior high levels (Chuou Kyouiku Shingikai [Central Educational Policy Committee], 1996). This oncoming flood of computers is being met with some trepidation on the part of EFL teachers, who are expected to find ways to use the computers to improve language education.