The authorities are moving to require ethnic Koreans to submit documents proving they have no criminal record and undergo drug testing when they apply for English teaching positions here. The move comes even though the immigration authorities say they have no plan to change the current visa policy favoring ethnic Koreans, reports The Korea Times.
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A leading intercultural communications expert said that the ability to “read between the lines” and understanding non-spoken expressions in various cultural contexts is an important part of communication, one that’s often overlooked when studying foreign languages. According to Park Myung-seok, professor emeritus at Dankook University, the English-education curriculum in Korean schools does not reflect this [...]
There is a general assumption that one of the problems with English education in Korea is the poor quality of English teachers, noted the Korea Times recently. Is this true? How do we decide who is a “quality teacher?” How do we define “qualified?”
Phil Owen, Korea TESOL President: ‘I distinctly remember a conversation I had [...]
A high-powered Philippine ESL delegation has joined the Korea Student Fair 2008, which opens on Oct. 4 for a two-day run at the COEX in downtown Seoul as part of its ongoing efforts to refresh awareness of the benefits of studying English in the Philippines.
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Korean students spend an untold amount of time and energy to learn English in school. But oftentimes, their efforts are aimed at getting high marks for standardized exams such as the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Korean students can often get stellar scores [...]
When learners in Dubai and South Korea met together to practise their Engish in the virtual world of Second Life they already had a lot to say to each other. Max de Lotbinière finds out how this innovative exchange project developed the two groups’ interest in each other and made them confident inhabitants of this [...]
Primary and secondary schools nationwide will have roughly 2,700 English-only classrooms under a policy to strengthen public English language education. More than 400 English classrooms will be set up at elementary schools this year, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Tuesday.
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A non-profit, volunteer American group is working to provide Korean businesspeople with opportunities to learn English while socializing. The American Women’s Club of Korea, whose members include the wife of the U.S. ambassador to Korea plus wives of American entrepreneurs working in Korea, said Thursday that it will launch an English study group dubbed Orange [...]
Philippines and South Korea: 50 Korean teachers recently completed the first part of their training on English teaching facilitated by the Department of Education. The English teaching training was part of an agreement with the Busan Metropolitan City of Education where it donated US$6 million worth of computers for Philippine public high schools, state colleges [...]
Elementary and secondary schools are expected to strengthen their English education classes and take steps to boost competition among students and schools after Seoul citizens elected Kong Jeong-taek, 74, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. In line with the market-oriented education policy of the Lee Myung-bak administration, Kong has vowed to increase English-only [...]
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