The Problems Of Educating English In Korea.
Following the research of english ability in Korea, the most of korean students still cannot speak even just a single word in english, even though they have been educated for over years.
I wondered why and analysed the way of educating english in Korea in my perspective.
Firstly, education in Korea is originally based on indoctrination so teachers concentrate on forcing students memorise english vocabularies and grammars rather than explaining logically how it actually works.
So the consequence is that students lose interests or motivations towards learning english instantly and just learn it not by their own will but by pressures from their parents or teacher.
Furthermore, learning foreign language requires basically various training such as writing, listening, speaking but there are only reading and listening lessons in Korea, which means students never get a chance to apply or use practically what they have learned.
As a person who have been educated in korea, my personal impression of education in Korea is, this kind of education is not for learning language but more like preparing for tests on paper.
What is the exact aim for learning english or foreign languages?
The language itself has own purpose to communicate with people.
I would like to point it out as the biggest problem that the education in Korea is generally limited to indoctrination.
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The Problems Of Educating Teaching English In Korea. You educate a person, not a subject
Following According to the research of on English ability in Korea, the most of Korean students still cannot speak even just a single word in English, even though they have been educated taught it for over several years.
I wondered why and analysed the way methods of educating teaching English (or methods of English instruction) in Korea in my perspective.
Firstly, education in Korea is originally based on indoctrination, so teachers concentrate on forcing students to memorise English vocabulary and grammars rather than explaining logically how it actually works.
So the consequence is that students instantly lose interests or motivations towards for learning English instantly and just don't learn it not by their own will willingly, but by because of pressures from their parents or teacher.
Furthermore, learning a foreign language requires basically various training in various skills, such as writing, listening, and speaking, but there are only reading and listening lessons in Korea, which means students never get a chance to apply or use practically what they have learned.
As a person who has been educated in Korea, my personal impression of education in Korea is this kind of education is not effective for learning language but more like for preparing for tests on paper.
What is the exact aim for learning English or foreign languages?
The language itself has its own purpose to communicate with people.
I would like to point it out as that the biggest problem that the in education in Korea is generally limited to using indoctrination as a teaching method.
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Yes, it's such a pity that i still cannot speak english properly even though i've been learning for years ^^'
I think the most important or practical way to practice language is speaking or possibly writing as well :)
When i was in Germany i was also forced to speak in foreign languages , English or German !
But in Korea, It's quite hard to practice and i never get a chance to speak .. That's why many people in korea attend private english courses and spend much money on it .. Well, not only English , basically private education is considered as an important edu than official education in national schools. :( anyway, thanks for the comment and your positive impression to my analysis :)
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Very interesting post! As an expert in Education, I can confirm that to get knowledge of a language "speaking" is a very important topic!
To be honest, in Italy I've studied "old latin" and "old greek" when I went to high school. They are languages that people don't speak anymore, so the listening is a bit complicated ^^... And the lessons were mostly about writing and reading ... Ok, if yuo study you can understand also in this way...
But I think speaking is very important too! Maybe it is the most important way to have confidence with a language.
And, even if in Italy we have English speaking lessons, the best experience in my life was when I went abroad in a country where you are forced to speak every day and every moment :)!
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