Struggle is real... I want to talk about English education in South Korea. Oh yeah.. i want this to be a super-academic notebook. I've learned how to write 'academically' for one month, so I feel like

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Yunchan Hwang

Struggle is real... I want to talk about English education in South Korea. Oh yeah.. i want this to be a super-academic notebook. I've learned how to write 'academically' for one month, so I feel like it's okay to just give a shot. And I've had some beer too! HOORAY!! Among the Korean people, it is widely known that South Korea's English education is not well-functioning, particularly in terms of its efficiency; even though English education market in Korea is about a billion dollar scale, barely can any Korean people speak English fluently. There are even words like 'Enlgishphobia' and 'Foreignerphobia', which Korean people experience when they happen to speak in English or bump into foreigners, to whom they think they have to speak English. One might point out that this kind of not-that-fluent-in-English phenomenon is kind of common in East Asia countries, whose language structures are disparate from that of English. However, as a Korean who have never stayed in English speaking country more than 5 days but still relish talking with foreigner friends in English, I hold the view that this seemingly inexplicable and irrational epidemic improficiency in English is due to the Korean people's unwillingness to 'be ready to wrong'. Trial-and-Error is the most efficient way to improve one's language skill. If I did not write out 'be ready to wrong', I would have not had the opportunity to know that it is grammatically wrong sentence(is it?). Furthermore, I might have lost the ones to challenge myself to write it in a more fancy way: embrace chances to be wrong with alacrity. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh.. I gotta go sleep. It took me a way more time than I expected. It's really awkward to write 'did not' or 'cannot'... I hope I can get rid of this English test I'm preparing now ASAP. I don't know. I wanna find a teacher. I want a really strict garmmar-martinet one, who's gonna be super-picky on my every mistakes. Do you know why? Because, no one wants Edward Scissor hand at party unless he's Johny Depp or he's got super-cool scissor hands. Oh then he's not Scissorhand anymore... What am I talking about. I better go off and sleep. Have a good night guys

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The struggle is real...

I want to talk about English education in South Korea. Oh yeah.. I want this to be a super-academic notebook. I've learned how to write 'academically' for a month, so I feel like it's okay to just give it a shot. And I've had some beer too! HOORAY!!

Among the Korean people, it is widely known that South Korea's English education does not function well, particularly in terms of its efficiency. Even though the English education market in Korea is on a billion dollar scale, barely can any Korean people speak English fluently. There are even words like 'Englishphobia' and 'Foreignerphobia', which Korean people experience when they happen to speak in English or bump into foreigners to whom they think they have to speak English to. One might point out that this kind of not-that-fluent-in-English phenomenon is kind of common in East Asian countries, whose language structures are disparate from that of English. However, as a Korean who has never stayed in an English speaking country more than 5 days but still relish talking with foreign friends in English, I hold the view that this seemingly inexplicable and irrational epidemic lack of proficiency in English is due to the Korean people's unwillingness to 'be ready to wrong'.

Trial-and-Error is the most efficient way to improve one's language skills. If I did not write out 'be ready to wrong', I would have not have had the opportunity to learn that it is a grammatically wrong sentence(is it? <--To me, "be ready to wrong" sounds like you're getting ready to do something wrong. A better way to say what I think you're trying to say is: "Be ready to be wrong"). Furthermore, I might have lost the ones who will challenge me to write it in a fancier way: embrace chances to be wrong with alacrity.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh.. I gotta go to sleep. It took me a way more time than I expected. It's really awkward to write 'did not' or 'cannot'... I hope I can get through this English test I'm preparing for ASAP. I don't know. I wanna find a teacher. I want a really strict grammar-martinet one, who's gonna be super-picky of my every mistakes. Do you know why? Because, no one wants Edward Scissor hand at a party unless he's Johnny Depp or he's got super-cool scissor hands. But then he's not Scissorhand anymore... What am I talking about? I better go off and sleep. Have a good night guys,

Yunchan, I love your post. I think it's so funny, especially in the beginning and the end. ;) And I'm impressed by your skill...there were words even I didn't know (and English is the only language I speak!).

Struggle is real...

I want to talk about English education in South Korea. Oh yeah.. i want this to be a super-academic notebook. I've learned how to write 'academically' for one month, so I feel like it's okay to just give a shot. And I've had some beer too! HOORAY!!

Among the Korean people, it is widely known that South Korea's English education is not well-functioning, particularly in terms of its efficiency; even though the English education market in Korea is on about a billion dollar scale, barely can any Korean people can speak English fluently. There are even words like 'Enlgishphobia' Englishphobia and 'Foreignerphobia', which Korean people experience when they happen to speak in English or bump into foreigners, to whom they think they have to speak English. One might point out that this kind of not-that-fluent-in-English phenomenon is kind of common in East Asia countries, whose language structures are disparate from that of English. However, as a Korean who have never stayed in English speaking country more than 5 days but still relish talking with foreigner friends in English, I hold the view that this seemingly inexplicable and irrational epidemic improficiency in English is due to the Korean people's unwillingness to 'be ready to be wrong'.

Trial-and-Error is the most efficient way to improve one's language skill. If I did not write out 'be ready to wrong', I would have not had the opportunity to know that it is grammatically wrong sentence(is it?) (A little, haha). Furthermore, I might have lost the ones to challenge myself to write it in a more fancy way: embrace chances to be wrong with alacrity.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh.. I gotta go sleep. It took me a way more time than I expected. It's really awkward to write 'did not' or 'cannot'... I hope I can get rid of this English test I'm preparing now ASAP. I don't know. I wanna find a teacher. I want a really strict garmmar -grammar-martinet one, who's gonna be super-picky on my every mistakes. Do you know why? Because, no one wants Edward Scissorhands at party unless he's Johny Johnny Depp or he's got super-cool scissor hands. Oh then he's not Scissorhands anymore... What am I talking about. I better go off and sleep. Have a good night guys

This is a very interesting and intelligent essay. Great job! I've heard about this tendency of some Korean people to strongly avoid talking to foreigners. The vast difference in language structure between Korean and English and the lower level of diversity in Korea probably are a large part of this.

And MERRY Christmas to all of you guys

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