English, a Mystery in Korea
Almost everything about English education in Korea is a mystery. A country where people can’t speak English even though they have learned English at school for at least more than 10 years. A country where people answer in English, “I can't speak English,” when asked, “Can you speak English?” A country where English is a mandatory subject in examinations for entering schools, getting jobs, and promotion, even though it is not an official language. A country where we can find a lot of grammatically wrong and different expressions on road signs in the same city and tourist guidebook. A country, h
- Prof. Kim Tae-young
- 2011-06-07 23:18