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Post  Young Tue May 20 2008, 11:35

The Korean government has suggested that Korean secondary school English teachers should be able to conduct their classes entirely in English by 2012.

Do you support this proposal? Why or why not? Support your opinion with clear reasons, details and examples.






Present English classes are conducted in Korean. Since Koreas set a goal to enter excellent universities to guarantee good careers, every education is focused on the university enterance exam. English is one of subjects that ahave a huge impact on the enterance exam. Due to this circumstance, students’ English ability should be tested, but the way of testing is reading-oriented including a little listening area. For many years, English education has focused on reading and grammar. Most English teachers have been taught in the same way. Therefore, naturally English teachers teach English in the same way as well. To improve Koreans’ English speaking ability, it is really necessary to learn Englih in Engish. Therefore, I agree with the suggestion of Korean new government about English education- Korean secondary school English teachers should be able to conduct their classes entirely in English by 2012. To achieve that, teachers’ English ability should be the first things.





First of all, English teachers’ speaking Egnlish proficiency helps students’ English development. English is a language. In spite of almost ten-year-long English public education, we can hardly find ones who are good at English speaking after graduating from high schools. To improve English speaking, many people starts learning English focused on listening and speaking after finishing high schools. This fact is enough to prove that current English education needs to be changed. When we think about the process of kids’ learning labguge, we can easily find the first step is hearing others’ speaking around. Considering in this term, exposing English is important. Teachers teaching in English provides students with listening opportunities. In turn, teaching english in English helps students imitate teachers’ speaking English. If teachers’ speaking English ability is fluent, it will have very positive impact on the students.





Next, treaching English in English reduces extra private English education. In reality, students have to go to private English institutions from elementary schools to improve their English speaking ability. Especially, aftering graduating from high schools, it is a kind of new fashion to go to private English institutions to start studying English speaking. Moreover, without studying abroad to improve English, it is hard to get a good career. It shows that public English education fails to teach English properly and practically. Practical English education is taching how to speak Egnlish. Then, teaching grammr and reading will raise up English to the high level. Also, teaching English in English should be practices at the first stage of teaching. When teaching elementary school students, teachers can use Korean for very difficult parts. On the contrary, since secondary school students can understand the basic English, teching English entirely in English might be possible and helpful.





Last but not least, teaching English in English is good for English teachers themselves. Some English teachers are afraid of teaching English in English as they think they cannot teach in English. However, they became English teachers because they were good at English (even grammar and reading) or interested in English. The reason they cannot teach English in English is that they didn’t try, practice, and be trained. If the government provides well-organised training programs for English teachers, they can develop their speaking English abiliy. Once they experience the effect of teaching English in English, they want to keep teaching in English. By using English in class all the time, teahcers’ speaking English ability are naturally improved.





All in all, every Korean admits Korean English public English education needs to be fixed. One of the ways is teaching English in English. Since teaching English in English sounds difficult and unfamiliar, most teachers are afraid of doing that. However, it is necessary to teach English in English and English teachers should be able to conduct classes in English. Teaching English in English is helpful for students’ English development, reducing extra private English education, and English teachers themselves. It takes time to take root, but we will be able to meet better Englih education by trial and error.
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Post  Young Thu May 22 2008, 11:56

Young wrote:The Korean government has suggested that Korean secondary school English teachers should be able to conduct their classes entirely in English by 2012.

Do you support this proposal? Why or why not? Support your opinion with clear reasons, details and examples.






Present English classes are conducted in Korean. Since Koreans set a goal to enter excellent universities to guarantee good careers, every education is focused on the university enterance exam. English is one of subjects that have huge impact on the enterance exam. Due to this circumstance, students’ English ability should be tested, but the way of testing is reading-oriented including a little listening. For many years, English education has focused on reading and grammar. Most English teachers have been taught in the same way that they are using to teach English. Therefore, naturally the result of teaching English is not different from that of their time. To improve Koreans’ English speaking ability, it is really necessary to learn Englih in Engish. Therefore, I agree with the suggestion of Korean government about new English education- Korean secondary school English teachers should be able to conduct their classes entirely in English by 2012. To achieve that, enhancing teachers’ English ability should be the first things to do.





First of all, English teachers’ speaking English proficiency helps students’ English development. English is a language. In spite of almost ten-year-long English public education, we can hardly find ones who are good at English speaking after graduating from high schools. To improve English speaking, many people start learning English focused on listening and speaking after finishing high schools. This fact is enough to prove that current English education needs to be changed. When we think about the process of kids’ learning languge, we can easily find the first step is hearing others’ speaking around. Considering in this term, exposing English is important. Teachers' teaching in English provides students with listening opportunities. In turn, teaching English in English helps students imitate teachers’ speaking English. If teachers can speak English fluently, it will have very positive impact on the students.





Next, teaching English in English reduces extra private English education. In reality, students have to go to private English institutions from elementary schools to improve their English speaking ability. Especially, aftering graduating from high schools, it is a kind of new fashion to go to private English institutions to start studying English speaking. Moreover, without studying abroad to improve English, it is hard to get a good career. It shows that public English education fails to teach English properly and practically. Practical English education is teaching how to speak Egnlish. Then, teaching grammr and reading will raise up English to the high level. Also, teaching English in English should be practiced at the first stage of teaching. When teaching elementary school students, teachers can use Korean for very difficult parts. On the contrary, since secondary school students can understand the basic English, teching English entirely in English might be possible and helpful.





Last but not least, teaching English in English is good for English teachers themselves. Some English teachers are afraid of teaching English in English as they think they cannot teach in English. However, they became English teachers because they were good at English (even grammar and reading) or interested in English. The reason they cannot teach English in English is that they didn’t try, practice, and be trained. If the government provides well-organised training programs for English teachers, they can develop their speaking English abiliy. Once they experience the effect of teaching English in English, they want to keep teaching in English. By using English in the class all the time, teahcers’ speaking English ability is naturally improved.





All in all, every Korean admits Korean public English education needs to be fixed. One of the ways is teaching English in English. Since teaching English in English sounds difficult and unfamiliar, most teachers are afraid of doing that. However, it is necessary to teach English in English and English teachers should be able to conduct classes in English. Teaching English in English is helpful for students’ English development, reducing extra private English education, and English teachers themselves. It takes time to take root, but we will be able to meet better English education by trial and error.
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