English Education in Korea: Is it Worth It?

Since there are many interesting topics, I often find that it is difficult to choose an open report theme. Fortunately, after choosing East Asia as my general research field in this work, my older sister Mikaela has taught English in Korea for over 2 years, so I narrow my attention to Korean language education I was able to. That's why she is very good at temporary research guides and key sources. However, when I started my research, I quickly realized that even relatively narrow topics in Korean English education were more complicated and controversial than I thought.

Because of the importance of English as a global language and the necessity to master English, Korea (hereinafter referred to as "Korea") recognizes the importance of English education and by studying by proposing a multilateral approach I tried to improve my English ability. Many language education experts, scholars, and policy makers have proposed a number of ways for Korean public education systems. For example, 2009 Korea Herald (2009) pointed out that Korea ranked 89th among 120 countries in TOEFL (English as a foreign language test led by the US educational testing service) and the result is lower than the international average I reported. Korea is still at the bottom of the English proficiency test, especially in the field of speech (Korea Times, 2011). As English is the most important part of Korean living, demand for high-level English is rising.

When I was teaching English in Korea in 2013, North Korea started to threaten South Korea and the United States with a series of more amicable remarks even to North Korea. On the second day when North Korean leader Kim Jung-Eun announced that two North Korean states are in "war state", I entered the classroom, and students entered the classroom, and students went to Bukan (Korean in Korean) I found talking about the United Nations. "He is a pig," one girl said. Other children agreed

Since the first British school, Dongmoonhak was founded in 1883, it has been said that Korea has received 120 years of formal English education (Kwon 1995). English education that started from the modern public school system began with Japanese colonial rule (1910 - 1945). However, during this time, English grammar records were included in English textbooks. The teacher used Korean or Japanese as the first language (Kwon 1995), after the end of World War II, Korea's liberation from Japan, English became a compulsory subject for all secondary schools (Choe 1996 , Shim 1999).