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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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 Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:48 pm Post subject: For foreign students, it looked different on paper |
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“The school said I don’t need to be fluent in Korean because the courses are taught in English,” she said.
But when she actually went to class, the majority of it was taught in Korean.
“I complained about the matter and the school said they meant the course focusing on developing practical skills would not require a high level of Korean,” the 24-year-old said.
The squabble was just the beginning of constant troubles she has had with the school. One year after she came to Ewha, the university required her to earn a level 4 in the Test of Proficiency in Korean (Topik) in order to receive her scholarship.
“The university always goes back on their words. I feel like I was tricked into enrolling in the school. I even developed hostile feelings toward Korea,” she said.
Jang Chao, a Chinese student who is now studying at Ajou University for his master’s degree, also complains he was misled.
“The college first told me I didn’t need to be fluent in Korean. When I came to the school, the textbook was in English but the professors taught in Korean,” the 27-year-old engineering major said. |
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2972967
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Experts say Korean universities’ heavy focus on only increasing the volume of foreign students has brought about ill-prepared service.
“It’s important to have a large volume of foreign students. But now Korean education providers need to focus on quality,” said Kang Sung-jin, director of the international cooperation division at Korea University. |
I'm shocked Korean universities (even the top ranked ones) are able to get away with this. I guess having international students raises their ranking, so they lie and decieve to get them? Pretty sad.
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This is a major problem at my uni. We offer engineering scholarships to students from Africa, Eastern European countries and the Philippines. In my opinion, the uni blatantly lies to them. They say that the students will get a free English education and a degree from an English - speaking university. However, most of the professors actually teach in Korean. They MAY use an English textbook.
in return for their "free" education, the students must work at our Global Cafe, doing free talking sessions and correcting Korean students English essays. |
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Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
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| Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Not surprised.
They claim to be global but when it comes to using the global language (yes, that's English) it sucks. |
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salutbonjour
Joined: 22 Jan 2013
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I've never that complaint from the 50+ students I know at SKY / KAIST.
The classes I've taken were 99% English and the remaining 1% was to explain some things that were laid out clearly in English to the Korean students to ensure they understood properly, a joke once in a while or an instruction to a TA. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:51 am Post subject: |
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| SKY / KAIST is the best of the best (a miniscule percentage of all the universities) and may be an exception. The woman in the article went to 이대. That school has a very high ranking. I read an article about which universities have the highest percentage of English instruction (out of all universities in Korea). Can you guess who it was? SKY / KAIST. So, I guess SKY / KAIST is playing by the rules. Are you troubled others are not? (Or do you think that because you know some students from SKY / KAIST who were not deceived, by extention others in other schools are not and the whole report must be false?) |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Zackback wrote: |
Not surprised.
They claim to be global but when it comes to using the global language (yes, that's English) it sucks. |
A quibble- The global language is not English, it is mathematics. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I always find knowing what the square root of pi is particularly useful when I'm trying to order room service in a Bangkok hotel. |
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robbie_davies
Joined: 16 Jun 2013
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| Yeah, I always find knowing what the square root of pi is particularly useful when I'm trying to order room service in a Bangkok hotel. |
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Nolos
Joined: 23 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Korea and Korean schools and employers are full of lying deceiving snakes. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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Nothing new. There are too many universities in Korea. Just like US and UK, Professors have to fill up the class somehow.
Quote from Yes, Minister
Dean of Bailey:
There are chaps flogging Sociology courses to African students. The competition is cutthroat. |
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