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[Kimchieluver]

Crap, all crap! I gave all my Korean English teachers a copy of "The Ballad of Sam McGee" and they worked for weeks trying to understand it. These are people with English degrees. Just give them coles notes and hope for the best. I wouldn't be surprised if you made a comprehension test and not one of them got an answer right. I think you might want to use something a little more of their capability like "Curious George".

[jajdude]

Yep. And there is a good reason for this. Many native English speakers who graduated high school cannot understand poetry! They hated English Literature and barely got through it. Many cannot read well. Many can barely deal with a newspaper. Many cannot spell properly. Many lack decent grammar. Somehow they finished high school. But at a grade 9 or less literacy level. Many abhor reading. And hate writing even more.

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So, How's about thrusting this onto Koreans who still need to practice speaking normal English better?

[lastat06513]

This is an ideal situation

Why?
I have found shakespearean English VERY similar to korean in grammar structure.
All they have to do is to literally translate Korean into English, no letter switching or anything

for example; "Thee Hamburger I shall eat."

"�Թ��� �����"

As you can see the translation is VERY similar in idea

[rapier]

Teacher, korea can speak?
I think thats the right word order.

[JacktheCat]

You could always teach the students what Shakespeare was really saying in A Midsummer's Night Dream.