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Korea's own ESL industry?

 
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Farnsworth



Joined: 28 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 6:47 pm    Post subject: Korea's own ESL industry? Reply with quote

I've noticed (with a somewhat bored air of indifference) the trend that many Koreans are now opting to send their kids to study English in the Philipines instead of the USA, Canada, Britain, Australia or New Zealand.

Then a thought occurred to me. With so many Koreans pouring so much time, money and effort into learning English, eventually they may have better English skills than most other Asian countries. (most - not all) If so, will parents in poorer Asian countries end up sending their kids to Korea to study English?



What do you think about this?

I should point out that I have no evidence to support any of these ramblings. Razz

However, this website was kind of interesting http://www.iep.ucr.edu/GNUCR/
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

not as long as koreans think the mistakes they make in vocabulary, grammar and usage is simply a valid form of english, "konglish", despite the fact that they use it only to talk with 99% of others in the country who are Korean learners of english (because us 1 % don't understand what the heck they are talking about, "eyeshopping", "all in", etc). konglish is wrong and worse USELESS since it's used for koreans to talk to koreans pretending they are speaking english
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Korea will never reach that point.
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stumptown



Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Paju: Wife beating capital of Korea

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could you imagine hearing "bravo your life" from a random Thai dude while walking down the street? The thought makes me wretch.
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Farnsworth



Joined: 28 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah.. or how about "fwighting" or "cunning" or "manner". Laughing
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ajgeddes



Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stumptown wrote:
Could you imagine hearing "bravo your life" from a random Thai dude while walking down the street? The thought makes me wretch.


Hahahahahaha Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing I had a student say that to me just today when I told him I had a good day yesterday.

I can see it now, "Mongolia, Hwaiting!"
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Woland



Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Edit - Moved the whole thing to the right thread. Was looking at three similar threads and posted in the wrong one.
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Hanson



Joined: 20 Oct 2004

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

EDIT - Aw, crap! I just noticed Woland moved his comments to another thread... Oh well...
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cazador83



Joined: 28 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

stumptown wrote:
Could you imagine hearing "bravo your life" from a random Thai dude while walking down the street? The thought makes me wretch.

i've never heard this. what does it mean?
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Son Deureo!



Joined: 30 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jmoore2001 wrote:
stumptown wrote:
Could you imagine hearing "bravo your life" from a random Thai dude while walking down the street? The thought makes me wretch.

i've never heard this. what does it mean?


"Bravo Your Life" is a slogan for a cell phone company.

What does it mean? That's a good question!
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huffdaddy



Joined: 25 Nov 2005

PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:57 am    Post subject: Re: Korea's own ESL industry? Reply with quote

Farnsworth wrote:
I've noticed (with a somewhat bored air of indifference) the trend that many Koreans are now opting to send their kids to study English in the Philipines instead of the USA, Canada, Britain, Australia or New Zealand.


If so, it probably has more to do with the cost of living than English ability.

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will parents in poorer Asian countries end up sending their kids to Korea to study English?


No. Anyone who could afford to send their kids to Korea could afford the best private tutors in their home country.
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