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trachys · Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Location: Busan

KBS will produce a 100-minute look at the education policy proposals of Lee Myung-bak's transition team.

Apparently, the producer wants views more nuanced than "communicative language teaching will save the country" for a round-table segment to be filmed next week.

If you're interested in participating, please email me: [email protected]

Jay

Suwoner10 · Joined: 10 Dec 2007

Sure, I'm sure many people here would be happy to. But first please post his "plan." Do you mean the 2010 English taught in English initiative, or something else relating to Native teachers?

Best not to be blind-sided...

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

I'm all for his ed plan and the canal as well.

wylies99 · Joined: 13 May 2006 Location: I'm one cool cat!

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

I want someone to say that I find it ironic one of his new appointees is from Sookmyung, and that she's come out talking about how all Koreans should get a TEFL certification (when Sookmyung's course costs 4.4 million won).

GoldMember · Joined: 24 Oct 2006

Yea but it's illegal for teachers to participate. Might get deported or fined!

I-am-me · Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Location: Hermit Kingdom

I'll do it! As long as they blur my face and overdub my voice to sound like a chipmunk. Laughing

Mi Yum mi · Joined: 28 Jan 2008

Anyone goinf to help the guy?

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

I would advise against it.

The Korean Media does not shy away from twisting what you said into something they want to hear.

Donkey Beer · Joined: 20 Jul 2006

I-am-me · Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Location: Hermit Kingdom

lol...that was funny. Laughing

IlIlNine · Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo

... but true! Shocked

Kimchieluver · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

trachys · Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Location: Busan

There is little danger of being blind-sided. All the participants will be foreign teachers so together you'll be able to steer the discussion more or less as you please.

Lee's team has floated a lot of proposals, so you wouldn't run out of topics.

Some of the more controversial plans include allowing individual universities to decide admissions policy (which many feel will most benefit wealthy families), "teaching English in English" from first year elementary (which many feel will benefit families who can afford English-intensive kindergartens), and the mass hiring of "near-native" speakers as teachers and teaching assistants.

I don't know whether bigger issues, such as the absence of public funding for early childhood and tertiary education, will be introduced. Like I said, the participants will be directing the dialogue.

mikekim · Joined: 11 Aug 2006

unlike American media we have no rights here and we cant sue kbs for slander or misrepesentation. Its a nice gesture but kbs has an agenda that is 5000% pro-Korea and 10000% let's make fun of freigners because they are screwing our daughters.