Korean Job Discussion Forums

[charlieDD]

There's a Wiki page called "Education in Korea" that reviews the history, the present, the students, the teachers, the schools, hagwonism, etc.

How about adding a section on the situation of English teaching in Korea? It couldn't / shouldn't be a rant, but rather a logical write up, with references to articles ( "'Calling, Mr. Real Reality" ), etc.

[mithridates]

Here's my first edit.

[chronicpride]

[jaganath69]

Mith,

[rothkowitz]

It's true for Korean ajummas whose aim is for their children to study in the U.S. and that's about it.

Unless Hugh Grant becomes popular again,then it'll swing back the other way.

They have no clear idea what they want.I ignore requests to speak like an American and I regard with scorn those who adopt a North American accent just to please some old moo in a leisure suit.

[butlerian]

[root555]

Actually I have found that it is true that Koreans prefer the American accent over others. I have a New Zealand friend who is forced to fake an American accent at his job- because they don't want him speaking Kiwi to his kids. They basically forbade him to not alter the way he speaks. Now when we see him, he speaks in Kiwi and American- and says all of this leaves him very very confused.

[ED209]

Students should be exposed to as many accents as possible. Especially to non native English speakers. Whenever I'm at an airport I often see two people from non English speaking countries using English to communicate. This can be a Chinese person going through Japanese immigration or a Spaniard in Norway. As a common second language studying English should involve exposure to as many non native accents as possible.

[mithridates]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I find that to be, on the whole, a very poor encyclopaedia entry. It's missing a lot and tends to focus too much on some points at the expense of others.

Some of it is also just plain inaccurate.