speaking & listening rather than concentrating mainly on grammar
Starting from the year 1995, the Ministry of Education invited foreigners as the native English-teachers to Korea
From 2005, 5year-plan of extending and increasing the number of native English-teachers so that every public schools from elementary to high school will have native English teachers
According to the Ministry
educational tradition and has been passed down for decades. While such methods may have its strengths, in many cases it is no-longer considered efficient teaching methods, for the most part, due to the fact that most Korean English teachers over-emphasize the importance of reading and grammar skills while underestimating the significance of listening and speaking related materials in the textbook
you did not come here
to live like a gypsy.
But I did not come here
to work like an Arab...
to be treated like an Arab.
For four years we have lived
a life we could not afford
and spent almost everything
to marry Soraya with a good family.
This apartment alone has cost
us over $ in rent.
And what of Esmails
university education?
Soon we will have nothing.
And then you will see
Learner Profile
- Nationality: Korea
- Age: 14 (1st graders)
- Proficiency level: Novice-high
- Number of students: 30 (15 boys, 15 girls)
3) Teacher: Non-native English-speaker
4) Language use in class: The teacher mainly speaks in English. In case of being asked for explanation, the teacher uses Korean.
5) Class: A regular English class
- Date: December 6th, 2011
- Hour: 45 mins.
Education?
Harvard.
Graduated with full honors.
Oh, Dad!
Summa cum laude.
Age?
Thirty-eight.
Seventy-nine.
-And your wife is--?
-Dead.
No, not dead. Not dead.
Divorced. For many years.
Evie, wheres that poster?
lts over there.
Put it over there by the dresser.
Please make sure
it doesnt get scratched.
-Would you like to get into bed?
-Not with you.
Very funny.
Cleo, kick her out, will you?
lm not
speaking, listening, reading comprehension, and writing. When I first came to NCC, I spent three hours understanding three pages of an article about the U.S. economy because there were so many words I did not know, and had to look them up in a dictionary. Also, I could not understand some sentence structures. Furthermore, I made a lot of mistakes on writing, usually grammatical errors. However, I
PERSONAL DATA
Name: Hong Gil Dong
Address: 3floor giheung-gu giheung -dong, Gyeonggi-do, Korea ,
Cell Phone: xxx-xxxx-xxxx
E-mail: sss@naver.com
Date of Birth: Jan 8,1999
Sex: Male
* EDUCATION:
xxx University in Kyonggi (1999.03-2005.02)
Specialized in Electoronic Engineering
Graduate Index: x.xx/4.5
TOEIC score: 735 (2004.12), Toeic speaking score: 110 (
forgive me.
You see, bowling for money--
thats my only vice.
- Heres your drink.
- Thanks, sugar.
Okay, two vices.
Thats still very good.
All right, lets go.
Thank you for the education, gentlemen.
Weve just received a PhD in stupidity.
Doctor, shall we?
Give us a chance to win our money back.
Are you crazy? Padre, how much
are you into us for already?
$ .
Thats a landau roof and power steering
education"
Come, sir, I think youve picked
a poor example.
Did l?
"Hear them down in Soho Square
Dropping Hs everywhere
"Speaking English any way they like
"Hey, you, sir, did you go to school?
"What ya tike me for, a fool?
"No one taught him take instead of tike
"Hear a Yorkshireman, or worse
Hear a Cornishman converse
"ld rather hear a choir singing flat
"Chickens cackling in a barn
Just like t
educate and
thereby protect society. Thank
you.
Applause as Helen warily checks for the TWO COPS. They are
carefully casing the crowd.
CUT TO:
LATER:
The crowd is breaking up. FIRST COP walks HELEN to the
ladies room. People reach to shake Helens hand; she copes
as well as she can with her fear. THEY LEAVE THE STAGE
THROUGH A DOOR OPENING TO A CORRIDOR LEADING BACK TO
DRESSING ROOMS AND A LADIES