provide engagement with English culture through experience learning
3> offer English education of good quality and low price
4> compensate the shortage of English learning time in public education
5> build global human resources (for English communication ability is the most required skill for global competition and Korean English education has been criticized for its emphasis on grammar.)
Education
‣ To cultivate interests and confidence in English and to enhance the ability of 1communication
‣ To communicate fluently about the daily activities and general topics
‣ To understand the various foreign information and to improve the ability to utilize 1the information
‣ To recognize Korean culture and to enhance sound values by understanding 1foreign
1. General Aims of English Education
‣ To cultivate interests and confidence in English and to enhance the ability of 1communication
‣ To communicate fluently about the daily activities and general topics
‣ To understand the various foreign information and to improve the ability to utilize 1the information
‣ To recognize Korean culture and to enhance sound values
Acculturation hypothesis
“ the degree of acculturation toward the ‘model’ language group seems to be the primary consideration in attempting to account for the varied levels of linguistic achievement reached by second language learners”
Korean Wes
Literacy Ability (reading, writing) Grammar skill High Low
Communication skills
(listening, speaking) Low High
The Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
The first language system interferes with the second language system.
Structural analysis on the two language would enable teachers to predict the difficulties in acquiring second language.
It is quite common to detect where the speaker is from just by listening to his/her accent.
e.g.) French
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