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
Ladies and gentlemen
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.)
eduction in infant mortality brought a dramatic increase in life expectancy, which is now among the highest in the world for both males and females. It also resulted in very rapid population growth during the 20 years after 1955.
Another abrupt demographic change occurred more recently, halting the rapid growth rate. Although Spain’s birth rate remained extremely high into the 1970s, it subseq
and her husband are married on 15th May 2000. Ttao is from Vietnam and she is graduated from middle school. She came to Korea to earn money and worked at factory where she met her husband. She came to Korea at an early age, she is missing her home. She goes to Multicultural Family Center to learn Korean once a week; it is hard to improve it. She is not good at Koreangrammar and pronunciation.
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
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
①The textbook deals all language skills introducing various texts including cultural information.
In Chapter 4, the main topic is Dol party, the first birthday celebrated in Korea. It covers Korean culture, so it is suitable for the course goals as well as the communication skills.
② Since the students needs and interests are different, the textbook can’t cover all although it has lots of
1. Introduction
1.1. Purpose of the Research
English has become the global language used nowadays in commerce, cultural exchanges as well human and diplomatic relations. Hence, English education has become a very important issue for nations all over the world. South Korea as a monolingual country has found in English language a convenient access to the world and this is one of the reasons why t
A. A SEQUENCE OF GRAMMAR
To begin with, it would be better to look over the way each chapter is structured. Keumsung middle school English 1 & 2, respectively, have 12 lessons, each of which consists of 7 sections – listening, speaking, reading, writing, consolidation, self-test, and task performance. For example, lesson 1 in English 1 is organized as seen here;
★ Graphic 1. The S
I . The Aims of English Education
Students should study English as a required cultural object so that they may recognize their places in the international society and be provided with fundamental basic for taking part in the future international activities.
1. General Aims of English Education
‣ To cultivate interests and confidence in English and to enhance the ability of 1communicati