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	English Education In Korean Elementary Schools

We’re going to introduce you to English education in Korea. These days English education is more and more important in Korea. We try to improve students’ communication ability in English. However, it’s very hard for students to improve because their study takes place in Korea rather than in a native English speaking environment. We believe our English education training has helped our students to speak English more proficiently. That’s why there is an emphasis on the role of English specialists at primary school. The Korean Government has a plan to change the English curriculum to raise the quality and quantity of English education. Students need to learn English as English and teachers should teach English as English from 2011. Teachers are encouraged by the progress of their English ability through government sponsored training courses.


	1. Linguistic Function

Sounds of a language	Spoken language	Written language
Comprehension function	Listening	Reading
Expression function	Speaking	Writing


	2. Communicative Activity: spoken language activity, written language activity


	3. Speech material

Subject Matter	contents lead to learning desire considering interests, necessity and intellectual level of learners contents considered subjects, situations and tasks
Culture	lifestyle and language culture of English speaking countries for communication
Language	speech helping natural linguistic acquisition and authentic communicative activities frequently used speaking in real life
Vocabulary	number of new words per grade per year 3rd grade:80-120 4th grade:80-120 5th grade : 90-130 6th grade:90-130
Length of sentence	3rd, 4th grade- less than 7 words 5th, 6th grade- less than 9 words (excluding the use of and, but and or)


	English Education Environment




		Lab 1




			Lab 2

		English Class




		Lab 3


			Class 1



		Class 3


			Class 2



		Class 4


	Today, we come here to improve our ability that is related to teaching English. Through our efforts, we are sure that Korean English Education will be better able to cope with the growing demand for English in Korea.