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.)
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
as cognitive style. When cognitive styles are specifically related an educational context, where affective and physiological factors are intermingled, they are usually more generally referred to as learning styles. Studies of learning style bring important variables to the forefront. Such styles can contribute significantly to the construction of a unified theory of second language acquisition.
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
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