Friday
3:00 - 3:50 PM
Cosmos B
Korean Elementary English Education: Curriculum: Changes
Jeong-Ryeol Kim
Korea National University of Education
Korea has undergone exciting changes in English education from the implementation
of elementary English education to EPIK (English Program in Korea) to changes
of the national curriculum in last several years. English education
has shifted the target English from Anglo-American English to international
English and its focus of syllabus from structural to fuctional. The
upcoming 7th national curriculum will add more to the current national
curriculum by introducing differentiated learner levels. The paper
will illustrate the differences appeared in the national curriculum and
their effects on English textbooks, syllabus and the roles of teachers
and learners. It will also encourage the open learning, often characterized
by laying out different study corners in the classroom.
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