Needs for

Practical English Education

Jeong Min Han, Head Researcher,

Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education
‘English kindergarten’ in Korea
37th among 112 countries in EPI
 The Survey Results

The Lack of
Competence and Confidence
of English of Korean
 Contents
 Survey Method
 The Current Curriculum (with graph 1)
 English Competence of Korean (with graph 2)
 This presentation will last about 5 minutes!
 Q&A time at the end of presentation.
 Survey Method
 The participants:

-594 parents of the middle school and the below students

in 1st survey
-1,000 people (19~30 years old) in 2nd survey
 Survey Method
 During November 2020
 Via an online questionnaire platform
 Survey Method
In the 1ST Survey:

“Which one their children study more,

Exam-Focused English or Practical English”
 Survey Method
In the 2nd Survey:

“How they think about their English skills.”

 The Current Curriculum (with graph 1)
 The Results of the First Survey
 The Current Curriculum (with graph 1)

Which type of English learning students focus on more

80

70 68.2

60 55.8

50 45.7

40 36.7
33.3 34.4
32.2
30 26.1

20 18.13 17.6 18.2

13.6
10

0
Preschoolers 1~3rd in Elementary 4~6th in Elemantary Middle school

Exam-oriented Practical Similar rate

 The Current Curriculum (with graph 1)
 Result means that:

As the grade
Proportion of learning in English
 English Competence of Korean (with graph 2)

The adult’s proficiency of English

45 41.9
40.9
40

35

30

25

20
15.2
15

10

5 2
0
Pre-novice Beginner Intermediate Advanced

Level
 English Competence of Korean (with graph 2)
 Result means that:
Only very few of people are fluent in using English.
 Review!
 As students grow up,
exam-oriented English

 Grown-up people shows us lack of confidence in

English
 “The great aim of education
is not knowledge
but action.”

Herbert Spencer,
English philosopher
QnA Time!