영어 공교육 활성화를 위한 제언

Suggestions for quality English education at public schools.

This paper aimed at providing discussion and suggestions for improving English education at public schools. Having considered the relevance between the English curriculum objectives and the students’ immediate motivation, the paper argued that English education should be supported by the appropriate assessment including the exams for college admission, which should be able to reflect the curriculum objectives. For English education to be implemented effectively and efficiently at public schools, English classes need to be offered in English while content-based instruction (CBI) can be one of the options available accommodating the major principles of current theoretical trends of communicative language teaching (CLT). The paper also suggested the social support and public agencies’ obligation to relieve English-divide observed in Korean society and provide each child and student equal opportunities to acquire English abilities through public education.