영어 관련 전공 학과의 개선 방안과 모형 연구

A Proposal for the English Majors at 4-year Universities and Colleges in South Korea

This paper is a sequel to the previous study, “A study on the present and future of the English-related departments in Korean colleges” by Kim, Joon-Ho and Kim, Myungsook (April 2011). In the previous study, the results of the survey on the topic held in between May and July 2010 and participated by 138 college professors in 49 schools and 651 college students in 29 schools were statistically analyzed and discussed in detail. Continuing a research on the present and future of the English majors at 4-year universities and colleges in South Korea, this paper proposes an improved track-model for the English curriculum, a certification program for English proficiency, and a more systematic career counseling system for higher employment rate of their graduates. The track-model as well as the other programs proposed in this paper intends to provide students with flexibility in choosing the right course for their future after the students acquire a proper level of English proficiency and thus they can be promoted toward more profound level of major subjects as well as cultural-social-areal studies on English speaking countries. If the whole school system works right, the programs proposed will eventually equip students with more confidence and more competitiveness in their future.