-English

-From elementary school

-Encour. Students to get involved

-One way communication

-Many vocab. / grammar

-Trouble in listening / speaking

In Korea, since elementary school, English is taught as one of the most important subjects. I was also taught English. I still remember my English teacher in the first grade of my middle school. He was always full of energy course materials. However, it was taught only through one way communication, which means only the teacher  was allowed to talk in the class. No questions were allowed. We had to memorize a lot of vocabularies and studied grammars. So, I learned the basic structure of English through vocabularies and grammar. However, due to the lack of speaking and listening lessons, I still have some trouble in those areas.

Follow-up Question

1. Is there any difference between the traditional and modern educational systems?

I don't think there are many differences when I compare the traditional and modern educational systems because both are based mainly on memorizing as much information as possible. It has been one main problem in Korean educational system, but it is never changed to a better way.

2.What are the pro and cons of the current educational system in your country?

Well, there are a lot of disadvantages and few advantages of the current educational system in Korea. The disadvantages include too much focus on memorization and the unequal distribution in where to focus. The only advantage I can say at the moment is that through a lot of difficult questions, Korean students always do a very good job in international educational competitions.