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标题：A Study on English Education in Private Kindergartens in Korea
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作者：Ok Seung Yang ; Jin Young Kim ; Hyun Hee Kim 等
期刊名称：Adonghakoeji
印刷版ISSN：1226-1688
电子版ISSN：2234-408X
出版年度：2001
卷号：22
期号：4
页码：299-313
语种：English
出版社：Korean Association of Child Studies
摘要：This study examines the current state of English education in private kindergartens in Korea. Among 1700 kindergarten teachers surveyed for this research,680 replied that their institutions provided English lessons for children. Analyses of the data collected from these 680 teachers showed : 1) They started to teach English not because of educational considerations but because of pressure from children`s parents or kindergarten principals;2) Most of the English teachers were part-time instructors specially recruited for English lessons. Generally,English lessons were given two or three times a week,with one session lasting for about 20 minutes. A variety of teaching methods and materials were used for the lessons given to children aged three to five. Focus of the lessons was given to listening and speaking words and sentences;3) Most of the teachers considered the scarcity of qualified English instructors as the most serious problem for providing English education in kindergartens,and they did not want to teach English themselves. They evaluated positively the performance and role of Korean part-time English instructors. The evaluations were generally poor as to native speakers serving as kindergarten English teachers..
关键词：early childhood education;English education;kindergarten
其他关键词：유아교육;영어교육;유치원