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@article{ART001528084},
author={Inhee Jo},
title={Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea},
journal={Modern English Education},
issn={1598-0782},
year={2011},
volume={12},
number={1},
pages={221-243}

TY - JOUR
AU - Inhee Jo
TI - Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea
JO - Modern English Education
PY - 2011
VL - 12
IS - 1
PB - The Modern English Education Society
SP - 221
EP - 243
SN - 1598-0782
AB - This paper aims to clarify some conceptual confusions concerning 'Teaching English in English (TEE)' policy in Korea. Despite the national drive, TEE has not been well received by Korean teachers, partly due to the mismatch between the test-orientation of the actual classrooms and the communicative orientation of TEE. Many teachers seem to prefer the English-Please class to the English-Only class: the English-Please class promotes maximal use of English, yet allows judicious use of the mother tongue to help less-prepared students. However, many surveys have reported quite the opposite results. I argue that this mismatch between the reality and the survey results derives in part from the incoherent uses of the term 'TEE': while it is declared to be the English-Only policy, its actual use in most survey questionnaires implies the English-Please policy. Three surveys were examined and found to exhibit such conceptual confusion,yielding distorted results. Based on the reinterpretation of the previous survey results,this study suggests that the educational authorities in Korea should abandon the English-Only policy and adopt the English-Please policy: the former is simply unrealistic and the latter is a step taking us in the direction of maximizing the use of English, which is the true spirit of Communicative Language Teaching.
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Inhee Jo. (2011). Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea. Modern English Education, 12(1), 221-243.

Inhee Jo. 2011, "Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea", Modern English Education, vol.12, no.1 pp.221-243.

Inhee Jo "Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea" Modern English Education 12.1 pp.221-243 (2011) : 221.

Inhee Jo. Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea. 2011; 12(1), 221-243.

Inhee Jo. "Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea" Modern English Education 12, no.1 (2011) : 221-243.

Inhee Jo. Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea. Modern English Education, 12(1), 221-243.

Inhee Jo. Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea. Modern English Education. 2011; 12(1) 221-243.

Inhee Jo. Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea. 2011; 12(1), 221-243.

Inhee Jo. "Incoherent interpretations of the Teaching English in English policy in Korea" Modern English Education 12, no.1 (2011) : 221-243.