Foreign-Linguage Education in Korean: Past, Present and Future

Abstract

As the title suggests, the present paper is a general survey of foreign-language education in Korea today. As such it takes a critical look at the history of Korean foreign-language education, which is followed by a discussion of major current issues and a forecast of the future. A number of proposals are also made for helping solve the problems facing Korean foreign-language education today and thereby enabling it to better meet the needs of the country in the decades ahead.