Issues and Trends in Korea's College-Level English-Language Teaching

Abstract

This paper addresses some of the major current issues in Korea's college-level English-language teaching. It does so by posing each of these issues in terms of an ideological conflict between conservatives and progressives. The paper reveals some of the major problems facing Korea's ELT practitioners, administrators, and policy makers, with particular reference to college-level ELT. In the process, it also throws light on the direction that must be taken by Korea's college-level ELT if it is to be more productive in the years ahead.