The English Article Use by Non-Native English Teachers in Korea: Task-Type Variability in Interlanguage Performance and its Pedagogical Implications

Abstract

This study examines the English article use of incumbent primary and secondary English teachers in Korea. As learners of English as a foreign language themselves, the 17 participants showed statistically significant discrepancy between their metalinguistic knowledge and their actual English article use in real-time oral production. A multiple-choice written test on the English articles was given for the metalinguistic knowledge assessment and their videotaped demo lessons in English were used for the real-time oral production data. The implications such discrepancy has on the current English education policy of Teaching English only through English are discussed. (Seoul National University)