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	<title>Fulbright U.S. Education Center &#187; English Education</title>
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		<title>Office Workers View English as a Deciding Factor in Success</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/05/office-workers-view-english-as-a-deciding-factor-in-success/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/05/office-workers-view-english-as-a-deciding-factor-in-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 23:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chosun Ilbo has an interesting report by the job portal Job Korea of 2,042 salaried workers.   The survey focused on their regrets during the economic recession.  27.2 percent picked poor English skills, 25.1 percent chose lack of professional skills or licenses, and 15.3 percent answered lacking a degree from a prestigious university.  Office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English Education Reforms in Korea: A Status Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/01/english-education-reforms-in-korea-a-status-report/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/01/english-education-reforms-in-korea-a-status-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[English education and English testing have perennially been high profile topics for public discussion in Korea.  That, in and of itself, is not surprising in this country which has built a modern education system almost from scratch in the span of just over half a century.   However, the public discussions these days are especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Language Institute and Online English Sales Soar in 2008</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/12/foreign-language-institute-and-online-english-sales-soar-in-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/12/foreign-language-institute-and-online-english-sales-soar-in-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyber and online education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in The Korea Times today notes that many new service businesses are doing well in Korea.   In particular, it observes that foreign language institutes, primarily teaching English, saw sales increase by 25.2 percent in 2008.   Online English classes saw sales rise 38.1 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>Private lessons to be a liability for entry into Foreign Language High Schools</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/12/private-lessons-to-be-a-liability-for-entry-into-foreign-language-high-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/12/private-lessons-to-be-a-liability-for-entry-into-foreign-language-high-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admissions Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in the Joongang Daily today, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has announced that applicants to foreign language high schools who say they received private education or tutoring will be disadvantaged.  This is the Ministry&#8217;s latest effort to address concerns that changes in the foreign language high school&#8217;s admission process will further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consortium Named for Tests to replace TOEFL</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/consortium-named-for-tests-to-replace-toefl/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/consortium-named-for-tests-to-replace-toefl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Korea Times today reports that a consortium has been named to organize Korea&#8217;s new government-run English proficiency tests.  The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced Wednesday that a group consisting of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and four universities will administer the first grade-level exam of the state tests.  Grade one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Language High Schools a Hot Political Issue</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/10/foreign-language-high-schools-a-hot-political-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/10/foreign-language-high-schools-a-hot-political-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea&#8217;s foreign language high schools have become a hot political issue.  A lawmaker from the ruling party has again suggested that they should be eliminated.   The first two foreign language high schools, Daewon and Daeil, were approved in 1992.  Starting in the mid-1990s they gained a reputation of sending most of their students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Language High Schools&#8211;2 percent Dropout Rate</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/10/foreign-language-high-schools-2-percent-dropout-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/10/foreign-language-high-schools-2-percent-dropout-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As noted in a recent article in the Chosun Ilbo, almost 2,000 students dropped out of Korea&#8217;s highly competitive foreign language high schools between 2004 and 2008.  This represented a dropout rate of approximately two percent.  The report suggested that those who dropped out had found themselves on the lower rungs of academic accomplishment, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor English Seen as Obstacle to Higher Salaries</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/10/poor-english-seen-as-obstacle-to-higher-salaries/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/10/poor-english-seen-as-obstacle-to-higher-salaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korea's Education Sector]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to an article in the Chosun Ilbo today, eight out of ten salaried workers think they are underpaid because of their poor English skills.  In the survey of almost 1,500 employed workers conducted by a jobs site, 89.9 percent of respondents said that if they had a better command of English they would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeju Global Education City Inaugurated</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/06/jeju-global-education-city-inaugurated/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/06/jeju-global-education-city-inaugurated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN and other media covered the inauguration last week of a new English Education City on the island province of Jeju.  The central idea of the project is to create a city where elementary, middle and high schools&#8212;and eventually universities&#8211;teach all of their courses in English.  Top-notch schools from outside Korea are being invited to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korea Ranks at the Bottom in IELTS English Test</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/06/korea-ranks-at-the-bottom-in-ielts-english-test/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/06/korea-ranks-at-the-bottom-in-ielts-english-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in the Korea Times today, Korea ranked second from the bottom worldwide in the General Training Module (GTM) for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), according to the British Council.  The number of Koreans taking IELTS increased to 27,000 last year, up from 23,000 in 2007 and 14,000 in 2006.   Last [...]]]></description>
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