“I Know How to Teach”
Text and photographs by Dr. David Shaffer It wasn’t so long ago that I was downtown at a restaurant-cum-tavern when a nice young lady walked up to me. She said … Read More
Category: Teaching & Learning
English Education Policy Before the Millennium
Written by Dr. David Shaffer Why do so many Koreans go to college? Why are there so many private academies (hagwon) all over the country? Does Korea do policy planning … Read More
“English Education in Korea Has Changed”
Written by Dr. David Shaffer The Peace Corps and Fulbright – two U.S. agencies that we don’t often think about in the same neuron transmission – have pursued similar goals … Read More
English Education in Korea: From Whence It Came
Written by Dr. David Shaffer What do Imperial Japan, foreign missionaries, Peace Corps volunteers, and the USAID program have in common? Teaching English as a foreign language… in Korea. Many … Read More
Leadership for the EFL Teacher?
Leadership: What Is It? Teachers’ association officers, school principals, educational institution administrators, and government agency officials…. These are the types of people we most readily associate with leadership roles in … Read More
Major Roadblocks to Language Learning
Words and photo provided by Dr. David Shaffer There are very few of us – as language teachers or as language learners – who would suggest that learning a foreign … Read More
Praise for KIIP at GIC
Words by Peter Gallo Photo by Lorryn Smit “All in all, I think it is a wonderful program. It teaches you everything you need to know to be able to … Read More
Four Weeks in Seoul: Short-Term Intensive Korean Language Courses
Photo by Lorryn Smit Learning Korean can be hard. Even for those international residents who have been living in Korea for years, developing fluency in the language can seem like … Read More