Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
We often think of Korea’s neo-Confucianism of Joseon Dynasty times as a singular concept, but in actuality, it was more of an umbrella term for the differing schools of thought that existed simultaneously as well as those that developed sequentially during Joseon times. One of these schools of neo-Confucian thought was that of the Nosa School, developed in the Jeolla area by Ki Jeong-jin.
“Find ways to excel with your abilities, improve your skills, and remember that we will be students forever, so let’s choose our methods of learning early.”
Together we are stronger!
This month, we discuss some of Ian Moodie’s recent research on English teachers in Korea, about teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) here, and a bit on the fishing connection. Ian is a tenure-track associate professor in the Department of English Education at Mokpo National University, where he teaches linguistics and English education courses to local preservice teachers.
It is not very often that we run into a person who is a speaker of many languages. It is even rarer to meet a polyglot who has had formal instruction in not only learning languages but also in teaching. Our interview here is with one such person living amongst us here in Gwangju: Aline Verduyn. She has much to offer on speaking, learning, and teaching multiple languages.
The Raemi School’s name was coined by the first cohort of students themselves when the school was established in 2012. Raemi (래미) is the reversal of the syllables of the Korean word mirae (미래), which means “future.”
Photos courtesy of Kat Sten and Kelsey Rivers March sees not only warm spring breezes sweeping into the country and flowers blossoming on trees, but hordes of students returning to … Read More
In part 2 we continue to look at students rights and whether there is too much pressure being put on them to study
