Accuracy vs Fluency: Is Korea Making a Mistake in How They Learn and Teach English?
I am a native English teacher for an elementary school in Korea and after one of my recent open classes we had a debate on the Accuracy versus Fluency issue. This is an issue which I feel quite strongly about and believe it is a very important issue in the field of teaching English in Korea. I was consequently asked to give a presentation on this issue as an introduction to this debate. Afterwards I was approached by Expacked and asked to write a piece on my opinion regarding this issue. This article purports to serve as an instigator for further communal debate on this issue. This is only a summarized extract of an extensive research paper I’m currently writing as a quest in understanding the problematic issues and struggle South Korea currently has with the English language. What follows is my opinion, and the readers are under no obligation to either agree or disagree with the contents. However, if anyone does want to comment, please feel free to do so. The issue in question during
