For English Studies, Koreans Say Goodbye to Dad

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — On a sunny afternoon recently, half a dozen South Korean mothers came to pick up their children at the Remuera Primary School here, greeting one another warmly in a schoolyard filled with New Zealanders.

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This article shows well how a lot of Koreans are obsessed with having good abilities in English. It
is talking about one of the booming trends; that is going to English speaking country to study in early ages. Sending young children to other country alone makes parents always anxious about them so this problem in the end lead to one of the parents ( most of cases, mothers go together with their children)follow their children and live separated. It is true that exposing a language in early age is much more efficient to absorb language naturally. However, to get a valued asset, many fathers who mostly support financially in reverse feel isolated, lonely. Moreover, by living apart, the relationship between the couple become estranged and even worse, it bring the result of divorce, family disorganization. In my opinion, the main charge of this tragedy is to lacking quality of English education in Korea. Even though, Korean learn English in their regular education more than ten years, unfortunately, it is really hart to find person who is fluent in English. If the people became fluent in English from only public education, many parents would not consider to send their children to the other country seriously. As new government declare English education in Korea needs to undergo innovative changes of the way of educating Korean students.