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English education Although I have been studying English for a long time, I still don't have much confidence in English. I should blame on myself for sure. But I still want to point out a problem of English education system in Korea. A few days ago, there was an university entrance test in Korea. English test have drawn many people's attentions for its difficulty. I heard that some of English native speakers made clips to comment on the English test on YouTube. They said there were so many vocabulary English native speakers don't use and awkward sentences which make sense anyhow though. At this point of time, I am wondering why English education is being conducted in an unpractical way. I don't want to be a translating machine. I want to communicate with foreigners naturally.
Nov 24, 2014 2:57 AM
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English education

Although I have been studying English for a long time, I still don't have much confidence in English. I should blame <em>it </em>on myself for sure. But I still want to point out a problem of <em>with the </em>English education system in Korea. A few days ago, there was an university entrance test in Korea. English test<em>s</em> have drawn many people's attentions for its <em>their </em>difficulty. I heard that some of English native speakers made clips to comment on the English test on YouTube. They said there were <em>was </em>so many <em>much </em>vocabulary English native speakers don't use and awkward sentences which <em>don't </em>make sense anyhow though.

At this point of <em>in </em>time, I am wondering why English education is being conducted in an unpractical way. I don't want to be a translating machine. I want to communicate with foreigners naturally.

<em>You're pratically native yourself, though! Good job.</em>

November 24, 2014

English Education

 

Although I have been studying English for a long time, I still don't have much confidence in it English. I should blame on myself for this. sure. But However, I still want to point out a problem of in the English education system in of Korea. A few days ago, there was an university entrance exam, where it had /gained/drawn test in Korea. English test have drawn many people's much attentions/publicity for its difficulty. I heard that some of English native speakers made clips to made video comments about its difficulty on the English test on YouTube. They said there were so There are too many vocabulary English native speakers don't use and awkward sentences which make sense anyhow though difficult words that even native speakers have no idea to their meaning and sentence construction overly complicated. 

At this point of time, I am wondering why English education is being conducted taught in such an unpractical way. I don't want to be a translating machine. I just want to communicate with foreigners English speakers in a naturally setting.

 

It is like Korean; writing in formal terms and speaking informally are two different things.  In Korean, you need to be careful about honorifics according to whom you are speaking to!

November 24, 2014
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