Archive for Korean Speakers

Korean College Grads and English Job Interviews

From all that I’ve heard, the push to learn English in Korea is huge these days. This article from the Korea Times reports that 39% of recent college graduates want to find jobs with big companies where spoken English is frequently a prerequisite for the job. Some job interviews are done with native English speakers

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Accent Reduction Goals-Is There a Perfect English Accent?

Yoko Matsuka, a veteran English instructor from Japan who specializes in phonics for younger learners says that it’s waste of time to pursue “perfect English pronunciation,” a goal that has long distracted parents in Korea. “There is no such thing as perfect English accent,” she said. Even native English speakers have a wide range of

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