[etni] Experience, Methodology Matter in English Teaching

Experience, Methodology Matter in English Teaching
The Korea Times - February 27, 2008

A U.S. English language officer said that when Korea selects foreign English 
teachers, it should put more emphasis on their experiences and teaching 
methodology than the mere fact that English is their mother tongue.

"People think, if you have an English native speaker, you have a good 
teacher. It is more important to have teachers who have experience and ideas 
of methodology rather than having native speakers," said Michael E. Rudder, 
regional English language officer (RELO) of the embassy of the United States 
of America in an interview with The Korea Times.

The RELO assists, facilitates and helps out in English teaching in a total 
of 18 countries all over the world.

Rudder, based in Jakarta, Indonesia, has been covering eight countries in 
East Asia since November 2006. He travels from time to time to Korea, Japan, 
East Timor, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines and Indonesia.

During his visit to Korea last week, the language officer said that speaking 
skills are nothing to do with teaching ability and well-trained Korean 
teachers will be the key for success in English education.

(To read the whole article, go to -
http://www.etni.org/news/experience_methodology.htm  )


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