Most recently a ninth-grader at Godeok Middle School in Seoul wrote about the near impossible state of affairs concerning English language education in Korea. Her concern was that the present "Korean-style English education focused much more on grammar and reading instead of listening and speaking." In clear truth there is an imbalance in teaching the major systems of English in most classrooms today. Listening and speaking are decisive overriding factors for communication and have a higher and more useful value than reading and writing in the general public sphere. Should one wish to be an editor, writer, reporter, or English Education major, then grammar and reading has importance and usefulness.

I remember well those childhood days of how I learned to speak English. That would be the same way you learned your native tongue in........

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