Korea: Is It Never Too Soon to Start Cramming English?

[Francis Hult]

Digital Chosunilbo

 

Is It Never Too Soon to Start Cramming English?

 

The already zealous advance of English-language education is now even sweeping up parents of kindergarten-age children, driven by government plans to improve what is by all accounts an inefficient system. 

 

English classes in elementary school will increase to two to three times a week, from one to two. Parents obsessed with giving their children the advantage at this stage begin teaching their infant children English, a time widely believed to allow them to absorb the language better. 

 

A staffer with a language school says while there are no accurate data, parents' worries have certainly boosted overall demand for English-language kindergartens this year. Since the presidential Transition Committee announced its English education policy, at least 45 English-language schools have newly opened in the Gangnam and Mapo areas. 

 

Full story:

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200807/200807170017.html

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