Korea: English, Korean to Get More Weight in Elite School Admissions

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


The Korea Times



English, Korean to Get More Weight in Elite School Admissions



Beginning this year, foreign language high schools in Gyeonggi
Province will put more weight on English and Korean language fluency
for their admissions, according to sources at the Gyeonggi Provincial
Office of Education Sunday. Headmasters of nine of these schools in
the province announced that a test measuring math and science aptitude
will be abolished, the sources said.
Instead, focus will be on language skills, where English listening and
writing will become crucial. The English test will become more
difficult and specified to evaluate individual's precise English
fluency, they said.



Full story:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/01/117_16793.html




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