Teaching English as a foreign language to primary school students in East Asia Challenges and future prospects

• Published in: English today Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 16 - 21
• Main Authors: Rao, Zhenhui, Yu, Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Education policy; Elementary education; English as a second language; English as a second language instruction; English teachers; Globalization; Shortages; Socioeconomic factors; Teaching methods; East Asia; South Korea; China; Japan

With the spread of economic globalization and the accelerating demand for English, governments in East Asian countries have been updating their English-in-education policies so as to enhance the quality of English education in the region (Hu & McKay, 2012). Of all these policies, the introductio...