English Education in Korea

Professional Organizations

• ALAK (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea) (member of AILA)

• KATE (Korean Association of Teachers of English)

• Korean Association of Primary English Education (organization for teaching English in elementary schools)

• Korea Association of Multimedia Assisted Language Learning

• KOTESOL (Korea TESOL)

Language Policy and Research Institutions

• Korea Education Development Institute (KEDI)

• Ministry of Education

Newspapers/Magazines

• Chosun Ilbo (also English and Japanese)

• Dong-A Ilbo (also Chinese, English, and Japanese)

• Internet TEFL Journal (research and commentary on English education by leading scholars in Korea)

• Hanguk Taehak Shinmun (University News)

• Hangyorae Shinmun

• JoongAng Ilbo (also English and Japanese)

• Korea Herald

• Korea Times

• Kyoyuk Shinmun (Education News)

References and Other Useful Sites

• Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai'i (useful bibliography)

• Chosun Ilbo Series "The Competitive Power of English"

• Directory of Education in Korea

• KINDS (wonderful site that contains all articles from major Korean newspapers and magazines since 1994)

• National Assembly Library (Kukhoe Tosogwan)

• National Central Library (Kungnip Chungang Tosogwan)

Schools (see major search engines for list of universities)

• Chungdong High School (High school in Seoul with online English newspaper)

Information on the Yongnam Region

(The home region of the Yongnam English Teachers Association (YETA), JACET Kyushu-Okinawa Chapter's sister organization in Korea)

• Dr. Kim Hekyung's Website (excellent site for information on elementary school English teacher development programs)

• Pusan Board of Education

• Pusan Ilbo (major daily newspaper)

• Youngnam English Teachers Association (YETA)

• Yongnam Ilbo (major daily newspaper from Taegu)