Orienting Native English Teachers to Korean Students: From Sociocultural Perspectives
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Under the assumption that different expectations by people from different native cultural backgrounds might lead to serious mismatches so as to affect them in a teaching and learning relationship, this paper looks into the religious tradition of Korean culture and the process of recent economic development, two major determining factors of molding their current distinctive cultural identity. Some typical student‐specific characteristics of Koreans are then derived and compared with those of Americans which although there are differences, would be relatively similar to other native English teachers (NETs) in Korea. Additionally, several common behaviors of Korean students in and around the classroom are summarized, followed by those of NETs which are likely to render awkward feelings among both parties. Based on these, specific guidelines are provided to help NETs teach their Korean students more effectively and vice versa, i.e., for Korean students to understand their NETs. Finally, the results of the practical application of this orientation material to the selected NETs are presented.
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Under the assumption that different expectations by people from different native cultural backgrounds might lead to serious mismatches so as to affect them in a teaching and learning relationship, this paper looks into the religious tradition of Korean culture and the process of recent economic development, two major determining factors of molding their current distinctive cultural identity. Some typical student‐specific characteristics of Koreans are then derived and compared with those of Americans which although there are differences, would be relatively similar to other native English teachers (NETs) in Korea. Additionally, several common behaviors of Korean students in and around the classroom are summarized, followed by those of NETs which are likely to render awkward feelings among both parties. Based on these, specific guidelines are provided to help NETs teach their Korean students more effectively and vice versa, i.e., for Korean students to understand their NETs. Finally, the results of the practical application of this orientation material to the selected NETs are presented.
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