(DOWNLOAD) "Korean Children's Cultural Adjustment During Transition to the Early Years of School in Australia (Report)" by Australasian Journal of Early Childhood * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Korean Children's Cultural Adjustment During Transition to the Early Years of School in Australia (Report)
- Author : Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 226 KB
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Introduction In recent years globalisation has precipitated the growth of an international knowledge economy in which acquisition of the English language is considered to be a significant 'marketable asset' (Winkelmann&Winkelmann, 1998, cited in Butcher, 2004, p. 255), particularly in Asian countries. The governments of mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam and Korea have education policies which promote English language teaching and learning. Many Korean teachers, however, do not have the proficiency or confidence to teach in English (Nunan, 2003). Korean students travel to Australia to experience Western culture and consolidate existing English skills, or begin learning English, through immersion in an English-speaking culture (Kwon, 2000).