'It's Always More Difficult than You Plan and Imagine': Teachers' Perceived Difficulties in Introducing the Communicative Approach in South Korea.

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Title: 'It's Always More Difficult than You Plan and Imagine': Teachers' Perceived Difficulties in Introducing the Communicative Approach in South Korea.
Language: English
Authors: Li, Defeng
Source: TESOL Quarterly. Win 1998 32(4):677-703.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 27
Publication Date: 1998
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Differences, Educational Theories, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Western Civilization
Geographic Terms: South Korea
ISSN: 0039-8322
Abstract: A study of a group of South Korean secondary-school English teachers' perceived difficulties in adopting communicative language teaching reveals that the difficulties have their source in the differences between the underlying educational theories of South Korea and those of Western countries. (Author/VWL)
Entry Date: 2000
Accession Number: EJ587912
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:A study of a group of South Korean secondary-school English teachers' perceived difficulties in adopting communicative language teaching reveals that the difficulties have their source in the differences between the underlying educational theories of South Korea and those of Western countries. (Author/VWL)
ISSN:0039-8322