Opinion

There are a lot of foreign countries who are studying English nowadays. They are looking for competitive English instructor at a cheaper cost. The reason for studying is either for business, for college applications, job interviews, or just for them to learn the universal language. There are a lot of people teaching English, but right now, the most popular destination for learning English in a cheaper cost is the Philippines and the popular students are Koreans...

Why would the Koreans want to learn English in the Philippines or would like to have a Filipino teacher? Well, I have tried asking the other students that I have talked to and they told several things... Major reason is the cost... Learning English with a Filipino teacher is very cheap to them and they can really afford the fee... Next reason is that they understand Filipinos better. They are not really affected by the rumors that the Filipinos are bad English speakers.. Most of them like talking to Filipinos better than other people (no offense on the other nationalities). They say that other English speaking people have the tendency to stutter and murmur words that they cannot understand and there are words that are too deep to absorb... So there are the 2 major reasons of the Koreans...

In Korean culture, when you are a foreigner, you have to learn their language so that you can talk to them. You have to be the one adjusting in their culture for you to be able to understand them. This is the reason why they really have no English subject because they really don't need it.. But when recession hits the entire globe, most Koreans are looking for jobs abroad and now they need to study English... That is also the reason as to why learning English to them is a big hit now and a big employment to other English speaking country that can teach them the language.

Most Koreans are learning pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and listening skills in English... These are the basic lessons that they are taking... In this way, they will be able to somehow understand persons who speak English and be able to start a conversation with them.. Koreans are very good students because they really work hard in learning and you will be able to see their eagerness in studying English...