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All during the 1990s and right up until the beginning of the economic crisis at the end of 1997 the number of young Koreans going overseas to study steadily increased each year. By January of 1997 there were 133,249 Korean students studying in 69 foreign countries.
The devaluation of the Korean won against the U.S. dollar in December of 1997 put a temporary halt to that exodus because the suddenly expensive dollar made the cost of studying abroad prohibitively expensive.
Students who had been planning to enter foreign schools had to cancel their plans, and many students who were already overseas and depending upon their parents for money had to drop out of school and return to Korea. The economic crisis caused a lot of hardship for students hoping to study abroad.
There are a few reasons why Korean students have wanted to study overseas:
1. Korea's very competitive college entrance examination. Only half of the high school seniors who try to enter college each year pass the test. Those who fail can either give up going to college or spend one or two years restudying their high school subjects at private cram schools.
2. The chance to become fluent in English. Everyone knows that kids who are exposed to a language from an early age quickly become fluent. Fluency in English is already considered to be one of the keys to a successful career, so parents who can afford to send their children to overseas English language schools are eager to do so.
3. A degree from a Korean university is no longer necessary to get a good job with a big Korean company. In fact, a college degree from a foreign university and fluency in a foreign language are great advantages in today's Korean job market.
Korean firms used to turn away applicants who had not earned their degrees in Korea. But now they actively seek out such people. Job applications now include questions about overseas study, and even as little as six months of study abroad gives the applicant a better chance of getting the job.
Sensitive to the problem that Asian students have in paying their tuition fees, in 1998 American public universities (state universities) abolished regulations which prohibited foreign students from having part-time jobs.
But the devaluation of the won caused a big drop in the number of students going abroad to study between 1997 and 1998, although that decline is expected to be only temporary.
Q1) What do you think of the idea of going abroad to study...
*... in elementary school or middle school?
*... in high school?
*... for undergraduate (college) study?
Q2) Nowadays Korean employers prefer to hire people who have studied overseas. What do you think of that? Explain your opinion.
a. It's not fair to Korean students who can't afford to go overseas to study.
b. It's a good idea because students who go overseas have better language ability.
Q3) Since employers now prefer students who have studied overseas, do you think that someday all of the best jobs will go to students who have degrees from overseas universities? Why or why not?
Q4) Have you ever studied abroad, or would you like to study abroad? If so, what did you study, or what would you like to study, and where (in what country)?
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The devaluation of the Korean won against the U.S. dollar in December of 1997 put a temporary halt to that exodus because the suddenly expensive dollar made the cost of studying abroad prohibitively expensive.
Students who had been planning to enter foreign schools had to cancel their plans, and many students who were already overseas and depending upon their parents for money had to drop out of school and return to Korea. The economic crisis caused a lot of hardship for students hoping to study abroad.
There are a few reasons why Korean students have wanted to study overseas:
1. Korea's very competitive college entrance examination. Only half of the high school seniors who try to enter college each year pass the test. Those who fail can either give up going to college or spend one or two years restudying their high school subjects at private cram schools.
2. The chance to become fluent in English. Everyone knows that kids who are exposed to a language from an early age quickly become fluent. Fluency in English is already considered to be one of the keys to a successful career, so parents who can afford to send their children to overseas English language schools are eager to do so.
3. A degree from a Korean university is no longer necessary to get a good job with a big Korean company. In fact, a college degree from a foreign university and fluency in a foreign language are great advantages in today's Korean job market.
Korean firms used to turn away applicants who had not earned their degrees in Korea. But now they actively seek out such people. Job applications now include questions about overseas study, and even as little as six months of study abroad gives the applicant a better chance of getting the job.
Sensitive to the problem that Asian students have in paying their tuition fees, in 1998 American public universities (state universities) abolished regulations which prohibited foreign students from having part-time jobs.
But the devaluation of the won caused a big drop in the number of students going abroad to study between 1997 and 1998, although that decline is expected to be only temporary.
Q1) What do you think of the idea of going abroad to study...
*... in elementary school or middle school?
*... in high school?
*... for undergraduate (college) study?
Q2) Nowadays Korean employers prefer to hire people who have studied overseas. What do you think of that? Explain your opinion.
a. It's not fair to Korean students who can't afford to go overseas to study.
b. It's a good idea because students who go overseas have better language ability.
Q3) Since employers now prefer students who have studied overseas, do you think that someday all of the best jobs will go to students who have degrees from overseas universities? Why or why not?
Q4) Have you ever studied abroad, or would you like to study abroad? If so, what did you study, or what would you like to study, and where (in what country)?
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