[EYE ON ENGLISH (7)] Lee offers advice for aspiring interpreters

July 7, 2009

This is the seventh installment of a series of interviews with experts in English education aimed at offering tips, trends and information related to English learning and teaching in Korea. — Ed.
By Yang Sung-jin
Lee Soh-hee, professor of Seoul University of Foreign Studies, said graduate students majoring in interpretation and translation are deeply anxious to improve [...]

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Open from 10p to 2a: Thank you GNP!

July 2, 2009

In an effort to curb Private English Education costs in South Korea, the Grand National Party (the conservative arm of the Korean government and the  political party President Lee Myung-bak was elected from) wants “hagwon(s) [to] be banned from offering lessons to students after 10 p.m.”
Just like prohibition in the United States from 1920 to [...]

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