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Thu, July 7, 2022 | 10:51
Seoul to forgo English-speaking assistant teachers at middle, high schools
서울 중ㆍ고교서 원어민 보조교사 사라진다
Posted : 2012-07-30 10:57
Updated : 2012-07-30 10:57
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The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Monday it will pull out nearly all English-speaking assistant teachers from the city's middle and high schools by next February, considering that secondary schools put more focus on reading and grammar than speaking.

In an effort to enhance students' English skills through public education, the education office introduced the native-speaking teacher policy in 1995 in the country's primary and secondary schools.

Only 20 to 30 out of 180 native-speaking teachers in city's high schools will remain at Seoul Global High School and 10 other schools designated for special English education by the end of next month, with all but four native speakers of the 260 to be withdrawn from the city's middle schools by next February, according to the city office.

The native speakers who hope to stay in the country will be relocated to the city's elementary schools, where the system will be put in place after an evaluation process, it added.

The move is based upon its decision that the policy is not cost-effective enough in the secondary schools where the focus of the English education is put on reading and grammar, in contrast to elementary schools with speaking-based curriculum, according to the office.

It also cited the results of the survey it conducted last year, where 62.2 percent of some 11,900 parents said they favor "Korean teachers who have a good command of English speaking and teaching" over native speakers as desirable English instructors.

"Scrapping the policy won't lower the quality of public education, as we see an increased number of young Korean teachers who have overseas experience, and we have the so-called 'Teaching English in English' certification system of English teachers," a city official said. (Yonhap)

서울 중ㆍ고교서 원어민 보조교사 사라진다
내년 2월까지 전원 감축…일부 자치구ㆍ초교만 존치 "회화 유창ㆍ수업 능통 韓영어교사 선호도 높아" 올해를 마지막으로 서울의 중ㆍ고등학교에서 원어민 영어 보조교사가 사실상 사라진다. 서울시교육청은 "원어민 영어 보조교사를 초등학교에서만 운영하고 시내 중ㆍ고교에 배치된 인력을 내년 2월까지 전원 감축하기로 했다"고 30일 밝혔다. 시교육청은 당장 다음달까지는 고교의 원어민 영어 보조교사 180여명 중 서울국제고와 영어 중점학교 10곳에 필요한 인원 20∼30명만 빼고 모두 없애기로 했다. 이어 내년 2월까지는 중학교에 있는 원어민 보조교사 260여명 중 영어 중점학교에서 일할 4명만 제외하고 전원 감축한다. 원어민 영어 보조교사가 한국 체류를 더 원하면 복무ㆍ자료개발 실적과 수업 실기를 평가하는 심사를 거쳐 초교로 재배치한다. 이번 조치는 원어민 보조교사가 기초 회화 중심의 초교 수업에서는 성과가 좋지만 독해ㆍ문법 비중이 커지는 중ㆍ고교에서는 효과가 떨어진다는 지적에 따른 것이다. 학부모가 한국인 영어 교사를 선호하는 경향도 이번 조치에 영향을 미쳤다. 서울시교육청이 지난해 학부모 1만1천900여명에게 설문한 결과 응답자의 62.2%가 바람직한 영어 교사로 '영어 회화 실력이 좋고 수업을 잘하는 한국인 교사'를 꼽았다. 원어민 보조 교사는 서울시교육청 외에도 서울시(초 118명, 중 50명)와 자치구(초 121명, 중 36명 고 5명)가 별도로 고용해 학교에 지원한다. 시교육청은 시ㆍ구가 채용한 중ㆍ고교 보조교사도 중학교 인원 20명을 유지키로 한 강남구 등을 제외하고 연내에 모두 감축할 예정이라고 전했다. 1995년 도입된 원어민 보조 교사는 '체류비, 항공료 등 비용대비 효과가 낮다'는 지적과 '공교육이 회화 수업을 책임진다는 점에서 쓸모가 있다'는 주장이 엇갈려 논란이 적지 않았다. 서울시교육청 관계자는 "시의회에서 이미 예산이 삭감돼 인원 유지가 현실적으로 어렵다. 국외 연수 경험이 있는 젊은 한국인 교사가 늘어나는데다 TEE(영어로 하는 영어 수업) 인증제도 보급돼 공교육의 질이 낮아지지 않을 것으로 본다"고 설명했다. (연합뉴스)
 
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