In the face of budget cuts, the education offices of South Korea’s two most populous regions announced in the second half of last year plans to reduce their roster of native English-speaking teachers in coming years.
Archive | February 21st, 2012
Do English-Teacher Cuts in Korea Signal a Sea Change?
Posted on 21 February 2012.
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