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American college and university life, American cultural activities, American academic
programs, and so forth.
Especially, the researcher found that the majority of the 30 Korean students
thought that English education in Korea was
ineffective and inefficient, and they were not
happy with the English educational environment in Korea; due to this reason, the 30
Korean students devalued English education in Korea. In addition, in the Summary of
Findings, the 30 Korean students gave an average score of 8.36 out of 10 for
English
education in America, and this score was higher than the score of English education in
Korea; in other words, these students were more satisfied with the English educational
environment in America than in Korea. That is why the researcher indicated that when
they decided
to come to UNK, the 30 Korean students expected not only to improve their
English proficiency significantly, but also to overcome the difficulties of English
speaking, writing, listening, and vocabulary abilities.
As previously stated, the 30 Korean students are satisfied with the UNK
educational
environment; particularly, they enjoyed taking UNK courses with UNK
professors and domestic and international UNK students and being completely exposed
to an English speaking environment. In other words, the 30 Korean students exceedingly
praise the English environment at UNK. Furthermore,
in the Summary of Findings, 22
out of 30 Korean students specifically stated that achieving a certain level of English
proficiency is very important while they attend UNK because this ability will
significantly help them to accomplish their desires and dreams. Moreover, most of the 30
Korean students realized that they still struggle with English speaking, writing, listening,
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and vocabulary skills even
after coming to UNK, so the researcher understood that this
kind of experience would help the 30 Korean students to improve all English abilities.
Therefore, these results show how all of the South Korean students value the English
language and the experience of coming to UNK.
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