This is a story of young elementary students in the time of ‘globalizing’ Korea, striving to learn English in order to reach their dreams. Their longings, however, reveal more than an endeavor to master a foreign language - a twelve year old believes that American schools are safer because there are guards with guns inside the school; another ten year old thinks that people become smarter when they go to America. These stories of hope, despair, success, failure, confidenc...
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This is a story of young elementary students in the time of ‘globalizing’ Korea, striving to learn English in order to reach their dreams. Their longings, however, reveal more than an endeavor to master a foreign language - a twelve year old believes that American schools are safer because there are guards with guns inside the school; another ten year old thinks that people become smarter when they go to America. These stories of hope, despair, success, failure, confidence and insecurity reflect Korea’s relationship to English and what it may represent.
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