The Importance of Pronunciation of an English Instructor

   In the past, when teaching English, the English pronunciation of an instructor was not taken into account. Particularly in Korea, English education was focused on teaching grammar and training problem solving skills to prepare exams. However, the globalization changed the importance of English from reading comprehension skills to speaking and writing skills. The businessmen and women need English speaking skills in order to prepare negotiations, presentation and etc. Likewise, students and people serving in other career need english speaking skills as well. In learning English, speaking became important. From this perspective, the English teachers' pronunciation is more sigficant than ever.
   To begin with, English teachers' pronunciation when teaching English is very important. Also, some students believe that English teachers should pronounce like a English native speaker. This belief is quite true. The communication skill is being emphasized more and so is English to maximize the effect of delivery. In order to teach English speaking skills, as many nations emphasize, the pronunciation of teachers is critical. I personally think that Korea's English teachers' pronunciation is not good enough to satisfy the students and meet the needs of globalized society. I would work hard and continuously practice my English pronunciation in order to meet this demand and become a standard English teacher.