A Historical Perspective on Koreans’ English Language Anxiety Seen through Korea-US Relations

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· 저자명 : 박남규

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This paper attempts to explain Koreans’ excessive English language anxiety through the examination of the historical peculiarities of the Korea-US relations. As the fate of Korea has been controlled by the hands of the United States several times in the time lines of Korean history, the relationship between the two countries has become a kind of the dominant/the subordinate or the strong/the weak, and it is presumed that the US has become a kind of fear or an object of reverence in the subconscious of Koreans. It is assumed that Koreans’ excessive English language anxiety is attributed to this peculiar and unusual historical relationship. In order to escape from this abnormal situation, Koreans need to be psychologically armed in the first place, trying to put themselves in the same line with native speakers, which is believed to be possible through the development and application of a higher-order thinking system. The psychological armament education of Korean English learners is as important as the English content education, so it is necessary to devote a certain amount of class time to the psychological armament education.(Konyang University)

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