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The Education Ministry will start English classes from the first grade of elementary school in 2008 and place qualified native English speakers in middle schools as assistant teachers by 2010. Under a five-year master plan for education released Wednesday, English classes, currently offered from third grade for an hour a week and for two hours from fifth grade, will start in first grade for all schools in 2008 once a trial period beginning this fall is complete.
The Ministry also decided to make English the language of instruction for math and science in all elementary and secondary schools in the special economic zones of Incheon, Busan-Jinhae and Gwangyang and the free international city of Jeju.
It will also reorganize the current 6-3-3-4 education system (elementary, middle and high school plus university), and start the new school year in September in line with the international trend.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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