5th Learning Reflection

5^th Learning Reflection

For today - teacher assigned us to discuss about The roles of English Language Education in Asian context of Chang, Bok-Myung. 

This study divided in 3 section;

1. The history of English Language in Asia Context.
- Focus on Singapore, Philipine, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Korea.
  For the Singapore, Philipine and Malaysia are colonized by US and British so English became important in these country.
  For China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea English became important because trad, science, technology etc. 

2. Deverlopmental characteristics of English language.
- He found that in the beginning, all of these countries to be national country such as China bring new innovation from England to develop their country.

3. Important role of English education in Asian 
- It took about the important role of English language education in Asian context
There are 3 important roles;
- English as a way to speed up national development.
- English as a way to understand other cultures.
- English as a tool to communicate in international communication. 

In conclusion, the number of the people who speak English as a second or foreign language in Asian countries is increasing very rapidly so Asian English plays a very important role in the globalized world.

I think think, this article a lot of information, and it is difficult for me. Our work is finished because teamwork and I like working in group, it helps me to see ideas of member and we help to discuss and summarize.

In the last, teacher assigned us to read information about Factors Affecting English Language Teaching and Learning in higher education to discuss in next week.