A practicalities and experiences of being non-native english teachers in korea by sardor akramov. A student of

Ranking the difficulty of English speaking, listening, writing, and 
reading.
Fifteen out of 30 Korean students strongly agreed that English 
speaking is the most difficult part of English education. One of 
the 15 students, Donald, mentioned: 
If someone wants to speak English well, she/he needs to 
understand American cultures, customs, and thoughts.
Moreover, to improve English speaking skillshe/he needs to have 
numerous opportunities to practice her/his English by 
usingvarious English expressions. However, Koreans did not have 
enough chances to properly learn American cultures and customs 
and understand American thoughts Korea. Therefore, it could be 
very difficult for Korean students to understand American 
cultures, customs, and thoughts and to find a topic to talk about 
when
Americans and Koreans start communicating with each other.
Because of these reasons, I cannot speak English well in front of 
Americans.
Another student, Patricia, said:I read some research articles 
regarding the Korean student’ s characteristics. The research said 
that if Korean students had any question, they would not ask 
anyone to solve that because they did not want to be frustrated 

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by the wrong answer for that question. However, in the research,
American and foreign students typically asked any question to 
their teachers and professors if they were not able to answer that 
question. Through this research, I realized that it could be 
difficult for Korean students to learn English speaking skills 
because they are typically afraid of collaborating their curiosities 
with their peers or teachers and are easily shy if they do not know 
the exact answer for any question. As a result, Korean students 
always worry about speaking English in front of foreigners and 
even other Korean
students.In addition, the majority of the 15 Korean students 
mentioned that English education in Korea has not been focused 
on English speaking skills. In otherwords, the public schools and 
the private institutes have not invested a great amount of funds in 
English speaking skills; they would rather create English reading 
and grammar courses. That is
why half of the 30 Korean students felt that it has been very 
difficult for them to improve their English speaking skills in Korea. 
Ten out of 30 Korean students stated that the next most difficult