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韩国首尔推行英语教师资格证书

据《韩国时报》报道，首尔教育部门日前宣布于今年秋季开始推行TEE（Teaching English in English）英语教师资格证书，以确保至2012年，所有中、小学英语教师具备用英语讲授英语课程的能力。

THE Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education is planning to establish a system to ensure that all South Korean teachers of English can conduct English-only classes by 2012 from the current 58 percent, The Korea Times has reported.

The education office has previously announced that English classes offered in Seoul’s public elementary and secondary schools would be taught in English starting in 2012. Under the latest plan, the office will introduce the Teaching English in English(TEE) Certificate for qualified English teachers, beginning in the autumn semester. The city currently has 4,678 English teachers at secondary schools and 3,800 at elementary schools.

According to the education office, there are two types of TEE certificates: TEE-Ace and TEE-Master. To obtain TEE-Ace, teachers should have more than three years of experience and a minimum of 30 TEE training points. They are also required to pass the level 2 Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) and Teaching Practice Test(TPT) developed by the South Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation. Teachers are eligible for the TEE-Master certificate once they have seven years of experience and a minimum of 80 TEE training points. They must also pass the level 3 TKT and TPT and complete an intensive two-week training program.

“We will issue the certificate to teachers who are able to conduct classes in English and continue to encourage more and more teachers to acquire the certificate,” said Yoon Ho-sang, senior supervisor at the education office. Yoon added that the TEE system would help boost parents’ trust in public education and reduce private education costs.