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Ways to Enhance the Competitiveness of English Education in Korea and English Education Policy in Ot
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- Mo Jongryn
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- 10-04-27 15:00
The Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted the first Asan Forum on “Ways to Enhance the Competitveness of English Education in Korea and English Education Policy in Other Countries” in the 1st floor Auditorium of the Asan Institute building on April 28, 2010.
The Forum, chaired by Young Soogil, Director of National Strategy Institute, provided an opportunity for experts to exchange their views on the state of Korea’s English education. Mo Jongryn (Professor at Yonsei University) introduced cases of countries that embraced English as an official language and presented ways to adopt English as an official language in Korea, followed by an in-depth analysis of the effects of using English as an official language as well as by a discussion of how to support the expansion of English in various spheres and official institutions. The discussion featured Kim Jongok (Ministry of Knowledge Economy), Min Sun-Sik (President of YBM-sisa), Park Jun-Eon (Professor at Soongsil University), Suh, Euiho (Professor at POSTECH), and Hank Ahn (Commissioner of Invest KOREA), who provided diverse perspectives and opinions on effective English education policies in Korea.
Mo Jongryn
Visiting Research Fellow
Dr. MO Jongryn is a visiting research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Dr. Mo also serves as vice president for International Affairs at Yonsei University and maintains non-residence affiliations with the Hoover Institution and Stanford University. Previously, Dr. Mo was an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Korean Political and Economic Development: Crisis, Security and Institutional Rebalancing (with Barry Weingast, 2013), The Rise of Korean Leadership: Emerging Powers and Liberal International Order (with John Ikenberry, 2013), and editor of Middle Powers and G20 Governance (2013). Dr. Mo received his B.A. in economics from Cornell University, M.S. in social science from the California Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. in political economics from Stanford University.