Table 1 Participants
From: Korean language teachers’ vulnerability over English competency in Korean-only classrooms
No | Name | Years of teaching KSL | Educational background | Foreign languages spoken | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Sung-Mi | 3 months | BA in English MA in English Ph.D. student in KSL Education | English | Taught English at Korean universities over 4 years |
T2 | Su-Jin | 3 years | BA in Korean MA in Korean Education; Ph.D. student in KSL Education | ||
T3 | Jeong-Ah | 5 years 8 months in Uzbekistan | BA in English MA in TESOL in UK Ph.D. student in KSL Education | English | Occasionally teaching English to Korean students |
T4 | Yeon-Woo | 2 years 6 months | BA in Japanese MA in Japanese; Ph.D. students in KSL Education | English, Japanese | |
T5 | Jin-Joo | 8 years | BA in Korean MA in Korean Education; Ph.D. in KSL | Coordinator of a Korean Education Center | |
T6 | Kyeong | 6 years | BA in Korean MA in Korean; Ph.D. student in KSL | Planning study abroad to learn English | |
T7 | Ji-Su | 5 years | BA in Japanese MA in Korean Education; Ph.D. student in KSL | Japanese | Studying English and Chinese to help students with quick explanations in those languages |
T8 | Ji-Min | 8 years 6 months in China | BA in Chinese MA in Korean; Ph.D. in KSL | Chinese | Being enrolled in Japanese Program at an open university |
T9 | An-San | 4 years | BA in English; MA in English; Ph.D. in KSL | English | |
T10 | Dae-Gu | 3 years | BA in Korean; MA in Korean; Ph.D. student in KSL | ||
T11 | Ye-Soo | 3 years | BA in Korean; MA in Korean Education; Ph.D. student in KSL | ||
T12 | Kim | 1 year | BA in Chinese; MA in Applied Linguistics; Ph.D. student in KSL | Chinese English |