However, because of the time pressure, the teachers get no time to see if the students understand. At least one letter a week is published in The Korea Herald about the problems with English education in Korea. There are probably more in the Korean newspapers. But it seems that the government does not read them nor do they even think about what the editorials are saying. They ignore what the teachers and students are saying.
Parents pressure the teachers and principals to make their children study hard.
Everyone knows that you must speak English in order to understand it, but when it comes to schools, the parents pressure the teachers only to study, study, study, which the students come to hate. I believe that the whole school system needs to be changed so that the teachers can have time to teach their students properly. They need to have more time with the students so that they can measure the understanding of the students. The students should learn only conversation skills, specifically listening and speaking, in middle school. Then, in high school, reading and writing can be taught more effectively in English.