May 11, 2021 08:39
A growing number of children are hooked on YouTube at the expense of books and have increasing trouble understanding written texts.
Teachers say the problem is getting serious. The Chosun Ilbo and the Korean Federation of Teachers Associations surveyed 1,152 teachers and found that 37.9 percent rated students reading comprehension at 70 out of 100 and 35.1 percent at 60 out of 100, while only 15.4 percent rated it 80 out of 100. Some 9.4 percent rated it less than 59 out of 100 or fail.
One middle school in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province has started teaching remedial Korean vocabulary classes after hours. Such classes are usually needed only for English and math, but the school found that growing numbers of students lacked even basic vocabulary.