Teachers' attitudes towards Korean English in South Korea

Abstract

This study explores the attitudes of English teachers, both Korean and non-Korean, towards 'Korean English' (KoE) in South Korea. Data about these attitudes were collected via 204 questionnaires and 25 post-survey individual interviews, from two major regions, Busan Gyeongnam and Seoul Gyeonggi, and were analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The results indicate that the majority of participants displayed a positive attitude towards KoE, especially regarding to the 'cognitive' component of attitude, while they showed 'confused' and 'conflicting' attitudes in the behavioural element. The unique features of KoE, its intelligibility, demographic and widespread use of KoE were perceive..