Economy Down, English Learning Up?
3 December 2008
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The latest indication of the declining economy is that many people are hitting the books, especially English language ones.
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Kim Min-soo, a 29-year-old office worker, has recently started to take English conversation lessons.
“Any bad things can happen in a time like this. I think I need to do something for preparation when I can,” Kim said, explaining why he suddenly started to study English again. He is one of many who are trying to learn more skills in the hope of making them useful when they have to find a new job. English is one of the favorite subjects in this renewed learning fever. Sales of English primers show the trend. [Korea Times]
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