Ko, Young-Jin. 1999. Linguistic Competence as an Intermediate Goal of Foreign Language Education. Studies in Modern Grammar 15, 191-211. This study aims at finding out some problems of foreign language education, particularly in high schools, and suggesting some alternatives. From the investigation of the sixth foreign language education curriculum, this study points out one of the most serious problems overlooking the importance of the acquisition of linguistic competence. So this study suggests one proposal for establishing the intermediate goal in English education. In my view, while the acquisition of communicative competence is the supreme goal in language learning, to reach it is too much to expect in our foreign language education circumstances. So we need to establish an intermediate goal on the way the highest goal. That is the acquisition of linguistic competence in Chomsky`s sense. And this study claims that the establishment of an intermediate goal will improve foreign language education, especialy English teaching and learning in our high schools.

• 고영진 | Young Jin Ko