The present study investigated how the native English speaking teachers (NEST hereafter) were teaching Korean children learning English as a foreign language (EFL) in a private language school. Specifically, it examined how their NESTs dealt with the dimensions of form, meaning, and use of language. A detailed analysis of the video- taped EFL classes targeted for Korean elementary school students taught by NESTs revealed that the teachers relied heavily on textbooks and their intuitions of the target language rather than facilitative teaching techniques. The implication of the present study is that there should be more syste- matized theory-based methods taken by NESTs to deal more effectively with beginning EFL learners in terms of the ways of presenting language data and to engage students in diverse learning activities. In addition, this paper argues that there is a strong need for NESTs to be trained as professional language teachers and to be equipped with teaching techniques and skills to customize the needs of Korean elementary school EFL learners.

• Hye Kyung Ryoo(Daegu University)