Global Breaking News - Thursday, October 8, 2026

 If you could make one important change in a school that you attended, what change would you make? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

Most of the schools that I attended had excellent programs and instructors. Unfortunately, at one school this was not the case. The foreign language program there needed both better planning and better instructors. If I could, I would make changes in three major areas.
* attend = ~에 다니다 / instructor = 교사, 강사 / unfortunately = 불행하게도

The first step would be to offer third and fourth year language classes. This particular school had no language programs above the second year level. Students who started language classes in the first year ran out of classes to take by the time they were halfway through the school. This was frustrating for those of us who loved learning languages. It also had bad effects when we tried to resume language studies in college after a two-year break.
* language class = 언어 수업 / particular = 특별한, 독특한 / halfway = 중도의, 중간의 / frustrating = 절망스러운, 좌절감을 느끼는 / bad effects = 나쁜 영향 / resume = 재개하다, 다시 시작하다

Next, the foreign language program should be staffed with well-trained instructors. The current teachers in the program don't speak the languages well enough. In our classes teachers frequently made errors which the students repeated. If the teachers were well-trained, they would be good models for the students.
* foreign language = 외국어 / staff = 직원으로 일하다, 직원으로 제공되다 / well-trained = 잘 훈련된 / frequently = 종종 / make errors = 실수하다 

Finally, the materials in the language courses should be updated. They need to use modern technology. Even though the school has a computer laboratory, our language class never used it. We were limited to using the 'assigned textbook. If software was available, the students could search the Internet for current, real-life materials, such as newspapers from other countries. Understanding people from other countries depends on being able to communicate with them.
* material = 자료, 재료 / update = 최신의 것으로 만들다, 갱신하다 / modern technology = 현대 기술 / laboratory = 실험실 / assigned = 할당된, 지정된 / real-life = 실제의, 현실의

Poor language instruction makes this impossible. Improving the foreign language program would really make a difference to the students of the school.
* poor = 초라한, 서투른 / make a difference = 영향이 있다, 차이를 두다