| Abstract: | The paper is structured in three parts. Part 1 discusses the position and status of English in 15 countries or education systems in East Asia, with the term East Asia used to cover Southeast and Northeast Asia. Part 2 of the paper is devoted to recent developments in English Language Teaching (ELT) in the 15 countries or education systems, while Part 3 attempts some generalizations on the teaching of English in East Asia with regard to issues and problems. One of these issues is concerned with the suitability of certain imported teaching techniques in settings where English is seldom used outside the classroom. Some of the problems are conceptualized as dilemmas. |
