Learning a foreign language often involves a lot of boring memorization and verb conjugation, except in South Korea where flying punches and killer kicks are part of the curriculum.

More than 40 academies nationwide teach what is known as "Taeglish," where Korean children are trained in Taekwondo by English-speaking instructors who say the martial art gives the students confidence in the language.

South Koreans spend billions of dollars a year on English instruction for their children. The language is seen as a must for entry into a good university and a good job.

"After English is combined with Taekwondo practice, children can have fun learning the language and do it in high spirits," said Kim Sung-han, the founder of Taeglish.

Taeglish, a combination of the words Taekwondo and English, was introduced in March 2007 as an activity offered by a department store for children. In about a year, academies had spread throughout the country.

Taeglish students are far more energetic in the classroom than their peers who study through traditional methods but their language skills are often not as good as their peers.

學(xué)外語常常需要進(jìn)行大量枯燥的記憶以及掌握動詞的各種變位，但在韓國，拳打腳踢也成了外語課程的一部分。

目前，韓國已有40多所院校教授所謂的“跆拳道式英語”（Taeglish）。在這些地方，教練們用英語向?qū)W生教授跆拳道，他們認(rèn)為跆拳道能增強(qiáng)學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)外語的信心。

韓國人每年在孩子學(xué)英語上的投入達(dá)到數(shù)十億美元。在韓國，英語好被視為進(jìn)入好大學(xué)和找份好工作的必要條件。

“跆拳道式英語”的創(chuàng)始人金宋漢說：“將英語與練跆拳道結(jié)合起來后，學(xué)生們能夠開心并且精神飽滿地去學(xué)習(xí)英語�！�

“Taeglish”（跆拳道式英語）是Taekwondo（跆拳道）和English（英語）兩個(gè)詞的合成。這一方法于去年三月推出，當(dāng)時(shí)是一家百貨商店為孩子們組織的一項(xiàng)活動。而在之后的約一年中，教授“跆式英語”的院校已遍布全國。

與用傳統(tǒng)方法學(xué)英語的學(xué)生相比，接受“跆式英語”訓(xùn)練的學(xué)生在課堂上要活躍得多，但他們的語言技能往往不如前者。