Fewer foreign teachers In the past, English teaching placed too much emphasis on reading and writing, whereas now for most primary school students, "learning to understand and speak is foremost, reading and writing is secondary." Nevertheless many people have reservations about the pronunciation of the English teachers in our primary schools. Private language schools also seem aware of this, and many prominently advertise the fact that they employ foreign teachers.
相較於過去國中英文教學偏重讀寫，目前的小學英文多以「聽、說為主，讀、寫為輔」，但就有不少人質疑國小英文老師的發音能力；坊間補習班似乎也很清楚這個現象，多以外籍老師為招牌。