“…For example, in S. Korea, teaching English through English (TETE) was introduced only in 2001 and certification was introduced by the Korean government in 2009 to enable all English teachers to teach English in English by 2012. The policy was rescinded because of the concern and resistance from teachers, resulting in the use of both L1 and English in English language classrooms (Shin, 2020). Similarly, in Japan, it was as recent as 2013 that teaching English through English was stipulated by the Course of Study for senior high school released by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT).…”