must be too much use of instant messenging, sms lingo and not
enough reading outside of textbooks
It's quite awful, really. And if you think of it, it's
actually harder, much harder for those Korean students to pick up
fluent English because their native language uses a pattern that's
totally in reverse to English, ie. their subject-verb-object is
arranged in a totally different manner in their language, and
therefore, they have to adapt to an entirely new system of
expression altogether.
I cringe when I think about my ex-colleagues, all Singaporeans,
who sat for the IELTS a few times, and failed. And then,
there were the PRC's and Filipinos who sat for the same exam just
ONCE, and passed well enough to apply for work in Australia.
Bloody embarrassing, if you ask me. 
