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The current strong interest in English education leads to a lot of economic and social problems. Example is a number of students studying abroad, high rates of private education cost and social separation by the level of English education. To prevent these problem, English-village have been run since 2004. While this kind of English-village widely creates positive effects in educational and social aspects, it also causes negative ones, such as a high cost but low efficiency of education. The purpose of this study is, therefore, to examine the overall status of English-villages that are currently being run in Korea. Through these research purposes we can look into the implications that can be applied to the Korean english-village, and further more propose a Korean english-village model which is modified from that of the advanced states system. The results are as follows. First, in terms of legal and executive aspects, English-village law and English-village regulation need to be enacted. And English-village Instructor's qualification criteria should be prepared. Secondly, in regards to facility factors, the scale and name of English-village should be used within exactly set limits. The leisure complex level of English village or a small English village of academy size may have to be avoided. Some villages that do not meet the conditions of English village for use of its name should be regulated. Thirdly, teacher training and retraining in English village, which are created for the program and volunteer staff and teachers, need to be explored in ways to take advantage. Fourth, since English village has been established for the purpose of substituting public education, overly low-charged admission fees should be appropriated in relation to actual needs.