How foreigners in S. Korea study Korean
- 5 years ago
Time now for our "Life & Info" segment... where we focus on information useful for your everyday life whether you are in Korea or somewhere else around the world.
Today, we turn our focus to culture
And to explain what's going on in South Korea right now, we have our Won Jung-hwan in the studio for us.
Jung-hwan, what do you have for us today?
So Mark, before I go any further, how good is your Korean? And where and how do you practice it?
Wow that's pretty good Mark.
In fact, it is not so common yet,... but when I go around Seoul, I sometimes spot foreign visitors speaking the Korean language quite fluently.
Well nowadays, I could proudly say more and more foreigners are getting used to the language before they even come here,... thanks to the huge popularity of Korean culture and television dramas overseas.
But I always wondered,… how those foreigners "study" the language.
Indeed, to get a closer look into how foreigners do it, I went to the Korean Language Education Center at Seoul National University.
The institute was established in 1969 and aims to teach Korean language and culture to international students, intending to learn Korean language as a foreign language or their second language.
Over 28-thousand students from more than 90 countries have graduated from the programs laid out by the institute,... and the program invites some 5-hundred students every semester from overseas.
Today, we turn our focus to culture
And to explain what's going on in South Korea right now, we have our Won Jung-hwan in the studio for us.
Jung-hwan, what do you have for us today?
So Mark, before I go any further, how good is your Korean? And where and how do you practice it?
Wow that's pretty good Mark.
In fact, it is not so common yet,... but when I go around Seoul, I sometimes spot foreign visitors speaking the Korean language quite fluently.
Well nowadays, I could proudly say more and more foreigners are getting used to the language before they even come here,... thanks to the huge popularity of Korean culture and television dramas overseas.
But I always wondered,… how those foreigners "study" the language.
Indeed, to get a closer look into how foreigners do it, I went to the Korean Language Education Center at Seoul National University.
The institute was established in 1969 and aims to teach Korean language and culture to international students, intending to learn Korean language as a foreign language or their second language.
Over 28-thousand students from more than 90 countries have graduated from the programs laid out by the institute,... and the program invites some 5-hundred students every semester from overseas.