The
Seoul National University
Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...
Korean Language Education Center (, 서울센터) provides
Korean as a foreign language
Korean as a foreign language is the study of the Korean language by anyone who is not a native speaker, regardless of Koreans, Korean ethnicity.
International organizations
The International Association for Korean Language Education (IAKLE; ), f ...
instruction to
foreigners in Korea
Following the division of Korea in the aftermath of the Korean War, the percent of foreigners in South Korea has risen to 3.4%, or about two million of the total population (half of them Chinese, with Americans and Vietnamese tied for second pla ...
. Located in
Gwanak-gu,
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
, the program is one of the three Korean language programs approved by the Blakemore Foundation for its advanced study grants for 2013.
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study Grant Guidelines, 2013 (PDF)
See also
* Language learning
Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware of language and to understand it), as well as to produce and use words and sentences to ...
* King Sejong Institute
King Sejong Institute () is the brand name of Korean-language institutes established by the South Korean government around the world since 2007. The institute's name refers to Sejong the Great, the inventor of the Korean alphabet. As of June 2021 ...
* Korean as a foreign language
Korean as a foreign language is the study of the Korean language by anyone who is not a native speaker, regardless of Koreans, Korean ethnicity.
International organizations
The International Association for Korean Language Education (IAKLE; ), f ...
* Myongji University Korean Language Institute
* Yonsei University Korean Language Institute
The Yonsei University Korean Language Institute (Hangul: 한국어학당, Hanja:) provides instruction in Korean as a foreign language for international students and businesspeople in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.
Established in 1959, over 62,000 studen ...
* Sogang University Korean Language Education Center
The Sogang University Korean Language Education Center (Hangul: 한국어교육원) provides instruction in Korean language to foreigners in Korea in Mapo-gu, Seoul.
The Sogang program is one of the three Korean language programs approved by the ...
* Busan University of Foreign Studies
Busan University of Foreign Studies (), often shortened to 부산외대 and BUFS, romanized as Pusan University of Foreign Studies before 2011, is a private university in Busan, South Korea, which specializes in foreign languages.
History
Busan ...
References
External links
KLEC homepage
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Korean-language education
Seoul National University