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The eight-week summer program in Korean language and culture, organized by the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania under the auspices of CAORC(Council of American Overseas Research Centers) was based on Kyung Hee University Global Campus at Suwon, located twenty-five miles south of Seoul, South Korea in 2007. As part of the National Security Language Initiative, a U.S. government interagency effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages, the United States Department of State and CAORC have made available full scholarships for intensive overseas study in the Korean language. All program costs is covered by these scholarships, including travel to and from the student's home city and Korea, pre-departure orientation costs, visa fees, room, board, travel within Korea, and entrance fees for program activities.
The University of Pennsylvania has partnered with Kyung Hee University to offer the Korean Summer Language Institute in Korea. The program is equivalent to one year of college-level coursework in Korean. Upon completion of the program, students should expect to advance on proficiency level, based on individual efforts. |
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| To apply for admission to this program, all applications must be directed to the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). Please visit the following web site and follow the instructions : www.caorc.org/language/2007programs/korean-app.htm |
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Three levels of instruction in the Korean language will be offered:
Beginning : no prior training or knowledge
Intermediate : completion of one year of college-level Korean or its equivalent prior to the
start of the program
Advanced: completion of two years of college-level Korean or its equivalent prior to the start
of the program
Students will be required to attend all program activities, including classroom instruction and cultural excursions. Classes will be held on the Kyung Hee University campus.
Students will spend eight weeks in intensive language learning, involving four hours per day in class with a language tutor.
Students will continue their language instruction and lectures on Korean history and culture during a week's study at a site in the countryside and will participate in a variety of cultural enrichment activities.
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| Students will be housed in a special section of one of Kyung Hee's dormitories. For trips and excursions outside, students will be housed at hotels. |
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| All applicants must be U.S. citizens either currently enrolled in a degree-granting program at the undergraduate or graduate level or graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program no earlier than May 2005. |
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