Returning KOICA Overseas Volunteers Meet Overseas Learners Through Online King Sejong Institute

Video lectures for Korean learners in the target area via the online King Sejong Institute platform begin in September
KSIF provides education capacity enhancement classes for KOICA volunteers before the lecture begins.

▲ KOICA's Overseas Volunteer Corps continues to support Korean language lectures for overseas learners through the “Online King Sejong Institute” of the King Sejong Institute Foundation.

KOICA's Overseas Volunteer Corps continues to support Korean language lectures for overseas learners through the “Online King Sejong Institute” of the King Sejong Institute Foundation.

According to an announcement by the KSIF on the 2nd, more than 100 KOICA overseas volunteers in charge of Korean language education who have returned to Korea due to COVID-19 will start teaching Korean language for learners in designated regions through the online King Sejong Institute from November. KOICA's Overseas Volunteer Corps can freely open lectures via the 'KOICA Collaborative e-class' in the online King Sejong Institute in order to provide classes to learners.

Prior to this, the KSIF provided training to strengthen educational capabilities for more than 100 KOICA overseas volunteers for three weeks from October 5 to 23. This introduced the method for opening and operating online training courses via the King Sejong Institute platform. In order to strengthen the training competencies of volunteers in charge of Korean language education, the KSIF provided courses such as ‘Understanding the Sejong Korean Beginner's Class Practice' and 'Theory and Practice of KSI's Special Cultural Lecture and Experience Activities'. In addition, subjects such as the ’Capability Development Course for Taekwondo Educators’ were also provided in cooperation with the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation.

Park Hye-young, manager of the project said, “It is meaningful that KOICA overseas volunteers can continue their Korean education volunteer activities online through the KOICA collaboration e-class. We will actively identify organizations that need support so that the cultural diffusion process can be continued.”

The KSIF started operating the online King Sejong Institute in April. From September, the online education platform was opened for public-purpose Korean education institutions other than KSI. As of now, organizations such as the Bangladesh EPS Center are conducting Korean language education through the platform.