Students in a Vietnamese language lesson at the Myeonmok High School (Photo: VNA) Principal Song Hyun-seop saidVietnamese has been included in the school’s curriculum as a second foreignlanguage since April 2019.
Explaining this decision, hesaid Vietnam and the RoK enjoy many historical and cultural similarities,noting that the Ly clan from the Southeast Asian nation came to his countryvery early, forming the first foundation for bilateral connectivity.
Over the last 30 years,Korean enterprises have poured huge investment into Vietnam, which has created a large Korean community in Vietnam. In return, there are also many Vietnamese people in the RoK.
Therefore, the Vietnamese languageskills have become highly useful, and including it in career counselling forhigh school students is of great necessity for them to gain momentum forlearning and future development, Song noted.
With the employment of twoVietnamese-language teachers who have high capacity and deep understanding ofthe Korean culture, Myeonmok has held weekly meetings with all of its teachersto improve their knowledge of Vietnam and help students shape their vision.
Through these events,teachers have become more familiar with the language while more students havechosen to learn Vietnamese and paid attention to the country, according to theprincipal./.
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