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DepEd to introduce Korean subject in public high schools

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Posted at Jun 23 2017 01:40 PM

High school students enrolled in public schools will soon be taught how to speak Korean, the Department of
Education said Friday after it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean embassy in Manila.
"The DepEd will introduce Korean language as a second foreign language and elective through a pilot program
which will be conducted starting this year in select 10 high schools in Metro Manila," the education department
said in a statement.
Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Kim Jae Shin said learning the Korean language will provide better
"opportunities for local and international employment" and education grants in Korea for select Filipino
students.
"Language is very important so teaching and studying [foreign languages] in schools is very helpful to deepen
the bilateral understanding between two nations," Kim added.
Aside from Korean, other languages offered under DepEd's Special Program in Foreign Language include
Spanish, Nihongo, French, German and Mandarin.

DepEd, Korea ink MOA for Korean language inclusion in

Special Program in Foreign Language
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June 22, 2017
PASIG CITY, June 22, 2017 The Department of Education (DepEd) formalized the inclusion of the Korean
language in the Special Program in Foreign Languages (SPFL) as Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis
Briones and the Republic of Korea Ambassador to the Philippines Kim Jae Shin signed a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) on June 21 at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for
Educational Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO INNOTECH), Diliman, Quezon City.

We are very happy that finally we are having this signing of the MOA. This is not a beginning. This is a
continuation of very long years of fruitful relationship, including the field of education, between Korea and the
Republic of the Philippines... Korea and the Philippines play important roles in each others life, it would be
good for our children also to continue the tradition of knowing about each other... Briones said.

The Korean language in SPFL will serve as an elective offering to ten (10) selected secondary schools in the
National Capital Region (NCR). SPFL is designed to prepare graduates for meaningful interactions in a
linguistically and culturally diverse global workplace.

In preparation for the program, DepEd will strengthen the capacity of teachers to provide quality instruction in
Korean through the Korean Cultural Center, which organizes cultural activities, courses in Korean language,
and Korean teacher training. DepEd also aims to sustain the professional development of teachers who shall, in
the long term, serve as trainers of other teachers.

The MOA signing was also attended by DepEds Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Dina Ocampo
and Bureau of Curriculum Development (BCD) Director Jocelyn Andaya, as well as the Korean Cultural
Centers First Secretary Lee Jin Cheol and Vice Director Lee Du Kyung.

Ambassador Kim recognized the importance of language in strengthening bilateral relationships and expressed
continued support to ensure the success of the program, I'm very happy that Korean language is added as one
of the second foreign languages. Language is very important so teaching and studying [foreign languages] in
schools is very helpful to deepen the bilateral understanding between two nations or cultures.

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines also set the goal to fortify the implementation of the
Korean language program to better respond to opportunities for local and international employment, to train
Korean students who will be able to continue their education with the Philippine partner universities, and
eventually facilitate studies in Korea for selected Filipino students.

DepEd is mandated to offer a responsive and relevant foreign language program to make junior high school
students more globally competitive in the perspective of linguistic diversity. Through SPFL, public high school
students all over the country are also learning Spanish, Japanese, French, German, and Chinese-Mandarin.

Korean language ituturo na sa HS

Pwede nang matutunan ng mga high school students sa mga pampublikong paaralan ang Korean language

kasunod nang paglagda ng Department of Education (DepEd) ng isang memorandum of understanding sa

Korean embassy sa Maynila.

Sa isang kalatas, sinabi ng DepEd na dahil sa naturang kasunduan ay pormal na nilang isasama ang Korean

language sa kanilang Special Program in Foreign Languages (SPFL).

Ayon kay Education Secretary Leonor Briones, ipapakilala nila ang Korean language bilang ikalawang foreign

language at iaalok na elective sa isang pilot program na sisimulang isagawa ngayong taon sa 10 piling high

school sa Metro Manila.

We are very happy that finally we are having this signing of the MOA. This is not a beginning. This is a

continuation of very long years of fruitful relationship, including the field of education, between Korea and the

Republic of the Philippines. Korea and the Philippines play important roles in each others life, it would be good

for our children also to continue the tradition of knowing about each other, ani Briones.