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By Korea.net Honorary Reporter John Paul Vergonia
가, 나, 다. I learned the first set of letter combinations in the Korean alphabet when I first started studying Korean. Back in college, I was one of the lucky students who were given the opportunity to learn Korean at our school's pilot language program, in partnership with a research institute in Seoul.
Armed with a pen and a notebook, facing the computer and a reference book on the side, studying Korean through various lessons and activities based on everyday life situations has been an exciting journey for me. With more than one hour of learning, three times per week, we were able to learn the correct way to write Hangeul, the right pronunciation of letter combinations, and the basics of the formation of sentences in Korean.
With the opportunity to learn one of the most beautiful writing systems and most efficient languages in the world, in a way it deepens my interest in Korean heritage, which, at that time, was being sparked by the growth in popularity of Korean pop music and TV soap operas in East Asia and elsewhere.
In the Philippines, in addition to Filipino and English, the two official languages, there are eight major dialects -- Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicol, Waray, Pampango and Pangasinan -- and over a hundred regional and native dialects used to communicate. Some of them are also used as a medium for teaching in schools, to explain lessons and to help the students understand more in their native tongue. Besides the local languages as a medium of instruction, Philippine schools also offer and teach different languages to high school students, to prepare them to become linguistically competitive in the global workplace.
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| Alongside Mandarin, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, French, German and Spanish, Philippine high school students can now learn Korean under a Special Program for Foreign Languages (SPFL) run by the Philippine Department of Education. (John Paul Vergonia) |
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| Philippine students write in Korean for the first time. (John Paul Vergonia) |
Started in 2009, the Special Program for Foreign Languages (SPFL) is part of the Philippine Department of Education. It aims to teach languages at public schools and to develop student skills when it comes to communicative competence in foreign languages. Junior high school students can study various languages, such as Mandarin, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, French, German and Spanish, as part of their curriculum.
On June 21, 2017, led by Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones and Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Kim Jae-shin, the Philippine Department of Education and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines inked an agreement to formally include Korean in the department's language program.
Through the agreement, the Philippine Department of Education is pleased to continue the long years of bilateral work in both nations and expand it further into the field of education. As well, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines is putting emphasis on the importance of teaching Korean, as not only can it strengthen the friendship between Korea and the Philippines, but it can also provide employment opportunities, including educational training, for Korean students with partner Philippine universities and scholarship grants in Korea for select Philippine students.
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| Philippine Education Secretary Leonor Briones (left) and Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Kim Jae-shin sign a memorandum of understanding to formally include Korean in the Special Program for Foreign Languages (SPFL), at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology in Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines. (Department of Education of the Philippines) |
Ambassador Kim is delighted that the Korean language has finally become one of the Philippines' second foreign languages. He acknowledged that, "Language is very important, so teaching and studying a foreign language in school is very helpful to deepen the bilateral understanding between two nations or societies.”
With the inclusion of Korean, it has stirred various reactions by many Philippines on various social media sites. Nonetheless, the department confidently assures the public a responsive and relevant foreign language program to make students more globally competitive in the perspective of linguistic diversity.
As the recent addition to the language program, it will be fulfilled starting early in November this year. The Philippine Department of Education and the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines, which offers various culture and language classes in three semesters per year, will lead the implementation of the government project, including training teachers to ensure quality instruction of Korean in public schools.
The signing ceremony was also graced by Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Dina Ocampo and Bureau of Curriculum Development Director Jocelyn Andaya, as well as Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines Director Lee Jin-cheol and Vice Director Lee Du-kyung.
As a foreign language elective, Korean as a second foreign language will first be implemented in 10 select public secondary schools in the Philippines, starting in the National Capital Region and Metro Manila.
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| Reference books used at the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines are authored by respected language institutes and universities in Korea. (John Paul Vergonia) |
Korean, as one of the most efficient languages in the world, is indeed a beautiful language to learn, not just because it’s more associated with the popularity of Korean TV shoap operas but also because it's a chance for students to grow and get enriched. Although it’s generally considered to be a "difficult" language for people whose mother tongue is English, alongside Mandarin or Japanese, the Korean writing system and the basics of the language can be relatively easy and quick to learn.
Korean pop music and TV shows have proven popular around the globe. With the beginning of such interesting government projects as this, it will surely pave the way to stronger bonds between Korea and other nations, as well as to more exciting opportunities and shared relations in the near future.
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