Thank you to everyone who attended! This webinar is now complete, but you can access the full recording here.
Also, check out this amazing visual map of everything that was discussed, created by one of our participants!
Date: Thursday, July 30th
Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Online via Collaborate Ultra
RSVP: Via the below form by 5pm Vancouver time, Thursday July 23rd, 2020
Details:
Korea is an incredible country with an immense history, delicious food, and thriving pop culture scene. It’s no wonder it’s one of the most popular tourist destinations, and that Korean is rapidly rising as an extremely beneficial language to learn and speak. UBC Asian Studies offers Korean language courses, so whether you are a) even remotely planning to learn Korean in the future, b) already studying/speaking Korean, and wondering where it might take you in the future, or c) thinking about a student exchange to Korea, at a time when it is safe to do so again…this webinar is for you!
Join Eurie Shin (UBC Lecturer, Korean Language) and Sophie Rock (4th year International Relations student minoring in Korean Language and Culture, and recently returned from a full-year Go Global exchange to Yonsei University, South Korea) to hear all about this incredible language, what it entails, and what doors it may open for you. Bring your questions and we’ll provide the answers!
Key Takeaways:
- Overseas exchange experience in Korea
- Korean language courses at UBC
- Opportunities to work and volunteer to utilize and improve your Korean language skills
- Ways to learn Korean under the current Covid-19 pandemic
Panelists:
Eurie Shin, UBC Lecturer, Korean Language
Eurie Shin is a lecturer in Asian Studies. She received MA’s from Yonsei University in Korea and University of California at Berkeley, and she has been teaching Korean at UBC since 2008. She is in charge of placement interviews, and she is the contact person if you are interested in taking any Korean language courses at UBC.
Sophie Rock, 4th year International Relations student, minoring in Korean Language and Culture
Sophie Rock is a 4th year International Relations student minoring in Korean Language and Culture. She recently returned from a full-year exchange with Go Global to Yonsei University, in Seoul, South Korea and will be finishing her final year of university at UBC.
Read a little about Sophie’s recent Korean exchange here!