Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
By Anastasiia Andriievska I attended Chonnam National University as a scholarship student in 2024. I first began by studying the Korean language, and soon after, I joined the UNESCO KONA … Read More
By Kamila Ismanova The last eight years of my educational journey have taken place within two vastly different countries: South Korea and Australia. I’ve been privileged to complete my undergraduate … Read More
By Farrukh Anique The Korean Immigration and Integration Program (KIIP), run by the Immigration Service under the Ministry of Justice, is more than just a language course. It’s Korea’s official … Read More
By Bianca Hill When you look up “second language acquisition,” you often come across studies that discuss childhood language learning and the benefits of growing up bilingual. Today, however, there are hundreds of … Read More
By David Shaffer Recently, I was reading an article on English language teaching, and an initialism popped up at me that I didn’t immediately recognize: SDGs. Though not specific to … Read More
By Anastasiia Prysiazhniuk I came to Gwangju to study Korean as a GKS-IRTS scholar, but I ended up finding something even more meaningful. Through a friend, I learned about the … Read More
By David J. Richter Teachers Day does not necessarily mean the same thing to all people around the world. World Teachers Day is celebrated on October 5, which is not … Read More
By David Shaffer When we think of “teacher,” many of us create the mental image of an adult with book in hand standing in the front of a classroom addressing … Read More
