Hyooga 10,307 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones, left, and Korean Ambassador Kim Jae Shin sign the memorandum of agreement for the Special Program in Foreign Language. / Courtesy of Korean Embassy in the Philippines By Lee Han-soo Filipino public high school students will be able to learn Korean as a second language.The addition of Korean to the Philippines Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL) comes after an agreement between the Philippines Department of Education and the Korean Embassy in the Philippines on June 21.The pilot program will be offered at 10 high schools in Manila within the year.It is then expected to expand throughout the nation."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," said Philippines Education Secretary Leonor Briones.The South Korean embassy in the Philippines said it hoped to strengthen the Korean language to "better respond" to Korean-related opportunities in local and international employment.The SPFL, implemented in 2009, also includes German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and French. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/06/181_231981.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjang~ 10,185 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Filipino public high school students will be able to learn Korean as a second language. ooooohhh, I want to learn Korean too.....But it's nearly a decade since I graduate high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JihyoStoleMyHeartAYAYAY 22,189 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamo 6,183 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 K-Pop's impact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
________________ 1,779 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 And Korea will continue to look down on Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messica 5,468 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 K-Pop's impact K-Pop's impact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namja_chinggu12 966 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I want to go back to high school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
520Mochi 73 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Wow, the hallyu wave is still going strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missycin 1,117 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 K-Pop's impact Wow, the hallyu wave is still going strong. I think it has more to do with trade than Kpop. Korean investments in the Philippines is a lot and still increasing. If you look at the languages already being offered, Japanese and Chinese are already there. Spanish because of traditional/historical ties and Cervantes Institute (Spanish), Goethe Institute (German), and Alliance Francaise - sorry if my spelling is wrong (French) are very active in the country. English and Filipino remain the medium of instruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M O L A 1,082 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Yeah let's teach the Filipinos a foreign language with its own writing system as we continue to bury the Philippines writing system. Soon, taglish will be the new national and only language of the Philippines. Why can't we just enrich our own culture instead of incorporating other cultures into our own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyKeys! 599 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 And Korea will continue to look down on Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhueno 476 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 its um good but i think it'll make my friends speaking annoying-broken-korean much worse.. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tippy 579 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 As much as I want to learn Hangul, looking at it, I would have wanted if this is optional and not a mandatory subject. not everyone has linguistic inclination. Also, knowledge and skills on Filipino and vernacular languages of high school students should be on the competent level with English on the developing level before introducing another language subject in school. Anyway, I have yet to see how this will be implemented. Maybe I'm wrong Yeah let's teach the Filipinos a foreign language with its own writing system as we continue to bury the Philippines writing system. Soon, taglish will be the new national and only language of the Philippines.Why can't we just enrich our own culture instead of incorporating other cultures into our own? i don't understand why you get negged when that's a valid point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurahanabira 6,634 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 As much as I want to learn Hangul, looking at it, I would have wanted if this is optional and not a mandatory subject. not everyone has linguistic inclination. Also, knowledge and skills on Filipino and vernacular languages of high school students should be on the competent level with English on the developing level before introducing another language subject in school. Anyway, I have yet to see how this will be implemented. Maybe I'm wrong i don't understand why you get negged when that's a valid point but nowhere in the article says that it will be mandatory, only that it is being offered as a foreign language. It can't be different from US schools offering French, Spanish, and in certain schools, Japanese, Chinese, or Korean (since not all US schools offer Asian languages), and the students get to choose which one they want to learn. I mean it says at the end of the article "The SPFL, implemented in 2009, also includes German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and French" and Korean is just going to be another language added to that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tippy 579 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 but nowhere in the article says that it will be mandatory, only that it is being offered as a foreign language. It can't be different from US schools offering French, Spanish, and in certain schools, Japanese, Chinese, or Korean (since not all US schools offer Asian languages), and the students get to choose which one they want to learn. I mean it says at the end of the article "The SPFL, implemented in 2009, also includes German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and French" and Korean is just going to be another language added to that list. Totally missed that part! just read the SPFL and it's promising. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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