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Wednesday, February 16, 2000 | Print this story

Fullerton high schools may offer Korean classes
Hope International University is training teachers for the language instruction courses.

By YOUNG CHANG


     FULLERTON--Classes in French, Spanish and other foreign languages may soon be joined by Korean at schools in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District.
     Professors at Hope International University in Fullerton are training a group of people to earn their single subject teaching credentials in Korean, and organizers hope to teach the language in district schools, including Fullerton Union and Buena Park high schools.
     Fullerton Union High Principal Greg Franklin said he is interested in adding Korean to the school's foreign language curriculum. He will consider the option and discuss it with students and staff once Hope officials present a formal proposal to him.
     Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton already offers Korean as a foreign language.
     Eun-Hee Koo, coordinator of the program at Hope, said officials from Buena Park High School have also expressed interest in allowing students to learn Korean for credits.
     "The Korean community in Orange County is growing," Koo said. "I think many public schools need Korean teaching in the future."
     Hope President LeRoy Lawson was invited to Kim Young University in Korea last year to discuss establishing a program in Fullerton to train people to teach Korean.
     The university advertised the program soon after Lawson's arrival and received more than 100 responses. Those who had passed the Test of English as a Foreign Language or had graduated from a U.S. college qualified to take the Single Subject Assessment for Teaching course. Nineteen students passed, and 10 of them are enrolled in Koo's class.
     The first class was held earlier this month. Half of Koo's students are Korean citizens. Some have trouble speaking English, others are proficient in both Korean and English. One student, Byung Gak Ahn, arrived in the United States about 25 days ago from Korea.
     Jung Wan Yang, who first came to the United States five years ago, said she is here to stay, at least for a while. She enrolled in the program to obtain her teaching credential because language is the key to understanding culture, she said.
     "It's the proper time to begin the Korean language for bilingual students here--for Korean American students here," she said, "I want to handle minority culture and language with growing children."

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