English is the most widely spoken language in fields such as business, academics, science etc. Therefore, as the highest level of education, colleges all over the world require students to acquire the knowledge of it, and they are attempting to adapt courses in different fields of study to include i
In 2009, a columnist Kim Sun-ju wrote a column “But you can love someone” in the Hankyoreh. She said, “Young people have so many problems these days. They have to worry about tuition fees, finding a job and so on. They have so many concerns that they just concentrate on work. However, they can at le
The General Education Center of Dongguk University will offer a Pride Dongguk concert for 300 students. Dongguk University invites well-known people that have graduated from the university to give lectures in the Pride Dongguk intelligence concert. The course will be held every Wednesday 4 p.m. to 6
You may have heard about the movies ‘Moss’, ‘Hello Schoolgirl’, and ‘Apartment’. These movies are all based on ‘Webtoon.’ Webtoon is a new compound word formed from the two words, website and cartoon. Webtoons are now a syndrome among the young generations, but how has they became so popular? One hy
8-year-old kids nowadays are quite proficient in English. Sometimes they bring me English books which are quite difficult and say, "Teacher, please translate this book for me". There is often such a wide range of English levels in one class - some kids don't even know the alphabet while others can r
The chairman and five employees of a well-known English education institution called Hackers Group have been indicted without physical detention for illegally recording questions of official English tests, TOEIC and TEPS in violation of copyright law, according to a prosecutors’ announcement in Febu
“Who is to blame? It looks easy enough. If the 386 generation who protested against the 1980’s military dictatorship were in your position now, President Lee Myung-bak’s indifferent attitude may have been different.” Professor Kim Yong-min wrote a column criticizing those in their twenties and their
Dongguk Chamsaram Volunteers collected 21 members for the 2011 winter semester Dongguk volunteer program in Yangon, Myanmar. Members were chosen according to their submitted documents and an interview. The evaluation of the documents was on October 28th and interviews were held on October 31st. Memb
There was a graduation exhibition for students majoring in Korean Arts between October 25th and 31st in Dongguk gallery. The main theme of the exhibition was ‘The beauty of the unfinished’ and the works of the students who will be graduating were shown to visitors.
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is launching two new educational programs in October: a tutoring program for foreign students and a mobile page for Open Courseware (OCW). The tutoring program for foreign students is an eight-week project which started on October 3. The program is co-spons