Our university, SKKU, held 2019 Eurasian SungKyun Hangeul essay contest
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- 2019-09-24
Our university, SKKU, held 2019 Eurasian SungKyun Hangeul essay contest
Our university, SKKU hosted the ‘2019 Eurasian Sungkyun Hangeul essay contest’ on Sept. 6 at the Lotte City Hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. For more than a decade, our university has been holding a ‘SungKyun Korean language contest’ in various regions including China, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southeast Asia to promote the excellence of Hangeul to the world, communicate with people around the world and spread Korea’s unique values. The Eurasian Sungkyun Hangeul essay contest which holds in central Asia eleventh times, where students show off their Korean language skills and, by extension, is widely known as a gateway for studying abroad to Korea.
Fifty-nine students from 24 universities in eight countries including Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Austria, Karakalpakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey participated in the event in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Students were selected for preliminary rounds in each region, and they competed in Korean language skills under the theme of the presentation given on the day.
The chairman, Sung Jae-ho, a professor at the Graduate School of Law, said in a greeting that the lyrics "I Want Something Stronger" are in BTS' song "Poetry for Small Things" that you like. “I'm sure you've already grown even more while studying Korean and preparing for the contest. I hope you can do your best today.”
The theme of the contest was 'If'. Park Hyun-soon, director of the International Affairs Bureau, said, "With the theme where a variety of stories can be developed, we selected it in order to pay attention to the imagination and originality of each student as well as basic vocabulary and expression skills.“
Hodimatova Shahnoja, A 20-year-old student from Uzbekistan won the gold medal. "He logically developed a story suitable for the title of "If," said Kim Kyung-Hon, a professor at the College of University, the head of the judging committee. "Based on high-vocabulary ability, He used metaphors and proverbs in the right place for the prize.“
The winner of the prize, gold·silver·bronze in the writing contest will receive exceptional benefits. When going to Sungkyunkwan University's Graduate School of General Studies, he will be exempted from full tuition (2 years) and will receive a Samsung tablet PC and a Galaxy Watch as awards.
On the eve of the event, Abbasor Anbar from Uzbekistani, a political diplomacy major student at the Graduate School of General Studies, gave a special lecture on college life in Korea to students attending the event. He who decided to study in Korea after winning an incentive award at the fifth Eurasian Sungkyunkwan University in 2013, is now studying political diplomacy at Sungkyunkwan University.
Professor Lee Myung-hak, who first organized the Sungkyn Hangeul Contest 10 years ago and participated in the competition as a judge, said, “Students from Sungkyun Hangeul Contest are playing the role of a bridge between Korea and Central Asia” and “I find the reasons for establishment of this competition by seeing each other's encouragement regardless of the outcome though the nation is different,”
In celebration of Hangeul Day, the events was accompanied by a reporter of KBS ‘Documentary for 3 days and will air on October 11th(Fri)
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