Our university (SKKU), met on Metaverse and held a World Sungkyun Korean Writing Contest to compete in Korean skill.
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- 2021-08-19
Our university (SKKU), met on Metaverse and held a World Sungkyun Korean Writing Contest to compete in Korean skill.
-More than 800 people have participated in the Asia and Europe regional tournaments, which have been held online since last year.-On Wednesday, August 11, Twenty-five gold, silver and bronze winners from each regional tournament participated in the final.
-Due to COVID-19, the contest was held using Metaverse, ZOOM, and eX-campus.
Our university announced that ‘The First World Sungkyun Korean Writing Contest’ was held on Wednesday, August 11.
In order to promote the excellence of Korean to the world, communicate with people around the world through Korean, and spread Korea's unique values, our university has held a writing contest in Europe, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia for the past 14 years. Students from all over the world who love Korean are proud of their abilities.
Due to COVID-19, a total of six regional competitions have been held online since last year, with about 800 foreign students living in each region participating. Twenty-five gold, silver and bronze winners from each regional tournament participated in the final.
In order to run the contest, our university used the Metaverse platform ‘ifland’, the remote video conferencing system ‘ZOOM’ and our university's open learning platform ‘eX-campus’.
Before Writing Contest, Students from around the world, including China, Japan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan, met in Metaverse, danced to BTS music, took pictures of Myeongnyundang, and wrote essays on ‘Balance.’
The awards ceremony was held at ZOOM on Friday, August 13. Song Liruiyi(China) won the first prize(Jang-Won) in the contest. The judges said, "The student successfully described ‘balance’ and ‘dreams’ in a good way." She said, “Recently, with graduation coming up, I've been thinking a lot about the balance between ‘what I want’ and ‘what I want around me.’ I'm studying International Trade, but I also want to challenge my dream of becoming a musician.”
Also, Vu Hoai Lan(Vietnam), Zhang Yuhao(China) won the second prize(A-Won), and Jin Enzhen(China), Jin Xiangshu(China) won the third prize(Tam-Hwa) in the contest.
If contest winners pass the master's degree, they will receive benefit of full exemption from admission fee and tuition. And Sungkyunkwan University will hold a Korea visiting event for students who participated in the event.
President Shin Dong Ryeol said, “COVID-19 could not break a passion of Korean-loving students. Sungkyunkwan University has recently held a writing contest online to meet the passion of these students. We will actively support students who study Korean so that they can leap forward to their big dreams.”
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