Sungkyun Language Institute

Background
Sungkyun Language Institute is a semi-autonomous division of Sungkyunkwan University. English, Japanese, Mandarin and Korean are all taught, though Mandarin is not taught at the Suwon campus and Korean is only taught at the beginner/elementary level. (It is also worthy of note that the Korean classes in Suwon are taught in the School of Medicine building, whereas all other classes are in the Engineering College building.) There are 18 lecturers of Korean and 16 foreign lecturers of English at the campus in Seoul, with 14 foreign English lecturers in Suwon. There are 2 Japanese lecturers based in Suwon, though they are themselves Korean. There are also several foreign lecturers of other languages in Seoul and Korean lecturers of English on both campuses. SLI is managed separately from the university and the management follows different systems of organisation on the two campuses, yet they both fall under an umbrella level of administrative management.

Courses
Both credit and non-credit classes are taught. The English credit courses are chiefly in Academic Writing and Academic Presentations, though there are also ESP (English for Specific Purposes) classes in Business English, English for Scientific Purposes, English Literature and Current English at the Suwon campus, and others may be taught in Seoul. (Please edit.) Non-credit classes are less specialised, and are therefore more typical of ESL environments. These are also open to people who are not registered as students at Sungkyunkwan University to attend. It is not uncommon for members of staff from various disparate departments or section of the university, or for local residents, to attend such classes. For the main courses (Academic Writing and Presentations), SLI produces its own books, which are published by Sungkyunkwan University Press and which have thus far been revised on a yearly basis.

Facilities
SLI has a "Global Zone" - a room in which students may relax, study, read, browse the web, view online lectures, attend conferences, watch international TV, or seek English assistance at certain times from the lecturers at the respective campus - on each site. These are relatively recent additions, that in Seoul having been added in 2004 and that in Suwon in 2005.

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu