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ASEAN Language Conversation Course

With summer in full swing, the ACH’s ASEAN Language Conversation Course was started on June 29. The conversation course, held in between the regular spring and fall program of the ASEAN Language Courses, is being offered once again due to the great demand for the course last winter. Unlike the courseduring the winter break, held online via Zoom, this summer’s conversation course will be an in-person program to ensure a more vivid and nuanced learning of ASEAN languages. The best aspect of this summer’s conversation courseis that there will be one more language, Indonesian Malay, in addition to Thai and Viet Namese, which is expected to make this program even more attractive for the many people who are interested in studying ASEAN languages. Following its trial program in 2018 that offered Viet Namese and Cambodian, the ACH’s ASEAN language program has grown and now offers courses in five languages, including Cambodian, the Myanmar language (Burmese), Malay Indonesian, Thai, and Viet Namese. It is popular among students as an invaluable and rare opportunity to learn an ASEAN language in a fun and easy-to-understand way. An ACH spokesperson said, “This summer, we are pleased to offer Malay Indonesian through the ASEAN Language Conversation Course as we received many requests for this particular language. Participants are encouraged to not only improve their command of an ASEAN language during the [approximately] 10-day period but also take an interest in Southeast Asia as a cultural sphere.”
This year’s ASEAN Language Conversation Course is a wonderful opportunity for anyone interested in studying an ASEAN language while learning more about there spective country’s culture. The conversation course is an intensive, two-week program that will be held over eight classes (four times per week, Tuesday to Friday). For further information about each language course and how to join, please visit the ACH’s website at www.ach.or.kr.