Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies

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Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies
용인 한국 외국어 대학교 부설 고등학교
type of school High school , boarding school
founding 2004
address

232 Wangsan-ri, Moheon-myon, Choein-gu

province Gyeonggi-do
Country South Korea
Coordinates 37 ° 19 '46 "  N , 127 ° 15' 18"  E Coordinates: 37 ° 19 '46 "  N , 127 ° 15' 18"  E
carrier Private school
student approx. 1050
Teachers 77
management Kim Song-ki
Website http://www.hafs.hs.kr

The Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies , HAFS abbreviated, is a private high school - boarding school in northern Yongins in the province of Gyeonggi-do in South Korea . It is located one hill from the Yongin campus of the Hankuk Associated Foreign Language University (HUFS).

history

The HAFS received its first 153 students and 202 female students in 2005. Headmaster Nam Bong-chul was previously director of the renowned Daewon Foreign Language High School in Seoul . His deputy at the time, Park Ha-sik, switched to the Gyeonggi Academy of Foreign Languages ​​(GAFL) as director in summer 2008, his successor being Oh Sam-cheon. Kim Song-ki has been the headmaster since November 1, 2010.

structure

The approximately 350 pupils of each of the three years are divided into 10 classes, which are roughly divided into the English and the Eurasian section. The English section (with the main subject English) comprises grades 1–3, the Eurasian section grades 4 (main subject French), 5 (German), 6–8 (Chinese) and 9–10 (Japanese).

Teachers at the HAFS usually have a master’s degree, some also have a doctorate. Native-speaking foreign language teachers are only hired if they have some teaching experience in South Korea. There are currently five native speaking teachers for English, three for Chinese, two for Japanese and one each for German and French (as of summer 2009). In addition, languages ​​such as Spanish and Latin are taught by Korean teachers.

English department

The learning objective for students in the English department is to study abroad (in English-speaking countries). Therefore, they do not prepare for the general university entrance exam in class, but for the exams of the US college board such as PSAT , SAT and AP . In addition, they have extraordinary subjects such as elementary mathematics (precalculus), macro and microeconomics , English literature, US history, US politics and debating in an adapted curriculum .

The majority of the students in the English Department have an excellent command of English, sometimes at a native level. Sometimes they receive their lessons in English, and the requirements for admission to this department are correspondingly high. The 2008 graduate class had an enrollment rate of 100% at American universities and colleges, including well-known institutions such as Harvard and MIT .

Eurasian department

The learning goal for pupils of the Eurasian Department is the Korean general university entrance examination in November of the respective final year, therefore the curriculum for this department basically follows the requirements of the Ministry of Education.

Most of the students in the Eurasian Department are fluent in English, but, with the exception of a few with e.g. Some years of experience abroad, beginners in their major. At the time of admission, many had wished for a different language (especially English) than the one they finally got as their main subject. Thanks to experienced teachers and a strict learning discipline, they will reach levels up to B1 in the course of their school career , and in individual cases even higher, which is reflected in the successful completion of language tests such as the HSK for Chinese, the JLPT for Japanese and the Zertifikat Deutsch as well as the TestDaF for German precipitates.

In addition to the high schools of the renowned universities SNU and Ewha , the HAFS has been a partner school of the Central Office for Schools Abroad since 2009 and teaches the students of the German class with the aim of acquiring the German Language Diploma (DSD).

School rules

As it sees itself, the HAFS is a so-called English Based Campus (EBC), which is why the students, especially the English department, are encouraged to only speak English on the school premises outside of class (optionally also the language of their main subject) - which they do at least in the (numerous) conversations with the foreign teachers also comply.

There are around seven applications from all over South Korea for a free school place at the HAFS (as of 2008). The pupils are accommodated in the so-called Global Manner Center (GMC), the residential wing on the school premises. They spend the time there between 11 p.m. (end of the extra classes after school) and around 7.30 a.m. the next morning, when they have to go back to their classrooms. In between, they are forbidden (with exceptions) to go to the sleeping quarters. Sleep is between 1:00 and 7:00 a.m.

Anyone who grossly violates school rules must expect a "strike". Three strikes result in an "out" and three outs means expulsion from school. To comply with the school rules, the so-called Global Leader Monitors (GLM) are elected from among the students at the beginning of each year.

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