Korea: English, Korean to Get More Weight in Elite School Admissions

[Francis Hult]

The Korea Times

 

English, Korean to Get More Weight in Elite School Admissions

 

Beginning this year, foreign language high schools in Gyeonggi Province will put more weight on English and Korean language fluency for their admissions, according to sources at the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education Sunday. 

Headmasters of nine of these schools in the province announced that a test measuring math and science aptitude will be abolished, the sources said. 

Instead, focus will be on language skills, where English listening and writing will become crucial. The English test will become more difficult and specified to evaluate individual's precise English fluency, they said.

 

Full story:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/01/117_16793.html

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