Shinan-gun Registers Student Yoon Haerin as a Bilingual Talent of the Republic of Korea

Awarded the Minister of Education Prize at the 'National Bilingual Speaking Contest'

Three consecutive years of winning from 2018 to this year

Student Yoon Hae-rin, Grade 4, Ja-eun Elementary School, Sinan-gun, received the Minister of Education Award and was registered as a bilingual talent of the Republic of Korea. Photo by Sinan-gun

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) announced on the 8th that Yoon Hae-rin, a 4th-grade student at Jaeun Elementary School in Sinan-gun, who participated as the Jeonnam representative in the nationwide bilingual speaking contest held at the Jeonnam International Education Institute on the 6th, won the Minister of Education Award (Bronze) and was registered as a bilingual talent of the Republic of Korea.

The nationwide bilingual speaking contest was co-hosted by the Ministry of Education and the LG Yeonam Cultural Foundation, with 51 students participating after preliminaries held by 17 city and provincial education offices. To prevent COVID-19, judges and participants nationwide were connected via video, and the contest was conducted through an online real-time broadcast.

Yoon Hae-rin, a 4th grader at Jaeun Elementary School representing Jeonnam, freely showcased her language talent and flair in Korean and her parents' native language (Cambodian) under the theme "Towards My Dream," and expressed her aspiration to become a fashion designer representing the Republic of Korea in the future.

Since 2018, Sinan-gun has achieved great results in bilingual education by winning two gold awards and one bronze award in the nationwide bilingual contest over three years until 2020. The Family Center provides systematic one-on-one language education for students from different countries.

Yoon Hae-rin, who won the award this time, traveled 260 km round-trip to the Wando-gun Multicultural Center to receive bilingual coaching education from a Cambodian bilingual teacher.

Governor Park Woo-ryang stated, "This greatly helps instill the identity and pride of bilingual education that leverages the strengths of multicultural children," and added, "Sinan-gun will actively support bilingual education so that multicultural children can embrace the world in their hearts and realize their dreams."

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