"Committed to Excellence as a Hangul City" ... Ulsan Office of Education Selected as 'Nation's Best Institution' for Proper Korean Language Use in Public Agencies

Ulsan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] On the 22nd, Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education was selected as the best institution in the education office category for excellent cases of Korean language officer duties organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, receiving a ministerial citation and a gift certificate worth 1 million won.

The award was given as a result of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's evaluation of excellent cases of Korean language officer duties under the Korean Language Basic Act, targeting central administrative agencies, local governments, and metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide in 2021.

Since last year, the Ulsan Office of Education has been raising students' love for the Korean language through rewriting Korean language projects and beautiful Hangul artwork contests, and has made efforts to properly correct the misuse of public language.

Each department of the education office selected about 150 commonly misused words and replaced them with easy and beautiful Korean, distributing them to all schools. They also displayed them at the entrance of the education office to guide visitors, practicing love for the Korean language.

In July last year, they also established the ‘Ordinance on Proper Use of Korean Language’ to clarify the basic plan for Korean language education, methods for writing and producing official documents, and the duties of the Korean language officer, and promoted related work.

They signed a business agreement with Ulsan University Korean Language and Culture Center to cooperate in education, including expert support for improving Korean language skills and proper use of Korean.

In October, they plan to organize about 180 official documents created by each department of the education office and distribute the results to the education office as well as all schools.

They also conducted literacy improvement and special lectures on Oesol and Hangul spirit to recover educational capacity due to prolonged remote classes, providing opportunities to improve reading skills and raise awareness of Korean language education among all staff.

In November last year, they held a Korean language education festival for Korean language-related administrators and teachers to present directions for Korean language education.

To honor the spirit of Oesol Choi Hyun-bae, a Hangul scholar from Ulsan, the education office operated the ‘Hangul is Life’ project class clubs in five middle schools. In 17 high schools, ‘Hangul is Power’ autonomous club activities are also practiced to promote proper language use.

Additionally, the ‘Oesol Successors’ teacher group, led by teachers, conducted activities such as Korean language education revitalization training, on-site support for secondary Korean language education, and selection and evaluation of rewritten Korean vocabulary.

In December last year, they held a ‘Sharing Our Language Education’ performance presentation to share annual activity results and widely promote the spirit of love for the Korean language.

An official from the city education office said, “As Ulsan is a city of Hangul, we will do our best to awaken students' love for the Korean language, cherish and love our language, and continue the spirit of Korean language love.”

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