Newspaper Association Selects Hong Jeong-woo, Choi Su-ji, and Lee San as Grand Prize Winners of 'NIE Contest'

Group Award Goes to Naju Yeongsan High School... Award Ceremony at the End of Next Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] The Korea Newspaper Association announced on the 31st that three students, Hong Jeong-woo (4th grade, Naebalsan Elementary School, Seoul), Choi Su-ji (3rd grade, Baekseok Middle School, Goyang), and Lee San (3rd grade, Bugae Girls' High School, Incheon), were each selected as grand prize winners in this year's 'Enjoy Reading Newspaper Articles with Underlines NIE Passport Contest.'

The Excellence Award went to Kang Ye-eun (3rd grade, Haemaru Elementary School, Gumi), Ryu Da-hyun (3rd grade, Hyeonggok Middle School, Gumi), and Lee Jeong-min (2nd grade, Dadae High School, Busan). The Merit Award recipients were Jeong Joo-won (4th grade, Buksu Elementary School, Asan), Jo Si-eun (5th grade, Amryang Elementary School, Gyeongsan), Jang Hyun-jung (2nd grade, Gyeongju Girls' Middle School), Hwang Joo-won (3rd grade, Hyeonggok Middle School, Gumi), Nam Bo-ye (2nd grade, Songhyeon Girls' High School, Daegu), and Song Chae-young (1st grade, Pyeongnae High School, Namyangju). The group award was won by Yeongsan High School in Naju.

This event involved students reading newspaper articles and completing 12 activity tasks such as vocabulary building, understanding, analyzing, and summarizing newspaper articles, and reading articles focusing on facts and opinions, after which their submitted work was evaluated.

The judging committee commented, "Although many questions required careful reading of the provided newspaper articles, most students analyzed the meanings of vocabulary within the articles, as well as the context and perspectives well." They added, "Some students went beyond simply answering the questions and creatively performed additional activities."

The awards ceremony will be held at the winners' respective schools at the end of November. Winners will receive certificates and a total prize money of 8.8 million KRW. The group award-winning school will receive 1 million KRW, and individual winners will receive 1 million KRW each for the grand prize (3 students), 500,000 KRW each for the excellence award (3 students), 300,000 KRW each for the merit award (6 students), and 50,000 KRW each for the encouragement award (30 students).

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