Comments on: Korean language education in American middle, high schools http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/04/21/korean-language-education-in-american-middle-high-schools/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:04:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sugar Shin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/04/21/korean-language-education-in-american-middle-high-schools/#comment-3166 Sugar Shin Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:35:26 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=729#comment-3166 Mr. Mehlhorn, isn't Spanish useful in California as a second language? Austrian-German could be learned through TV lectures by Governour Arnie Schwarzenegger. Oh, and Spanish, too: Hasta la vista, Baby! :) Mr. Mehlhorn, isn’t Spanish useful in California as a second language?
Austrian-German could be learned through TV lectures by Governour Arnie Schwarzenegger. Oh, and Spanish, too: Hasta la vista, Baby! :)

]]> By: Dan Mehlhorn http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/04/21/korean-language-education-in-american-middle-high-schools/#comment-3165 Dan Mehlhorn Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:48:42 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=729#comment-3165 When I lived in Anaheim, Korean was the third most spoken foreign language in the county. Spanish and Vietnamese were 1st and 2nd. I never saw any offerings of either Korean or Vietnamese in the schools, just the standard French, German, and Spanish. In fact, my Korean daughter's Kindergarten enrollment paper were sent home in Spanish. I called the school and told them she is Korean. If you are going to teach her in anything other than English, you teach her Korean. When I lived in Anaheim, Korean was the third most spoken foreign language in the county. Spanish and Vietnamese were 1st and 2nd. I never saw any offerings of either Korean or Vietnamese in the schools, just the standard French, German, and Spanish. In fact, my Korean daughter’s Kindergarten enrollment paper were sent home in Spanish. I called the school and told them she is Korean. If you are going to teach her in anything other than English, you teach her Korean.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/04/21/korean-language-education-in-american-middle-high-schools/#comment-3164 Christopher Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:51:02 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=729#comment-3164 Korean population here in LA has taken a jump I know. I've kinda been following the transition of my local community into a rather more visible Korean community. The number of business with Hangul out front is quite a bit now. Anyways I wouldn't be surprised to see Korean language teaching popping up in High schools around here. Though the number of tutoring centers trying to teach English to Koreans is quite a bit. Korean population here in LA has taken a jump I know. I’ve kinda been following the transition of my local community into a rather more visible Korean community. The number of business with Hangul out front is quite a bit now. Anyways I wouldn’t be surprised to see Korean language teaching popping up in High schools around here. Though the number of tutoring centers trying to teach English to Koreans is quite a bit.

]]> By: Scott-in-Japan http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/04/21/korean-language-education-in-american-middle-high-schools/#comment-3163 Scott-in-Japan Thu, 22 Apr 2004 05:44:18 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=729#comment-3163 And when I say, "the picture looks SoCal", I'm just guessing. It could be Seattle, they are wearing a lot of heavy-coats for LA in April. And when I say, “the picture looks SoCal”, I’m just guessing. It could be Seattle, they are wearing a lot of heavy-coats for LA in April.

]]> By: Scott-in-Japan http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/04/21/korean-language-education-in-american-middle-high-schools/#comment-3162 Scott-in-Japan Thu, 22 Apr 2004 05:43:30 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=729#comment-3162 Only 50 schools? Dan's right, even the large Vietnamese population in my town didn't get a Vietnamese language program in high school. Even the local college barely had one. The picture looks like a SoCal, maybe most of the new schools are in Los Angeles. I didn't watch the news clip, but I saw "LA" at the bottom of the article. Only 50 schools? Dan’s right, even the large Vietnamese population in my town didn’t get a Vietnamese language program in high school. Even the local college barely had one.

The picture looks like a SoCal, maybe most of the new schools are in Los Angeles. I didn’t watch the news clip, but I saw “LA” at the bottom of the article.

]]> By: Dan Mehlhorn http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/04/21/korean-language-education-in-american-middle-high-schools/#comment-3161 Dan Mehlhorn Thu, 22 Apr 2004 05:01:27 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=729#comment-3161 Got a URL of the list of schools in the US teaching Korean? My experience is that unless there is a large Asian population, it is difficult to get any Asian languages taught in US schools. Many times we get Spanish because the schools hired a teacher who speaks Spanish first and English second. Got a URL of the list of schools in the US teaching Korean?

My experience is that unless there is a large Asian population, it is difficult to get any Asian languages taught in US schools. Many times we get Spanish because the schools hired a teacher who speaks Spanish first and English second.

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