2021 Invitational Workshop for Outstanding Students of King Sejong Institute 

  • Held every year in the week of Hangeul Day targeting outstanding learners all over the world
  • Held non-face-to-face this year due to the spread of COVID-19

King Sejong Institute Foundation (hereinafter KSIF, President: Lee Hae-young) holds “Invitational Workshop for Outstanding Students of KSIF” non-face-to-face on October 6 and 8.

For this year’s training, 240 outstanding learners selected at the beginning of the year in the KSIF Korean Speech and Writing Contests worldwide participated online.

The Invitational Workshop for Outstanding Students of KSIF held every October has been an opportunity for students of KSIF around the world to gather in Korea and experience traditional and modern cultures of Korea and have exchanges with each other. This year, as it is difficult to invite learners from around the world to Korea due to COVID-19, it was held non-face-to-face.

First, in the 2021 KSIF Korean Culture Exploration event held on October 6, Korean history experts, dispatched teachers, and scholarship students in Korea delivered videos introducing famous tourist spots and history in Seoul, etc. online. Mr. Quentin Tigé, a student from Sejong Institute in Montreal, participated as a panel during language training in Korea as a prize for the 2020 Speaking Contest Excellence Award.

On October 8, the “2021 KSIF Outstanding Students Contest” was held, starting with Korean traditional cultural performances. In the 2021 KSIF Outstanding Students Contest, the final round for “KSIF Korean Speech Contest” was held for the final ten students selected through the preliminary and main contests. In the main event, there was not only the final speech contest and awards ceremony but also the announcement of the final winners of the “KSIF Korean Writing Contest,” in which 18 outstanding students selected from 17 countries competed against each other on September 27.  Anubhuti Kakati(India,25) won the first prize in the speech contest, and Ochirova Baira(Russia,22) won the second prize.