The Foundation for Korean Language & Culture in USA, a nonprofit organization that has been actively working to expand the availability of Korean language classes in regular schools and adoption of the Advanced Placement Korean Language Examination in the United States, has purchased its own building in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood and moved to a new location to expand its activities.

The new building is located at 3310 Beverly Blvd. in northwest Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood, and will house the foundation’s offices, which were previously housed in the LA Korean Institute building, and will host an open house on Dec. 14 to celebrate the move and its 30th anniversary, according to the foundation.

The foundation said it was able to purchase its own building with the proceeds from Epic Korean, which was published in April 2018 and adopted as the official Korean language textbook of the LA Unified School District (LAUSD), and general donations from Korean Americans.

“The new building will be used for board meetings, small-scale teacher training, and free Korean language education,” said Monica Ryu, president of the Korean Language Promotion Foundation. ‘We will also create a cultural experience room to further promote Korean language and culture to non-Koreans who are interested in Korean and Korean culture, as well as Korean children aged 2-3,’ she said. ”In particular, we plan to provide Korean language education to non-Korean children in Korean Town and neighboring areas who do not have the opportunity to learn Korean.

“Currently, our biggest goals are to open more Korean language classes in regular schools in the U.S. and to introduce AP Korean, and with the new building, we will be able to do so more vigorously,” said Monica Ryu. ”In addition, we plan to continue to organize teacher workshops, workshops for aspiring teachers, Korean language test preparation classes for students, and workshops for educational administrators and Korean language teachers to visit Korea.”

<Reporter Hwang Eui-kyung

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