Faculty of Korean Philology

Faculty of Korean philology

Position and title: Ji Moon Gun

Reception hours: Tuesday-Friday (14:00-16:00)

Phone: +998 97 597 23 05

History of the department:

Since 1995, the Korean language has been taught as a second foreign language at the Uzbekistan State University of World Languages. Starting from the 2017-2018 academic year, the "Philology and language teaching" (Korean language) course has been opened as a separate specialty at the Faculty of Translation Theory and Practice, with a total of 200 students in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Uzbek and Russian groups. educated. Starting from the 2021-2022 academic year, the Department of Theory and Practice of the Korean Language was included in this faculty on the basis of the Faculty of Oriental Philology.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, 492 students, 670 students in the 3nd stage, 361 students in the 2rd stage, and 820 students in the 1th stage are studying in the field of philology and language teaching (Korean language). In addition, more than 170 students at the university are studying Korean as a second foreign language with great interest.

The building where the department is located: 4th Zakovat street, Uchtepa district, Tashkent city

The composition of the department: 25 local teachers, 8 Korean teachers. Of this; 4 PhD students, 6 experienced senior teachers.

Scientific activities: Previously, in our university, Ph.D. professional teachers such as associate professor Pak V.I., Ph.D. associate professor Ten Yu.P., senior teacher Khamidova S., as well as volunteer teachers recruited by the Korea International Cooperation Organization (KOICA): Park Yong In, Pek Minhyong, Korean experts: Paek Keum Nan, Seol Won Tae, Kim Dae-yong, an intern from Jungbu University taught.

Currently, teachers such as Makhmatkulova Yayra, Khujayeva Oghiloy, Azimova Amira, Azimova Parizod, Haydarov Jasur, Aslonova Husnida, Bobomurotova Sadokat, as well as 8 professors from Korea are working.

Local teachers of the Korean language, in cooperation with the international organization KOICA, prepared and published the first and second parts of the "Korean Language Textbook" for students learning the Korean language with the help of the Uzbek language. With the support of KOICA organizations, the book "Uzbek Folk Tales" was also translated into Korean.

Cultural activities: students of the Korean major get to know not only the language, but also Korean culture and customs. Every year, cultural days are held by the Korean Embassy, Korean film week, Korean national cooking competition, K-POP dances. Students actively participate in this week. Also, the KIMCHI festival is regularly held by the Korean Cultural Center, where students have the opportunity to make it themselves. Korean national holidays Chusok (harvest festival) and Hangil nal (the day the alphabet was created) are organized in our university. In order to teach Korean culture, the teachers of the department also teach open lessons, Korean national clothes, and national dances.

Partner organizations of the department: 81st secondary school in Ukhtepa district, 197th secondary school in Ukhtepa district, 59th Chinese-Korean specialized school in Shaikhontohur district, Lyceum of Oriental Studies

International partners of the department: KOICA, KF, Korean Education Center in Tashkent, Keimyung university, Duksung women’s university, Soong-sil university, Suncheon university, DongMyong university, Chung-Ang university, Busan university of Foreign Studies

Foreign teachers of the department: Ji Moon-Gun, Pek Kum-Nan, Yu Nan-Ju, Na Sahm-Il, Kim Yung-Ae, Kim Youngbae, Lee Jong-Soo, Ko Eun-Hee

Foreign Oriental language, Literature, Reading and writing practice, Oral speech practice, Oriental language country under study, Improving listening comprehension, Fundamentals of tr anslation , Basic Oriental language, Mass media language, Simultaneo

Undergraduate course of study prepared at the department: Philology, language teaching, Korean language course, there are day and evening courses, and a total of 790 students study there.

Master's majors: Linguistics, Korean language master's course, 27 students study.

Achievements of the department: Students of our department actively participate in prestigious competitions held annually by the South Korean government and achieve good results. In the second half of the current academic year, 6 students became recipients of the GKS grant. In 2019, the 3rd stage student Kahramonova Hamidakhan, who won the Republican stage of the quiz on Korea, won the final of the competition in Seoul. took the first place in the stage. In 2021, Muzaffarov Zafarjon Muzaffarovich took first place among Asian countries in the quiz "QUIZ ON KOREA". In addition, more than 30 graduates, such as Samadova Muattar, Naila Ahrarova, Jahongir Yaqubov, Elyor Kadyrov, Ibratbek Khadjiyev, Abdullaeva Nilufar, Khasanov Abdulaziz, are studying in South Korea for master's and doctoral studies. On October 14-21, a delegation led by Mrs. Kim Bok-Hee (General Manager of the Project) from KIDC, which was selected as the managing organization of KOICA's "Project Volunteer Program on Korean Culture in Tashkent" project, visited Uzbekistan. During the visit, the delegation had meetings with Mr. Shin Myung Seop, director of KOICA Uzbekistan Office, the rector of UzDJTU and the director of the school. In the 81st School and 283rd School in the city, introducing Korean language education and culture, building a Korean cultural center, Taekwondo, K-pop and Samulnori clubs will be launched.