Language Training SIAS provides students with an intensive language program in English and other foreign languages such as Chinese, German, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, etc. The program includes listening to foreign broadcasts, reading of foreign newspapers or periodicals, and conversations and discussions with native speakers. To support students' various language training, SIAS is equipped with audio-video materials and satellite TV reception system in seven languages. Students earn one credit per sixteen-week program, or three credits total, for their language training during the first three regular terms.
Students have an English conversation class with a native speaker twice a week.
Students may read from such newspapers as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the L.A. Times or the International Herald Tribune for class discussions and conversations. SIAS administers foreign language programs in Chinese, German, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and other languages. Native speakers are invited to provide students with active listening, conversation and discussion in pertinent foreign languages. SIAS supports two-third of the fee for this training, up to a hundred thousand won per month. In order to receive financial support, students must submit grades or evaluations made by the instructor.