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Busan Metropolitan City Hosts “Special Lecture for Parents on Children’s English Education” to Create a City Free from Worries about English Education for Our Children

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that, in order to enhance understanding of early childhood English education and to create a city free from worries about children’s English learning, it will host “Special Lectures for Parents on Children’s English Education” four times from August to November. The lectures will take place at 4 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month and will invite experts in the field.

This lecture series will feature experts from various sectors of early childhood English education, including EBS instructors, popular online content creators, and renowned authors, and will be held at Busan Global Village.

The first lecture will be delivered on August 30 by Kim Ji-won, a popular EBS instructor and author of Visual Thinking Elementary English Grammar. Under the theme “When and How Should We Start English for Young and Elementary School Children?”, the lecture will provide parents with insights into the overall flow of their children’s English education and guidance on strengthening English learning using artificial intelligence (AI).

On September 27, Heo Jun-seok, operator of the YouTube channel “HonGong TV” with 150,000 subscribers, will give a lecture on “Four Skills English Education Methods That Can Be Practiced at Home.” He will present easy-to-follow methods for practicing the four skills—speaking, listening, reading, and writing—at home.

The speakers and topics for the following sessions in October and November will be announced sequentially.

Applications for participation can be submitted in advance through the Busan Global Village website (www.bgv.co.kr

), and on-site registration will also be available on the day of the event. Anyone interested in early childhood English education can participate free of charge.

Meanwhile, as part of efforts to create an “English-Friendly City,” Busan Metropolitan City is pursuing various projects designed to allow young children, during their critical language development period, to naturally encounter and experience English through play. These projects include: ▲ operation of the native English conversation program “Deullak Nallak Let’s Play with English” for young children, ▲ operation of Busan-style training courses for early childhood English instructors, and ▲ development of Busan-style English learning materials titled English Waves.

The “Deullak Nallak Let’s Play with English” program has been operating successfully, attracting more than 2,000 participants in the first half of this year alone at the “Deullak Nallak” children’s cultural complex, a core facility of the 15-minute city initiative.

The “Early Childhood English Instructor Training Course” is being operated at Busan Global Village. It is designed for university students and citizens interested in early childhood English education, offering ▲ a beginner course for domestic English instructors, and ▲ a teaching methodology course using the Busan-style English Waves textbooks. These courses will be conducted sequentially from September through November. Further details are available on the Busan Global Village website.

Kim Gwi-ok, Director General of the Youth and Academic-Industrial Bureau, stated, “Teaching English to children is part of nurturing them to grow into the owners of a global hub city who can communicate freely with the world. We have organized this special lecture to help parents better understand English education and to make Busan a city where children can learn English without concern. We look forward to active interest and participation.”