CFL Education Promotion

ABOUT CFL

CFL (Critical Foreign Languages) Education Promotion

Purpose: Provide opportunities for diversified and specialized education to the citizens wishing to learn critical foreign languages through establishment of educational foundation; Cultivate competent personnel equipped with the command of critical foreign languages
Background: Enactment and implementation of Act on the Promotion of Education of Critical Foreign Languages and Enforcement Decree of the same Act (’16.8.2.); Establishment of the 1st 5-Year Basic Plan (2017~2021) for Promotion of Critical Foreign Languages Education; Increase in the demand for manpower with professional level of competency in critical foreign languages in preparation for expansion into and interaction with national strategic areas; Need for generation of new employment opportunities including overseas employment and business start-up to resolve the issue of youth unemployment; Need for expansion of information on strategic countries and preparation for diversification of international exchanges

3 Core Performance Indicators of the 2nd Stage (2022~2026) of the Project

Cultivation & Development
of Professional Talents

Expansion of
Public Services

Advancement of Education
Infrastructure

Specialized Educational Institution for Critical Foreign Languages (2022~2026)

Specialized Educational Institution for Critical Foreign Languages (2018~2021)
Institution	Target Languages
Dankook - Chungwoon University Consortium	(Total of 4 languages) Arabic, Mongolian, Portuguese·Brazilian and Vietnamese
Busan University of Foreign Studies	(Total of 10 languages) Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian·Malay, Italian, Khmer, Lao, Myanmar, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies	(Total of 21 languages) Azerbaijani, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian·Malay, Iranian, Italian, Kazakh, Lao, Mongolian, Polish, Portuguese·Brazilian, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek

ORGANIZATION

Ministry of Education National Institute for International Education

CFL Education Promotion

Ministry of Education
National Institute for International Eduction
Steering Committee of
CFL Education Promotion
Department of International Exchange and Cooperation
Foreign Language Education Support Team

Phone +82-2-3668-1420~2, 1430

Fax +82-2-764-1328

E-mail cfledu@korea.kr

Related Act: The Act and the Enforcement Decree
on the Promotion of
Education of Critical Foreign Languages

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CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGES

List of 53 Critical Foreign Languages prescribed by Presidential Decree

Europe
Middle East-Africa
Eurasia
India-ASEAN
Latin America

CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGES List of 53 Critical Foreign Languages prescribed by Presidential Decree
Middle East·Africa	Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Iranian, Pashto, Dari, Hebrew, Hausa, Swahili, Zulu, Kinyarwanda, Amharic
Eurasia	Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Ukrainian, Turkmen, Tajik, Mongolian
India·ASEAN	Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Nepali, Bengali, Sinhalese, Vietnamese, Malay, Indonesian, Thai, Myanmar, Khmer, Lao, Tagalog
Europe	Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Latvian, Belarusian, Georgian, Greek, Bulgarian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish
Latin America	Brazilian, Portuguese

* Highlighted languages are promoted in the project.

SPECIALIZED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Dankook University

Languages

Arabic , Mongolian , Brazilian · Portuguese
Phone

+82-41-550-3117~9
E-mail

12220773@dankook.ac.kr
Fax

+82-41-559-7848
Website

http://cfl.dankook.ac.kr/
Address

119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea

Dankook-Chungwoon Consortium has been selected as one of the Specialized Educational Institutions for the Promotion of Critical Foreign Languages Education by the Ministry of Education in 2018. The Consortium is organized by 3 departments of Dankook University (departments of Mongolian Studies, Middle Eatern Studies, and Portuguese and Brazilian) and Department of Vietnamese of Chungwoon University.

The objectives of the Consortium are as follows:

1) Positioning the consortium as a regional hub in the capital area and the central part of Korea for the education of critical foreign languages
2) Opening the new Renaissance era and securing global competitiveness through the promotion of the education of critical foreign languages
3) Establishing smart education environment system and providing online education services

Chungwoon University

Languages

Vietnamese
Phone

+82-41-630-3261
E-mail

lkwdavid@chungwoon.ac.kr
Fax

+82-41-634-8700
Website

http://www.chungwoon.ac.kr
Address

25, Daehak-gil, Hongseong-eup, Hongseong-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea

The objectives of the Consortium are as follows:

Busan University of Foreign Studies

Languages

Arabic , Turkish , Hindi , Vietnamese , Thai , Myanmar , Khmer , Lao , Italian , Indonesian · Malay
Phone

+82-51-509-5366
E-mail

icfl@bufs.ac.kr
Fax

+82-51-509-6787
Website

https://icfl.bufs.ac.kr/www
Address

65, Geumsaem-ro 485beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Korea

Busan University of Foreign Studies has established a specialized educational institution under the name of CFL(Critical Foreign Language). This project includes 8 foreign languages of ‘Thai’, ‘Indonesian and Bahasa Malay’, ‘Vietnamese’, ‘Myanmar’, ‘Khmer’, ‘Arabic’, ‘Hindi’, and ‘Turkish’. The Institute of Critical Foreign Languages(ICFL) under the supervision of The Organization of Critical Foreign Languages focuses on general operation and management.
The Main objective of ICFL lies not only on building educational platform for CFL base expansion and providing various professional education opportunities for critical foreign language learners, but also focuses on leading local globalization in Southeast Korea by fostering critical foreign language experts.

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Languages

Turkish , Iranian , Swahili , Kazakh , Uzbek , Mongolian , Hindi , Thai , Lao , Polish , Hungarian , Italian , Dutch , Swedish , Brazilian · Portuguese , Indonesian · Malay
Phone

+82-2-2173-2843~6
E-mail

cfle@hufs.ac.kr
Fax

+82-2-2173-2847
Website

http://cfl.ac.kr
Address

107, Imun-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea

HUFS was designated an educational organization for critical foreign languages by the Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education with the enactment of the Act on the Promotion of Education of Critical Foreign Languages in 2017. CFL aims to open up ample opportunities for Korean people to learn critical foreign languages and to offer related courses that can be accessed easily by all who are interested. We will provide high-quality education in critical foreign languages by capitalizing on our expertise in foreign language education and proficiency assessment, high-caliber faculty, and close partnerships with educational institutions and prominent figures from around the world.