Elizabethtown Community and Technical College will again offer a Korean culture and a Korean conversation class through the college’s Community Education Program.
“We have designed this class just as an introduction to Korean culture and language, mainly to help people who want to learn a little bit more about the Korean folks that are going to be coming into the area with BlueOval and some of these other entities from South Korea,” said ECTC Chief Workforce Officer Darrin Powell. “Just trying to help people learn a little bit about their customs and a little bit about their language so they can just make basic introductions and just learn to interact with them a little bit easier.”
The goal of the class is to ease the transition for both Korean transplants and local workers who will be working at BlueOval SK and improve communication. Powell says the class is a look at the basics to encourage friendliness and hospitality.
“Basic greetings, you know, ‘hello,’ ‘thank you,’ those kinds of things, just basic informal greetings that people might want to do, basic conversation,” Powell said. “As far as culture, just a little bit about their culture, some of the authentic dress that they might wear, those kinds of things, and a little bit of the differences between our culture and their culture will be pointed out.”
The classes will cost $25 and will be held in Room 112 in the James S. Owen Building on ECTC’s campus. The Korean culture class will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. March 13 and 20 or from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 9 and 11. The Korean conversation class will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on April 14 and 24 or from 6 to 8 p.m. on May 7 and 9.
Contact the ECTC Workforce Solutions Office (270-706-8700) to register or for more information.
