Description

Begin your year in Korea with a five-day arrival orientation that will include Korean language training, culture and customs classes, and cultural excursions to palaces and historical sites. As a student in Korea, you will attend a local Korean school and live with a Korean host family. As all of Korean high schools begin in early March, the program begins in mid-February.

During your stay in Korea, you may choose to take part in an optional cultural trip. These may include two-day cultural excursions to explore historical and modern sites as well as city tours exploring places such as Seoul and Daegu. Upon return home, students will participate in one-day re-entry orientations organized regionally by YFU Korea.

Students should be prepared to buy a school uniform (approximately USD 250) as well as cover school fees, books and transportation expenses, and spending money.

Highlights

Discover Korea: Summer Program

On this six-week program you'll be immersed in Korea's daily and family life, giving you the learning opportunity of a lifetime. YFU will take you and other exchange students on a two-day cultural excursion around Seoul during your orientation, a trip that's included in your program tuition.

Your summer in Korea includes many short outdoor trips such as visits to old royal palaces, the Seoul Tower or Namsan Hanok Village, a Korean folk village which recreates the lifestyle of several centuries ago with a grand view of Seoul. In addition, you will walk through famous market places. Through these cultural excursions, you will find yourself surrounded by Korean culture and landscape, as well as old and modern Korean daily life.

Since schools are in session during your stay but it is during finals, you may attend several days a week, if the school gives permission, allowing you to try your new language skills and make new friends

Type of Programs

• High School Study Abroad

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

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This Program is open to

American Participants.

Application Process Involves

• In-Person Interview Required
• Letters of Reference
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Youth For Understanding USA's Mission Statement

Youth For Understanding (YFU) prepares young people for their responsibilities and opportunities in a changing, interdependent world.

Year Founded

YFU in 1951