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Arabic an Unlikely Ticket to University for Some Korean Students

Arabic an Unlikely Ticket to University for Some Korean Students

SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – This year’s college entrance exams once again saw a so-called “Arabic Lottery Effect”, which describes test takers of “Arabic I” obtaining higher relative scores than those of other foreign language subjects despite having unimpressive proficiency. According to findings by Haneul Education Corp, which runs educational academies nationwide, if students [...]

Arabic Emerges as Top 2nd Language Choice on College Entrance Exam

Arabic Emerges as Top 2nd Language Choice on College Entrance Exam

SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – An overwhelming proportion of exam-takers chose the Arabic language for the second foreign language section of this year’s state-administered annual scholastic aptitude test, a state-run think tank on school curricula said Wednesday.  The results of graded scores on the test for the 2017 academic year, announced by the Korea [...]