I KSIF Holds Appointment Ceremony for Members of the Sejong Korean Language Evaluation Committee

On June 25, the King Sejong Institute Foundation(President Lee Hai-young, hereafter referred to as the KSIF) held an appointment ceremony for the members of the Sejong Korean Language Evaluation Committee, an advisory body for Sejong Korean Language Evaluation. The Sejong Korean Language Evaluation is a proficiency test that comprehensively measures Korean language communication skills in listening, reading, writing, and speaking for KSI graduates, learners, and prospective learners.

On this day, President Lee Hai-young of the KSIF appointed five external experts with extensive knowledge and experience in the field of Korean language evaluation from academia and related institutions(Professor Kim Jae-wook of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Professor Jeong Myung-sook of Busan University of Foreign Studies, Professor Lee Yong-won of Seoul National University, Team Leader Park Hyun-wook of the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, and CEO Ye Hee-kyung of ETS Korea) and two internal ex officio members(the Director-General of the King Sejong Institute Business Division and the Director-General of the Content Business Division) as members of the Sejong Korean Language Evaluation Committee.

The committee members will provide advice on the implementation and development of the Sejong Korean Language Evaluation for a term of two years. During the meeting, the committee members reviewed the progress of the Sejong Korean Language Assessment Multi-Stage Adaptive test(iSKA) and discussed the mid- to long-term development directions of the evaluation.