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Tutor and buddy for international students
Help international students at Kyungpook National University settle into classes and daily life, in Korean and English.
- Period
- Sep 2026 – Present
- Role
- Tutor (university programme) and buddy (School of Electronics Engineering)
- Status
- In progress
- Result
- Help international students at Kyungpook National University settle into classes and daily life, in Korean and English.
This semester I am doing two things for international students at Kyungpook National University.
As a tutor in the university programme I meet one student regularly. The first sessions were practical: where things are on campus, how to use the library, how to get an enrolment certificate issued online. Most of the student’s classes are in Korean, alongside Korean students, and the lectures go fast, so we spend our time talking in Korean as much as possible, including the polite forms that textbooks cover poorly.
As a buddy in the School of Electronics Engineering I am paired with exchange students. That is less about studying and more about making sure they have someone to ask, and someone to eat with.
My English is not perfect and sometimes I have to stop and look for a word. They wait. It has made me a more patient listener in return.