The International English Expo & Conference 2005 was held at Conference & Exhibition Center (COEX) Indian Hall in Seoul December 1-4, 2005. The largest English festival in Korea featured the SDA Language Institute which is one of the most famous and leading English language education business in Korea.

At the opening ceremony, the tape-cutting was made by VIPs including Education Vice Minister Kim Young-shik, Arirang TV official, Kim, Si Young, President of the SDA Language Institute, Jeffrey Johns, former American Chamber of Commerce in Korea and Geyonggi English Village Honorary President, and Susan Chyn, former Director of Business Development Asia Pacific Rim of the Educational Testing Service (ETS).

During the Expo, the Adventist language school along with some 200 experts in English language education from home and abroad gathered together to share and advertise all about English education-public and private institutes, multimedia software, e-learning contents, books, etc.

At the conference, local lecturers gave talks on how to speak better English. Lee, Dong Wook, director of SDA Development Research gave a presentation on the Interactive English language software for on-line education, and Christie Park spoke about “You Too Can Speak English.” Some public media said “especially the SDA on-line interactive English learning system attracted participants’ eyes very much.”

It is said that the English education market in Korea is burgeoning as the language becomes a must for people who want to get ahead in their studies or career. This trend of Korea gives more opportunities to the SDA Language schools not only about contribution to Korean society through education also gospel work. The SDA Language Schools in Korea began in 1969. They now have 37 branches serving about 50,000 students. They mainly teach English conversation classes, but also offer Japanese and Chinese classes. During 2004 more than 1,200 students were baptized as a result of this witness.