Universities resume classroom teaching

Universities are resuming some classroom teaching as social distancing is being eased amid the coronavirus epidemic. Universities have offered only online lectures since March, which has led to a spate of demands for refunds of tuition fees.

Korea University announced Thursday that it will offer both online and offline lectures from May 11. Other universities in Seoul are following suit. Hangyang University and Dankook University have already started offline lectures in some subjects. Seoul National University is preparing to resume offline classes from May 4 starting with subjects that require hands-on experience or lab experiments. According to the Korean Association of Private University Presidents on Thursday, 37 universities across the nation will let students return to classrooms from April 27, another 60 on May 4 and 25 on May 11. 

Guide Questions:
1. Illustrate how universities are resuming classroom teachings.
2. What are the regulations students have to strictly keep?
3. Do you think Koreans are ready to go back to normal?
4. Will you go back to school than take your classes online? Support your answer.
5. In specific, what classes are done face-to-face now?

Vocabulary:
1. face-to-face - with the people involved being close together and looking directly at each other
2. resume - take, pick up, or put on again; return to the use of