Good listening skills, a strong back and a willingness to learn &045;&045; it may be the way to land a great job at the new $1 billion Hyundai Plant in Montgomery.

This is some of the advice given by Song Suk Wallace, who besides being an assistant counselor at Marion Military Institute is also teaching a course in Korean at Wallace Community College in Selma.

The first class was Monday.

Wallace, a native of South Korea, first came to the United States in 1979. She attended Midwestern University in Texas. After moving to several different locations in the United States, during which time she met her husband, she eventually moved to Marion last year from Northern Virginia.

Said Wallace with a laugh, &uot;You can definitely say I have really been everywhere.&uot;

Wallace, who has two children, said she enjoys working with students, one of the reasons she said for taking her most recent job at the Marion Military Institute as well as the college.

Wallace Community College President Dr. James Mitchell said he found Wallace, after she was recommended by another Wallace, Jamie Wallace, the former head of the Selma-Dallas County Chamber of Commerce.

Mitchell said one of the main reasons for offering the course was for the purpose of &uot;getting ready for Hyundai.&uot;

Song Suk Wallace said there were several important points to remember when learning Korean.

She added that she teaches proper Korean, something that she felt many beginning students of Korean do not really master.

Song Suk Wallace added that many of her students said they were not only learning Korean for the purpose of working with Hyundai, but were also learning the language for other reasons.

Mitchell added that there might be more advanced courses in Korean offered at the college.