KOREA Course Descriptions

Korean (2009-2010)

An introductory course for students who have no or little knowledge of Korean to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills along with a sound basis of grammar. The distinctive features of the Korean language and writing system will be introduced. Practical oral, reading and writing exercises will develop the students' grammatical skills. Particular emphasis is placed on the acquisition of a basic working vocabulary.

Students will deepen their understanding of basic grammatical (particularly verb, noun and adverb) forms and sentence construction and enlarge their general vocabulary. Reading ability will be expanded and more attention will be given to idiomatic expressions and the use of the language in actual contexts.

Designed for students who have completed KOREA 102R or the equivalent. To achieve a balanced Korean language proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, a variety of teaching materials and methods is used. The text includes adapted versions of short stories, essays, and poems.

A continuation of KOREA 201R. Emphasis is placed on reading and composition. Students will learn complex sentence structure and widely-used idiomatic phrases for advanced reading.