Korean Level 1

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Notices

• This class is for the SRU students who just enter Korean Language practicing.

Outlines

This course is designed to instruct students to understand the basic structures of Korean language and to achieve everyday basic communication ability. This course will also provide an introduction to the cultural background of Korea which will be of help to students’ acquisition of Korean language

General course information

• Course code:
• Credit-Lecture-Lab work:
• Grading: With Midterm Exam (30%) + Final Exam (30%) + Assignment & Discussion (30%) + Attendance (10%)
• Type of class: Lecture + Discussion

Text & references

• Text: Ganada Korean For Foreigners 1 (Elementary), Language Plus: Seoul, 1997.

• Supplements: Any Korean-English dictionary would be helpful

Prerequisites

None

강의 계획 Lecture schedule

Week No.	Lecture title & contents	Assignment	Lecture note	Reading Materials & Other Supplements
1	Lecture introduction: Instructor, examination, assignments, grading etc. Korean Language: General introduction, Characteristics Korea & Korean people: Figures & numbers	Jeju Island and lava tubes are the UNESCO Natural heritage of Korea. Collect a few photos of the island and share them with the class mates. It would be better if you can explain the photos.	Title page Introduction Introduction-complement	Wikipedia-Korean language Wikipedia-Republic of Korea
2	Korean alphabet-Hangul: History Basic consonants & vowels: Names of the characters, combination and pronunciation Double consonants & vowels: Further variations in combination & pronunciation	Fill the consonant-vowel combination tables 10 times. When you write the combinations, check if you can read them without any problem.	Hangul-History Hangul-Letters
3	Lesson 1. 안녕하십니까? Korean Culture 1 - Holidays Quiz 1	Terminate the given verbs with declarative, interrogative, and imperative endings	Lesson 1 Korean Holidays
4	Lesson 2. 요즘 어떻게 지내십니까? How to call your family members	Compare family member names of Korean with English-American	Lesson 2
5	Lesson 3. 제 이름은 김진수입니다. Korean Culture 2 - Customs Quiz 2	Introduce yourself (in Korean) with the sentences from Lesson 1 to 3	Lesson 3 Korean Customs
6	Lesson 4. 저 분은 누구입니까?	Find out the English names of the fruits on p.44 and match them with the corresponding Korean names.	Lesson 4
7	Review of the first half. Korean Culture 3 - Sports.		Korean Sports
8	Midterm Exmaination
9	Lesson 5. 한국말을 배우십니까?	Do the writing practice on p.54 and 55.	Lesson 5
10	Lesson 6. 사과가 있습니까? Korean Culture 4 - Food		Lesson 6 Korean Food
11	Lesson 7. 어디에 가십니까? Quiz 3 Basic rules for pronunciation		Lesson 7
12	Lesson 8. 언제 한국에 오셨습니까? Korean culture 5 - Music		Lesson 8 Korean Music
13	Lesson 9. 어느 나라에서 오셨습니까? Quiz 4		Lesson 9
14	Numbers Korean culture 6 – Arts		Korean Arts Part 1 Korean Arts Part 2 Korean Arts Part 3
15	Final Examination