Korean

Through an integrated curriculum of vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, writing, and reading, this course enables students to: 

1)To communicate in Korean at various discourse circumstances; 

2)To converse in Korean at an intermediate level on a wide range of topics such as school life, public institutions, giving appropriate recommendations, etc.; and,

3)To write using appropriate endings.

This course is for beginners with no previous knowledge of Korean. It gives absolute beginners a basic, working knowledge of spoken and written Korean. The lectures are taught in larger groups (of approximately 30 students), while separate oral tutorials entail smaller groups (of around 15 students). In the tutorials, students practice speaking and writing tutorials. Students learn the Korean script (Hangul) and acquire a vocabulary of 600/700 Korean words. They also learn how to comprehend and compose short pages in Korean. Topics covered throughout the course include daily routines, making plans, means of transportation, and shopping.

This online course examines the basic features of the Korean language and topics of Korean culture and society. It covers basic concepts of Korean grammar and vocabularies for simple daily communication.

This course is designed for students with basic knowledge in Korean, and expands their vocabulary and grammar for everyday conversation. Students engage in a variety of activities in speaking, listening, writing, and reading to improve their communication skills in Korean. By the end of the course students should be able to understand the fundamental rules of sentence structure and syntax in Korean; have basic conversations in Korean on various topics including jobs, transportation, weather, food, sports, etc.; and use past and future tense, honorific forms according to the appropriate social situation.

The course covers the organization and contents of pedagogical grammar of Korean as a Foreign Language. It also identifies the issues of teaching Korean grammar and helps identify effective teaching methods.

This course explores the ways in which the usage and perception of Korean varies both within and across individuals including factors such as regional origin; age; gender; race, and native status.

This course provides a study of Korean classical literature for cultural contents on the basis of storytelling for movies, exhibitions, and performance arts. It examines how Korean classic literature transforms into media and its methodology.

This course is designed for those who have basic knowledge of Korean. The objective of this course is to give students knowledge of Korean language and to help students acquire communicative competence in Korean. 

This course is designed to give students the basic knowledge on the alphabet, the vocabulary, and the basic grammar of Korean Language. Students will learn how to read and write Korean alphabet. Then, they will engage in a variety of activities in basic speaking, listening, writing, and reading to improve their basic communication skills in Korean.