KOREAN 110

Korean for Beginners 1


Please note: this is archived course information from 2019 for KOREAN 110.

Description

Learning Korean as a foreign or second language is becoming increasingly popular in New Zealand as well as overseas.

This course aims to introduce beginners to basic spoken and written skills in modern Korean. By the end of the course, successful students will be able to carry out a conversation on simple topics of daily life, to comprehend simple Korean texts and to write about their own everyday life at a basic level. Students must attend the lecture plus the streamed classes. This entails four class hours per week.

Topics covered

•    Reading and writing the Korean alphabet –consonants, vowels and syllable blocks
•    Greetings and introducing yourself and your friends
•    Asking questions
•    Comparing items
•    Negative expressions
•    Changing topics
•    Asking alternative questions
•    Talking about your daily routine
•    Making requests
•    Talking about your family and others’ families
•    Asking about locations - in and around the house, university and town
•    Expressing possessive relations
•    Talking about activities on days of a week
•    Expressing the purpose of your action

View the course syllabus

Availability 2019

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Mi Yung Park

Reading/Texts

Integrated Korean: Beginning 1 (2nd ed.)

Recommended Reading

Integrated Korean Workbook: Beginning 1 (2nd ed.)

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

KOREAN 110: 15 points

Restrictions

KOREAN 100, 250. May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed