Our Korean courses have been designed to
build fluency in both the spoken and the written language. Communication
in a warm and relaxed environment is an important feature of our programs,
as is homework, which includes exercises for review and practice of the
material taught in class.
Beginning Korean Level 1
Introduces both the spoken and written language. Upon completion of this
course, students should expect to be able to engage in simple conversations
about everyday activities as well as to read and write the complete Korean
syllabary. Proper pronunciation and the development of conversational proficiency
are strongly emphasized. Grammatical topics include demonstratives, honorifics
and the humble form, pronouns, interrogatives, negation, descriptive and
action verbs, plural markers, irregular verbs, and conjunctions.
(College Korean, Lessons 1-6)
Beginning Korean Level 2
After completing Level 2, students can expect to be able to make requests,
ask for assistance and discuss their daily schedule of activities. Building
upon the basic foundation provided in Level 1, topics include expressions
of time and date, interrogatives, numbers, present and past formal tenses,
the polite informal style, future tense markers, conjunctions and plural
forms. Listening skills and proper pronunciation continue to be strongly
emphasized.
(College Korean, Lessons 7-10)
Text and Supplementary Materials
Since communication in a foreign language requires an understanding of the
cultural context, our aim is to teach you the living language through carefully
selected textbooks, newspaper and magazine articles and other relevant materials,
rather than have you repeat and memorize tourist phrases.
We have selected College Korean (University
of California Press) as the one that best fulfills the objectives of our
students. Teachers provide texts and supplementary materials at the higher
levels. |
