KOREAN 110
Korean for Beginners 1
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 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
Important information
KOREAN110 is for students who have never studied Korean before. Enrolment is limited with admission based on a Language Ability Declaration and offered on a first applied, first admitted basis. It is not offered to native or semi-native speakers of Korean.
Class limits information for 2017: Summer School enrolment is limited to 105 students in KOREAN 110G. Selection is based on Language Ability Declaration indicating no previous formal or informal study in Korean. Not offered to native speakers of Korean. First in, first enrolled.
Availability 2017
Semester 1
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Inshil Yoon
Reading/Texts
Integrated Korean: Beginning 1 (2nd Edition)
Recommended Reading
Integrated Korean Workbook: Beginning 1 (2nd Edition)
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
KOREAN 110: 15 points
Prerequisites
Restrictions
KOREAN 100, 250. May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed
