Faculty of Arts


KOREAN 111 - Korean for Beginners 2

Aim/objectives:   This course is a continuation of KOREAN110 and aims to expand students’ communicative skills in modern Korean.  Through listening, speaking, reading and writing practice, students will learn to carry out a conversation on broader topics of daily-life, to comprehend simple Korean texts and to write about their own everyday life on a basic level.

Lecturers:  Dr Inshil Yoon (Course Coordinator)
     Office: Room 613  58 Symonds St  Tel: 373-7599 Ext. 85736
     Office Hours: Monday 3:00-5:00
 Email: ic.yoon@auckland.ac.nz    

  Mrs Keum-Ja Nam
     Office: Room 323 58 Symonds St  Tel: 373-7599 Ext. 83023
     Office Hours: Thursday 1:00-2:00
   Email: k.nam@auckland.ac.nz

Miss Bliss Lee
     Office: Room 323 58 Symonds St  Tel: 373-7599 Ext. 83023
     Office Hours: Friday 1:00-2:00
   Email: imblisslee@hotmail.com

Textbook: Young-Mee Cho et al. Integrated Korean Beginning 2, University of Hawai’i Press, 2001.

Lectures:

Monday 2:00 Inshil Yoon 612, 58 Symonds St
Tuesday 2:00 Keum-Ja Nam G04, 58 Symonds St
Thursday 2:00 Keum-Ja Nam ALR2
Friday 2:00 Bliss Lee G04, 58 Symonds St

Resources: 

  1. Cecil Activities and Announcements
    Activities on cecil (http://www.cecil.auckland.ac.nz) developed for KOREAN110 are available to students enrolled in the course. These activities will appear on line for two weeks.  For the time of availability please refer to the schedule.  On campus, students can use computer labs in the Human Science Building or the Student Commons to access the exercises. Students are expected to check Cecil regularly for announcements etc.
  2. Digital Audio Files* (see below for the latest information)
    Students are encouraged to use the Language Lab in the Arts 1, Room 214 (8:30-4:30) for listening to the CDs that accompany the textbook.
    Although not related to the outline of this course, students can benefit from Teen Korean, a CD Rom developed by the Korean Overseas Foundation. This CD is also in the Language Lab.
  3. Workbook
    Students are also encouraged to do the exercises in Integrated Korean Workbook Beginning 1. The workbook and the textbook can be found in the Short Loan Desk and on the 3rd and 5th floors of the General Library.  The library holds several kinds of Korean language textbooks, Korean dictionaries and reference books.
  4. On-line Dictionary
    Websites for on-line dictionaries are:
    NAVER Dictionary http://endic.naver.com/
    Yahoo On-line Dictionary http://kr.engdic.yahoo.com/.
  5. Korean Keyboard Layout
    For the Korean keyboard layout, please go to: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/keyboards/kbdKorea.htm.
  6. Other
    Other online resources recommended for Korean language learning can be found on websites which include http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/, run by Sogang University in Seoul, Korea, http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/korean/ by Monash University in Melbourne, http://www.mct.go.kr by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Korea and http://www.korean-edu.com.

Please note:

  • Students are expected to read over the lesson in the schedule including New Words and Expressions, Culture and Grammar before each class.
  • Assignments must be submitted on the due date.
  • There will be no make up tests. Students who have a valid reason and cannot sit a test on the dates specified must inform the lecturer in writing in advance of the test.
  • Students can find the university coursework policies at http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/students/index.cfm?P=5302. 
  • DELNA (Diagnostic English Language Needs Assessment) will help identify all first-year students’ academic English proficiency and help staff guide them to the most appropriate English language support.  Students are advised to book for the assessment at www.delna.auckland.ac.nz/booking/

DISABILITY SERVICES
Any student with a disability who may require alternative arrangements in this course is encouraged to seek advice and assistance from Disability Services as soon as possible after enrolment.
Contact details: Disability Services www.disability.auckland.ac.nz Room 036, Basement Level,
ClockTower: phone ext. 88808 or 87330: email disabilities@auckland.ac.nz

* ARTS 214 - Language Labs Library 

How to use digital audio files

Opening an audio file from the server:

  • Login to the computer (ctrl / alt / delete):
    User Name = sonylab
    Password = sonylab
    Log on to = ARTSNET
  • Login to the Sony Soloist language lab system
    Login =   your UPI
  • Click on the open file icon (small yellow folder) on the Sony Soloist interface window:
    You will see the “lessons” folder
  • Open the subject folder  (eg French  / Russian)
  • Open a sub-folder if relevant (eg Ruslan / Vocab / French 101)
  • Double-click on the sound file required

Using audio files:

  • Click the play / stop / fast forward /rewind / recap/ controls in the on-screen Sony Soloist interface window
  • You can also move the slider to select a point in the file
  • Click the record control to record your voice,  then the rewind and play controls to hear yourself and the original audio
  • Click one of the bookmark numbers while playing a file to bookmark a point in the file,  then click the bookmark number while playing the file to go to that point from elsewhere
  • Adjust the volume by clicking on the volume control icon in the Sony soloist interface window.  There is also a manual headset volume control below the desk

How to use multimedia software: 

  • Login to the computer (ctrl / alt / delete):
    User Name = sonylab
    Password = sonylab
    Log on to = ARTSNET
  • Login to the Sony Soloist language lab system
    Login = your UPI

To help students familiarize themselves with using the audio programmes a staff from the Language Labs Library will be available in the lab for 1 hour  for the FIRST 2 WEEKS OF TEACHING ONLY as follows: 

Monday 1 - 2pm,
Tuesday 12 - 1,
Wednesday 11 - 12,
Thursday and Friday 12:30 - 1:30.


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