Korean 3

Academic unit or major

Second foreign language courses

Instructor(s)

Hyunjoo Seung

Class Format

Exercise

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Class

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Course Code

LAL.K353

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

3Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 19, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

In "Korean 1 to 4", students practice mainly on the mechanism of letters (Hangul) and pronunciation, greetings, basic conversation. This course also deals witn Korean culture and history through audio-visual materials and others. Students deepen the cross-cultural understanding and learn the social conversation skills through the year.

Course description and aims

1. Reading and writing Hangul (Korean Alphabet).
2. Greetings and self-introductions.
3. Verbs and adjectives, irregular verbs queries.
4. Past tense.
5. Developing basic writing and speaking skills.
6. Developing group and pair discussion skills.

Keywords

Korean language, Greetings in Korean, Korean culture, International communication skills

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Students learn the grammar with the textbook for elementary level, and confirm the contents learned on the worksheet.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Minnano Kankokugo(HAKUSUISHA)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Course materials are provided during class.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Results are evaluated based on the results (60%) of the final exam (and midterm exam) based on attitudes in the class, submission of tasks (40%).

Related courses

• LAL.K301 ： Korean 1
• LAL.K302 ： Korean 2
• LAL.K354 ： Korean 4

Prerequisites

Nothing special.