Students with no prior knowledge of Korean learn how to manage basic everyday situations in Korea.
-Students learn how to read Korean characters (hangul) accurately.
-Students learn basic structure of Korean language to understand and use short sentences.
-Students will learn Korean with a focus on language functions and tasks needed in everyday life such as greeting, introducing themselves, ordering food, buying things, making telephone calls, using public transportation, and inviting guests..
-Students will learn basic Korean culture needed in everyday life such as Korean food and titles.
Level 2
Students with 200 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the conversation skills necessary for everyday.
-Students practice phonetic rules of hangul to read and say sentences more naturally.
-Students understand and use relatively longer sentences connected and expanded by short sentences.
-Students ask and answer about familiar topics such as family, hobbies, sports, seasons, trips and experience.
-Students will learn honorifics such as plain speech and polite speech so that they can use the correct forms according to the discourse situation.
-Students experience and learn interesting details about Korean culture such as the New Year’s food and the Korean traditional percussion quartet.
Level 3
Students with 400 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the communication skills necessary for everyday life.
-Students learn enough vocabulary of everyday life, Chinese characters and idiomatic expressions and conduct everyday conversations freely.
-Students learn and express various topics such as looking for a room, moving, getting a broken television fixed, planning for a holiday, traveling and acting.
-Students learn Korean culture through Korean cooking, field trips to Korean cultural centers and appreciation of Korean poetry.
Level 4
Students with 600 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the communication skills needed to carry out various social activities. Experiencing traditional Korean culture is an important component of this class.
-Students acquire language skills necessary for research and employment.
-Students read and discuss various articles on society, culture, history and novels.
-Students improve their skills in expressing their thoughts relatively long and logically.
-Students understand Korean culture through field trips or Korean myths, traditional tales and folk songs.
Level 5
Students with 800 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire communication skills needed to flawlessly handle daily situations. At this level, students expand their knowledge of Korean history and culture.
-Students acquire concrete language skills necessary for research and employment.
-Students participate in discussions on social topics of interest such as politics, society, economy and culture.
-Students cultivate technical knowledge and discussion skills through formal essay writing and research paper presentation on various topics.
Level 6
Students with 1,000 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency learn to use Korean fluently in social activities. This course incorporates a comprehensive study of Korean history and culture.
-Students cultivate language skills necessary for participating in university lectures and performing duties on the job.
-Students improve their skills in expressing their ideas logically on formal occasions such as discussions and presentations.
-Students conduct listening, reading and discussion comprehension exercises using real-life data including broadcasts.
-Students learn Korean history through multimedia such as a broadcasted documentary.
Advanced Academic Class
Students with 1,200 hours of Korean language instruction (level 6 in the regular program or above), or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency learn to acquire Korean language skills necessary for research and employment. This course incorporates a comprehensive study of Korean history and culture.
-Students cultivate language skills necessary for university and graduate school courses and employment.
-Students learn how to write formal reports and other writings necessary for university and graduate school courses.
-Students acquire skills necessary to find materials and data through the use of books, dissertations and the Internet
-Students learn expressions in Korean language necessary to understand cultural backgrounds on the job.
-Students cultivate their skills in understanding writing as a whole critically through readings of various sources and making presentations and discussions accordingly.
-Students understand newspapers and broadcasted materials dealing with some of the main issues in society and exercise in expressing their opinions on the corresponding topic with fluency and accuracy.
