KOR 1001: Elementary Korean I

3 Credit Hours

This course introduces students to Korean language and culture, stressing progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of Korean culture.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Communicate effectively, comprehensibly, and in culturally appropriate ways in Korean on a variety of topics and narrate and describe current events while applying a beginning level of grammar and vocabulary.
Evaluate and synthesize specific information and demonstrate an understanding of main ideas andsupporting ideas when listening to people talk about familiar topics.
Analyze a variety of authentic literary and cultural texts on familiar topics and identify the key cultural differences when reading Korean texts.
Apply appropriate grammar and vocabulary with appropriate social, cultural, and literary contexts to write a short story, narratives of present events, and dialogues related to everyday situations in a series of simple sentences.
Analyze and explicate the various aspects of Korean culture and society and reflect upon intercultural perspectives in relation to ethical issues and practices.