Course Offerings and Descriptions
Instructor(s): Jeyseon Lee (jeyseon@umich.edu) This first-year course is for those who have no or minimal proficiency in Korean. This course will introduce the basic structure of Korean while focusing on the development of reading, writing, and speaking skills. Class regularly meets five times a week ?two hours of lecture and three hours of aural/oral practice ?and daily attendance is expected. In addition, students are required to do additional hours of work for practice on their own in the computer lab. Through lectures, students will learn Korean characters, be able to read sentences with considerable fluency, and understand the basic grammatical structures of Korean. Based on the knowledge obtained through lectures, recitation classes will help the students develop an ability to use basic conversational expressions freely. The checkpoints for evaluation include homework assignments, weekly quizzes, reading aloud, and oral interviews. The textbook for the course is College Korean by Clare You (University of California Press). Those who successfully finish the course will gain sustained control of basic conversation.
Instructor(s): Jee-Hyun Park (jeepark@umich.edu) This is an intermediate course in spoken and written Korean. It will emphasize the aural/oral skill, but attention will also be given to grammatical structure. Class regularly meets five times a week ?two hours of lectures and three hours of aural/oral practice ?and daily attendance is expected. Through lectures, students will learn relatively complex structural patterns of Korean, build up their vocabulary, and get acquainted with various aspects of Korean culture and society. Based on the knowledge obtained through lectures, recitation classes will help the students develop an ability to carry on survival-level conversation. In evaluation, weight will be placed on homework assignments, biweekly quizzes, and oral interviews.
Instructor(s): Jeyseon Lee (jeyseon@umich.edu) Third-Year Korean will help students improve their skills, both spoken and written, up to intermediate-high level. Class meets five hours per week ?two hours of lecture and three hours of recitation. In lecture classes, the students will learn Chinese characters, and thereby build up their vocabulary and heighten reading ability. The reading materials will inform the students of various cultural aspects of Korea. Through weekly writing assignments, the students will also learn more accurate syntax, pragmatic ways of expression, and logical ways of thinking in Korean. In recitation classes, strengthened aural/oral training will be given. The students will tell a short story, have free group-discussion, and learn songs. Evaluation will be based on attendance, homework assignments, exams, class activities, and various oral performances.
Instructor(s): Jeyseon Lee (jeyseon@umich.edu) This first-year course is for those who have no or minimal proficiency in Korean. This course will introduce the basic structure of Korean while focusing on the development of reading, writing, and speaking skills. Class regularly meets five times a week ?two hours of lecture and three hours of aural/oral practice ?and daily attendance is expected. In addition, students are required to do additional hours of work for practice on their own in the computer lab. Through lectures, students will learn Korean characters, be able to read sentences with considerable fluency, and understand the basic grammatical structures of Korean. Based on the knowledge obtained through lectures, recitation classes will help the students develop an ability to use basic conversational expressions freely. The checkpoints for evaluation include homework assignments, weekly quizzes, reading aloud, and oral interviews. The textbook for the course is College Korean by Clare You (University of California Press).Those who successfully finish the course will gain sustained control of basic conversation.
Instructor(s): Jee-Hyun Park (jeepark@umich.edu) This is an intermediate course in spoken and written Korean. It will emphasize the aural/oral skill, but attention will also be given to grammatical structure. Class regularly meets five times a week ?two hours of lectures and three hours of aural/oral practice ?and daily attendance is expected. Through lectures, students will learn relatively complex structural patterns of Korean, build up their vocabulary, and get acquainted with various aspects of Korean culture and society. Based on the knowledge obtained through lectures, recitation classes will help the students develop an ability to carry on survival-level conversation. In evaluation, weight will be placed on homework assignments, biweekly quizzes, and oral interviews.
Instructor(s): Jeyseon Lee (jeyseon@umich.edu) Third-year Korean will help students improve their skills, both spoken and written, up to intermediate-high level. Class meets five hours per week ?two hours of lecture and three hours of recitation. In lecture classes, the students will learn Chinese characters, and thereby build up their vocabulary and heighten reading ability. The reading materials will inform the students of various cultural aspects of Korea. Through weekly writing assignments, the students will also learn more accurate syntax, pragmatic ways of expression, and logical ways of thinking in Korean. In recitation classes, strengthened aural/oral training will be given. The students will tell a short story, have free group-discussion, and learn songs.Evaluation will be based on attendance, homework assignments, exams, class activities, and various oral performances.
Korean Language Courses This is a reading course designed to introduce selected contemporary articles on various subjects in the field of Korean Studies to students who have an advanced knowledge of Korean language and culture . The selected readings include major articles in Korean history, literature, thought, and religion. The course will be conducted in Korean, and
emphasis will be placed on developing reading skills for dealing with Korean scholarly materials and academic writing skills. Student participation in classroom discussion is crucial for the effectiveness of the course. There will be a midterm, a final, and short writing assignments. A coursepack will be used as a main textbook.
Korean Language Courses
Culture Courses This course provides the opportunity to become acquainted with Korea and Korean culture through a study of its history, thought, religion, and literature. Each lecture will deal with specific themes in Korean civilization, with emphasis on the history and culture from pre-historic to modern times. We will consider the unique shape of Korean civilization as it has been impacted by its larger neighbors: China, in traditional times, and Japan, in the twentieth century. Along the way, we will examine literary materials illustrative of Korean elite values, popular religion, and family structure. The course will consist of four parts: Korean history; thought and religion; literature; and contemporary society.
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