Learning Practical Korean through Korean Films

This course is designed for intermediate-level Korean learners and uses movie scenes for teaching. While integrating the four essential language skills - speaking, listening, reading, and writing - it particularly emphasizes oral expression to encourage active usage in daily life.

• · Level : Intermediate
• · Instructor : Lee Jung Hee

The Korean Alphabet, Hangeul

Students will learn about the Korean alphabet, Hangeul and examine the emotions in the letters and sounds of Hangeul. They will also have time to look at Hangeul education and Hangeul in the world.

• · Level : Intermediate
• · Instructor : Cho Hyunyong

Exploring Culture Through Korean Language

The purpose of this lecture is to explore the characteristics of Korean culture and understand cultural genes of Koreans by looking at the culture inherent in Korean language. To this end, this lecture examines the linguistic culture including Koreans’ view of languages, texts, idioms, body languages and also examines Koreans’ view of humans, nature, families, and the necessities of life. It also studies areas such as basic language knowledge, language skills, culture, and etc. based on “International Standard Curriculum of the Korean Language.” Finally, the lecture helps students to improve inter-cultural communication skills by providing opportunities to compare Korean and their own cultures.

• · Level : Beginner
• · Instructor : Kim Jung Sup

K-pop Lyrics and Social Discourse

The purpose of this lecture is to understand Hallyu by identifying the history and status of K-pop and Korean popular music. It allows students to be able to gauge the future direction of K-pop in the global music market. In addition, by approaching Korean popular music and academic discussions on it, various aspects of Korean society can be examined by analyzing the social discourse that appear in K-pop songs’ lyrics.

• · Level : Beginner
• · Instructor : Kim Tae Ryong

Important Moments in K-Culture

In this course, we will examine the incidents that were turning points in Korean popular culture and explore how they have formed today's K-Culture. To do this, we will take a comprehensive look at the popular culture of the 1990s when the globalization of Korean popular culture began, and investigate how various elements of popular culture, such as movies and K-Pop, have developed.

• · Level : Intermediate
• · Instructor : Baek Tae Hyun

OTT Services and Story Contents

This course aims to examine the characteristics of K-story content, which forms the core subject matter of the Korean Wave. Among the various K-story content, this class will focus on the analysis of Korean movies and dramas that have spread overseas, mainly by means of OTT (Over-the-Top) services. Story content reveals the creator's individuality as well as the cultural context and customary genre rules of the contemporary society. To ascertain this aspect in detail, we will dissect the differences in the storytelling methods of creative works that have achieved notable success internationally. We will explore the role of the global OTT platforms and broaden our understanding on the narrative characteristics of K-story content..

• · Level : Advanced
• · Instructor : Jo Han Ki