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

Language Contact and the Korean Language

Languages constantly change and develop through contact with other languages. This course examines a range of language contact phenomena and explores how Korean has changed within historical, social, and cultural contexts. Students will learn key concepts related to language contact, investigate the identity and developmental processes of Korean, and analyze the global spread of Korean- including its expansion through Hallyu (Korean Wave) content. The course also considers how Korean interacts with other cultures from the perspective of overseas learners and seeks practical ways to apply these insights in Korean language education.

• · Level : Advanced
• · Instructor : Cho, Hyun Yong

Classical Literature With History

In this course we explore literary works that provide effective understanding of the keywords set up to explain Korea’s past history, which are ideas and philosophy, social structure and systems, and events such as war. Through this we learn to understand how literature captures Korea’s past history.

• · Level : Intermediate
• · Instructor : Cha, Chung-Hwan

Hybridity and the Korean Diaspora

This course looks at the Korean diaspora in a broad, cross-disciplinary way, focusing on its historical roots and how it has taken shape politically, economically, socially, and culturally. We’ll follow the diaspora from its beginnings in the late 19th century and see how it unfolded in places like Japan, China, Central Asia, and the United State. Along the way, we’ll also explore what hybridity means in this context and how it helps us understand the diaspora’s history and its artistic expression.

• · Level : Intermediate
• · Instructor : Lee, SeongChun

Hallyu 5.0 and Shared Growth

This course looks at the trends and context of today’s Korean Wave, building on a broad understanding of Korean pop culture and the arts. We’ll trace how the Korean Wave has developed in film, TV dramas, and pop music, and identify the issues that need to be addressed for the Korean Wave to grow in a sustainable and mutually beneficial way. By examining the systems, industries, platforms, and media environment that shape contemporary Korean content, the course outlines the conditions needed to move toward the era of Korean Wave 5.0.

• · Level : Advanced
• · Instructor : Ahn, Soong-Beum

University Korean - Reading and Writing

- Learners will be able to listen to and understand everyday conversations and dialogues on familiar social topics.

- Learners will be able to communicate in Korean about what they have heard.

- Learners will be able to understand the basic structure of a presentation and use the appropriate Korean expressions for each stage to give a presentation.

• · Level : Intermediate
• · Instructor : Kim, Soohee