Subject Area: Korean Studies

This course provides introductory level tuition in Korean language from a communicative and task-based approach. The medium of instruction is English and, wherever appropriate, Korean. Through this course, you will continue to develop basic communicative skills in Korean through various speaking and writing activities, while expanding your understanding of how the Korean language works and how the Korean way of life contrasts with your own. The topics covered in the course include how you travel to university, your family, study, hobbies and favourite sports, daily and weekend activities, house, clothing and favourite colours, and feelings and emotions, and shops and goods for sale, and weather and climate. Wherever appropriate, the course utilises K-pop materials and 'cyber-realia'.