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Korean Popular Culture and Language - KORE3310
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: School of Languages and Linguistic Course Outlines
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: KORE3001
 
 
Excluded: KORE3300, KORE5007
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Using selected contemporary Korean dramas, films and TV shows, this course explores language use in contemporary Korea. Covers theoretical as well as practical issues. Includes topics such as dialectal differences, gender differences, idioms, and language policies.


Learning Outcomes

The course aims to provide students with an opportunity to:
  • Gain a first-hand appreciation of contemporary Korean popular culture
  • Make linguistic and pragmatic analyses of the language used in contemporary Korea and to thereby consolidate their knowledge about the Korean language
  • Reflect upon the relationship between language and culture.

Assessment

  • Assignments - 40%
  • Group project - 20%
  • Seminar presentations - 10%
  • Essay (1500-2000 words) - 30%

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