Course Description
Enhanced course with comprehensive grammar review; readings of intermediate texts; composition, conversation, and presentation. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Enhanced Intermediate Korean I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in KREN 2001
Prerequisite
KREN 1002 and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
In this course, students build up at an accelerated pace an intermediate-level vocabulary and grammatical knowledge for a variety of verbal and written communications in Korean.
Topical Outline
W 1: Vocabulary for Weather and Seasons I Grammar: Change of state: "become," "get to be" Grammar: Sentence ending. "You know" (assuming agreement) W 2: Vocabulary for Weather and Seasons II Grammar: Noun-modifying form: retrospective W 3: Grammar: After doing (something) Grammar: Expressing speaker’s wish Review and Practice W 4: Vocabulary for Clothing and Fashion I Grammar: "intending to," "intend to" W 5: Grammar: "it is easy/difficult to" Vocabulary for Clothing and Fashion II W 6: Grammar: "not N1 but N2" Grammar: Expressions of permission and prohibition Culture and Usage: The Korean life pertaining to clothes: 1) Requesting, granting, and denying permission; 2) Making plans; 3) Describing physical appearance; 4) Shopping W 7: Review and Practice Vocabulary for Travel I W 8: Grammar: turn of events Grammar: "have only to," "All one needs is" W 9: Review for midterm Vocabulary for Travel II W 10: Grammar: Past tense Grammar: "There has been an/no occasion of" W 11: Grammar: Past tense Grammar: "There has been an/no occasion of" Grammar: Expressing a reason or logical sequence W 12: Review and Practice Conversation and vocabulary for Life in Korea I Culture and Usage: The ancient capital of the Sillar Kingdom: 1) Calling a travel agency and buying an airline ticket, 2) Talking about vacation and summer jobs, 3) Describing past events, 4)Skimming newspaper ads for airline tickets and travel information. W 13: Grammar: (be) "on one’s way" Grammar: "You see," (because) W 14: Grammar: "It is" [noun] Grammar: "If" intends to do W 15: Grammar: "definitely/indeed/surely should/ought to/have to" Culture and Usage: Insadong: 1) Using postal services, 2) Giving a warning and seeking advice, 3) Writing personal letters. Review for final exam
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus