Course Description
Enhanced course with comprehensive grammar review; readings of advanced texts; composition, conversation, and presentation. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Enhanced Advanced Korean I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in KREN 3001
Prerequisite
(KREN 2002 or KREN 2022) 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 advanced-level vocabulary and grammatical knowledge for a variety of verbal and written communications in Korean.
Topical Outline
Week 1: Conversation and Vocabulary: Birthday Party 1 Grammar: The indirect question Week 2: Grammar: as (I) intend/expect Conversation and Vocabulary: Birthday Party 2 Week 3: Grammar: as a result of/while/because of ~ing Narration (Reading Comprehension) Week 4: Culture and Usage: 1) Organizing a party, 2) Writing invitations and thank-you notes, 3) Expressing regrets. Week 5: Conversation and Vocabulary: Beauty salons and Barbershops Grammar: Do versus become Week 6: Grammar: Make someone/something Conversation and Vocabulary: Beauty salons and Barbershops Week 7: Grammar: The fact is Grammar: Causative Week 8: Narration (Reading Comprehension) Week 9: Review for midterm Vocabulary: Hobbies 1 Week 10: Culture and Usage: 1) Describing hairstyles and hair fashions, 2) Commenting on someone’s appearance, 3) Reading and making ads Week 11: Conversation and Vocabulary: Hobbies 2 Week 12: Grammar: Expressing change in momentum Grammar: Expressing speaker’s past experience Week 13: Conversation and Vocabulary: Hobbies 3 Week 14: Grammar: To death Week 15: Grammar: Sometimes … too Grammar: Do completely
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus