Course Description
As a continuation of Advanced Korean I, this course focuses on building an advanced-level vocabulary and grammar knowledge in Korean for a variety of verbal and written communications. This course is not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Advanced Korean II
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in KREN 3022
Pre or Corequisite
KREN 3001
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
A continuation of Advanced Korean I. In this course, students build up an advanced-level vocabulary and grammar knowledge in Korean for a variety of verbal and written communications.
Topical Outline
Week I: Lesson 14 (folk tale) Discussion: marriage customs described in Korean folk tales Composition: pros and cons of arranged and "love" marriages Week II: Lesson 15 (friendship) Discussion: intercultural friendship Composition: a letter to a pen-pal in Korea Week III: Lesson 16 (lifestyles) Screening & discussion: a Korean film on a generation gap Composition: lifestyles and a generation gap Week IV: Lesson 17 (professionalism) Discussion: professional attitudes Composition: a brief biography of a role model in the student's future profession Week V: Lesson 18 (landscape) Screening & discussion: Korean landscape Interview & composition: description of a city in Korea Week VI: Lesson 19 (folk songs) Discussion: various origins of "Arirang" Listening and recording: different versions of "Arirang" Week VII: review of Lessons 14-19 & midterm Week VIII: Lesson 20 (geography) Discussion: Kim Jong-ho, a pioneering land surveyor & cartographer Composition: pioneers Week IX: Lesson 21 (speech levels) Discussion: slang Interview and report: popular slang used by Korean college students Week X: Lesson 22 (literature) Discussion: Whang Jinyi, a 16th-century poetess Composition: response to Whang Jinyi's poems Week XI: Lesson 23 (advertisement) Screening & discussion: Korean TV commercials Composition: comparison of Korean and American commercials Week XII: Lesson 24 (religion) Discussion: Han yong-un, a Buddhist writer Composition: response to Han's prose poem Week XIII: Lesson 25 (traditional performing arts) Screening & discussion: p'ansori Week XIV: Lesson 26 (newspaper editorial) Discussion: the impact of a newspaper editorial Translation: an editorial from Red & Black Week XV: review of Lessons 20-26 presentation
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus