First-Year Courses in Korean (Division 409)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

Note: The Department Waitlist policy for all courses is 2 – Go to the department office to get on a waitlist, and then attend the first class meeting. Policies and procedures for handling the waitlist will be explained there.

Students wanting to begin language study, at a level other than first year, must take a placement exam to be held on Tuesday, September 7, 1-3 p.m.

Korean Language Courses

Instructor(s): Kyung Oak Oh (kooh@umich.edu)

Credits: (5).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This first-year course is for those who have no or minimal proficiency in Korean. This course will introduce the basic structure of Korean while focusing on the development of reading, writing, and speaking skills. Class regularly meets five times a week – two hours of lecture and three hours of aural/oral practice – and daily attendance is expected. In addition, students are required to do additional hours of work for practice on their own in the computer lab. Through lectures, students will learn Korean characters, be able to read sentences with considerable fluency, and understand the basic grammatical structures of Korean. Based on the knowledge obtained through lectures, recitation classes will help the students develop an ability to use basic conversational expressions freely. The checkpoints for evaluation include homework assignments, weekly quizzes, reading aloud, and oral interviews. The textbook for the course is College Korean by Clare You (University of California Press). Those who successfully finish the course will gain sustained control of basic conversation.

Culture Courses

Section 001 – The Korean War.

Instructor(s): Henry H. Em

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Asian Studies 254.001.