Course Description

Ms. Cho Ara

Years II, Semester I & II

This course is designed for students who have little knowledge of Korean. It emphasizes the development of foundational Korean grammar structures such as sentence structures, some simple grammatical points, and some survival level use of Korean language.

Ms. Lim Kuk Hee, Ms. Song Hyo Suk

Year II, Semesters I & II

This course aims to develop basic listening and speaking skills. Students can communicate minimally within a range of limited topics such as themselves and their surroundings. They also can understand main ideas and/or some facts from simple conversations on familiar topics.

Ms. Song Hyo Suk

Year II, Semesters I & II

This course aims to develop basic reading skills. Students can read simple structured texts and understand main ideas and/or some facts from simple connected texts.

Ms. Kang Ji Hye

Year II, Semester I & II

This course aims to develop basic writing and speech skills Students can write short stories on the limited topics such as daily life, personal experience and likes and dislikes, etc. They can also make a short speech using their own writing.

Year III, Semesters II

This course aims to introduce Korean society and culture which is essential to understanding Korea and Korean people. It also aims to develop specific content-based language, presentation skills and critical thinking skills. The topics are Korean religion, geography, economy, politics, education, and the arts as well as Korean food, housing, clothing, family culture, transportation, etc.

Ms. Kim Nara

Year III, Semesters I & II

This course is designed for students who have finished the beginning course in the previous year. It emphasizes the ongoing development of intermediate level Korean grammar. Students are expected to acquire and use more complicated sentence structures and grammar patterns.

Ms. Song Hyo Suk

Year III, Semester I & II

This course is designed to improve students' listening and speaking skills more fluently. Students can make appropriate conversations in a variety of situations and state their opinions on topics of general interest, such as current events, politics, and social issues. They can also understand main ideas and most details of connected discourse on a variety of factual topics.

Ms. Kang Ji Hye

Year III, Semester I & II

This course is designed to improve students' reading skills. Students can understand main ideas and many details of long texts. Texts include some complicated structures and some sino-Korean words. They can comprehend Korean texts through controlling of the language as well as using contextual information.

Ms. Kang Ji Hye

Year III, Semester I & II

This course is designed to improve students' writing and speech skills. Students can write longer stories on wider range of topics than the previous year. They can express their emotions and thoughts cohesively. They can show their speech strategies and make longer speeches.

Ms. Lim Kuk Hee

Year III, Semester I & II

This course is designed to introduce Korean history to students. Students can understand the historical developments on the Korean from prehistory to contemporary in terms of social change, culture, politics, and economy, as well as the role of Korea in the history of the larger East Asian region.

Ms. Kim Nara

Year III, Semester I & II

This course is designed to introduce Chinese characters which are essential to expand a students� vocabulary. It covers the origins, the principles of combinations, and usage of Chinese characters. Students can improve reading skills greatly through this course.

Ms. Oum Ponika, Ms. Cho Ara

Year IV, Semester I & II

This course aims to develop students' research skills through readings and discussions on a wide range of topics. Students can also improve their skills up to Korean university entrance level .

Ms. Lim Kuk Hee, Mr. Lee Yoo Jin

Year IV, Semester I & II

This course is designed for advanced level students focusing on developing knowledge about Korean society in areas such as politics, economy, environment, culture, and mass communication as well as more advanced language skills.

Ms. Lim Kuk Hee, Ms. Lee Hyun A

Year IV, Semester I

This course focuses on the development of speaking skills for high advanced level. It covers information on preparation for an oral presentation, how to make a good presentation, how to give feedback after listening to one's presentation and how to lead a successful discussion.

Ms. Cho Ara, Mr. Seo Mun Taek

Year IV, Semester I

This course aims to develop linguistic knowledge about the Korean language. It will focus on understanding the Korean language in terms of lexicon, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. Such linguistic information provides essential background knowledge for learning and teaching Korean.

Ms. Kim Nara, Ms. Lee Hyun A

Year IV, Semester I

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of Korean literature through readings and discussions of a wide range of genres. It also aims to develop the students' ability to read, translate, and analyze Korean literary texts, and develop their critical thinking skills through essay assignments. Where possible, we watch Korean films and dramas to provide further background information before reading a text.

Ms. Cho Ara, Mr. Lee Yoo Jin

Year II, Semester I

This course aims to introduce principles of language learning and teaching based on pedagogy that reflects current trends and advances in methodology. It also covers practical teaching techniques such as course design, material design, classroom management etc. Students can learn the teaching principles and techniques which they can apply in their own classrooms. .

Mr. Seo Mun Taek

Year IV, Semester II

This course focuses on advanced language skills in business situations and specialized vocabulary used in a wide range of Korean businesses. Korean business etiquette and Korean customs and culture will also be covered. Students will acquire practical and real knowledge of key aspects of Korean business practice.

Ms. Oum Ponika, Ms. Kim Nara

Year IV, Semesters II

This course aims for students to acquire methods and skills in translation mainly from Korean into Khmer and vice versa. Different varieties of modern Korean text-types (newspaper, magazine, and academic articles, essays, commercial material, and literary works) will be read and translated. Some aspects of translation methodology and theory will also be discussed.

Ms. Cho Ara, Ms. Kim Nara, Mr. Lee Yoo Jin, Ms. Lee Hyun A

Year IV, Semester II

This course is designed for students who are interested in teaching Korean language. Students can apply their own teaching techniques and theories to real classroom situations.

Year IV, Semester II

writing a variety of academic essays including descriptive, analytical, persuasive, research and literature review. It also provides students with opportunities for writing a thesis on the following topics: Korean language, teaching Korean language and Korean culture.