Intermediate Korean I

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At the intermediate level, students will continue to improve four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) with the goal of becoming more proficient in daily and extended communication needs. The course will cover grammar, vocabulary, a variety of expressions for daily conversations, pragmatics, and cultural aspects of Korean society. Through various pedagogic/real-world tasks and in/out-of-class activities, students will have sufficient language use and practice opportunities. Particularly, to facilitate students' language learning, the course will utilize various types of tasks (e.g., individual/collaborative tasks, technology-mediated tasks), which are based on authentic situations and everyday topics. Regular homework, quizzes, tests, task performance, oral presentations, and class participation are mandatory (four in-class hours per week). Elementary Korean II is a prerequisite of this course. Prerequisite: 82-152 Min. grade C