KOR1030

Korean 3 ( 6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Young-A Cho

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: Develops lower intermediate competence in the contemporary Korean language, emphasising active oral and writing skills and socio-cultural aspects of communication. Topics covered include communicating in everyday social situations, such as talking about educational background and describing jobs. Students will read highly simplified texts from magazines and newspapers, and write simple texts such as a personal letter or a report of an everyday event.

Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to: 1. Speak and comprehend enough to communicate in everyday social situations. 2. Read highly simplified texts from magazines and newspapers. 3. Write a personal letter on simple everyday topics or a simple report on an everyday event.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 40% + Quizzes: 20% + Oral test (10 minutes): 20% + Homework (3 writing tasks and 3 web tasks): 20%

Contact Hours: 4 hours (2 x 1 hour lectures and 2 x 1 hour tutorials) per week

Prerequisites: VCE Korean or equivalent

Prohibitions: KOR2030