ATS2174 - Korean intermediate 2 - 2017

This unit seeks to develop further communications strategies acquired in ATS2173. Students will also be introduced to expressions in different registers in the spoken and written language and the social and cultural aspects of Korean society necessary to understand them. In addition, students will be able to develop those skills required to access, select, analyse, evaluate and apply various tools and information needed to identify key cultural issues in ways that lead to sensitive and meaningful cross-cultural communication.

Upon completing this unit, students should be able to:

1. Communicate competently in everyday social situations;
2. Understand expressions from different genres;
3. Write competently on simple or familiar topics;
4. Develop the ability to identify possible cross-linguistic and cross-cultural communication gaps, and effectively deal with them.

Within semester assessment: 60% + Exam: 40%

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Dr Josie Sohn

Korean studies

ATS2173 or equivalent

ATS1174