97441 - COREANO DI PRIMO LIVELLO

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Docente: Jeong A Min
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: L-OR/22
  • Language: English

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student knows the basic grammatical structures of the Korean language and possesses elementary language skills, both oral and written, which allows them to interact in a limited number of everyday communicative situations.

Course contents

1st lesson: Introduction to the Korean alphabet, syllables, vowels (1), consonants (1)
2nd lesson: Consonants (2), vowels (2), consonants (3), vowels (3)
3rd lesson: Patch'im (final consonants), pronunciation rules (1), declarative/final interrogative forms
4th lesson: The particle 은/는, the copula 이다
5th lesson: The particle 이/가, the negative copula 아니다: N 이/가 아니다
6th lesson: The verbs 있다/없다, the demonstrative pronouns 이/그/저
7th lesson: N 주세요, the particle 하고, the location particle 과/와
8th lesson: The formal register -ㅂ니다/습니다/습니까?, the particle 을/를
9th lesson: The location particle 에서, pronunciation rules (2)
10th lesson: The semi-formal register -아요/어요/여요, the negative form 안/-지 않다
11th lesson: The particle 에 (motion to a place), the form -에 있다/없다
12th lesson: The form -에 가다, N 앞/뒤/옆, pronunciation rules (3)
13th lesson: Numbers (1), the particle 에 (time complement)
14th lesson: The past form -었/았/였-, the suffix -고
15th lesson: Numbers (2), the imperative form –(으)세요, the particle 도
16th lesson: Adjectives, irregular verbs (1), the suffix -지만
17th lesson: The propositional form -(으)ㄹ까요?, the particle ~부터~까지
18th lesson: Irregular verbs (2), the particle ~에서 ~까지
19th lesson: Irregular verbs (3), –A/V네요
20th lesson: Review and exam simulation

Readings/Bibliography

Seoul National University Korean Language 1A Student's Book, Language Education Institute Seoul National University (March 1, 2018)

Reference texts:

Andrea De Benedittis, Korean Language 1, Cafoscarina Publishing House (September 1, 2014)

King. Ross and Yeon Jae-Hoon, Elementary Korean, Tuttle Pub; Bilingual edition (28 luglio 2014)

Teaching methods

Lectures and exercises with PowerPoint presentations.

Assessment methods

Written test on grammar and language use

Examination method: Written

Teaching tools

Seoul National University Korean 1A student's book and workbook. Presentations and supplementary materials will then be available on the Virtual platform.

Office hours

See the website of Jeong A Min