KOREAN LANGUAGE 1 MOD.2

The Korean language course 1.2 [LM004J] is one of the courses characterizing the Master’s Degree Programme in Lingue e civiltà dell'Asia e dell'Africa Mediterranea (Languages and Civilizations of Asia and North Africa. It aims at providing learners with high-intermediate to advanced language tools and skills. The goal is to enable learners to apply their language skills and abilities in complex communicative situations and in reading, understanding and creating texts that require adequate knowledge of the Korean language, in order to be able to read and understand specialized texts related to Korean language, culture and literature. They will also be able to produce highly communicative texts. At the end of the course, learners will be able to reach a significant linguistic competence for their future studies and careers.

At the end of the course, learners will have achieved a low/mid advanced level of Korean language proficiency.
In particular, the acquired competences will include:
1. Knowledge and understanding
• Know the key sentences necessary to interact in communication contexts that require knowledge of sectoral languages related to language, culture, literature.
• Have a solid knowledge of the advanced grammatical system of modern Korean.
• Having acquired an advanced lexical capability, including terms of the cultural, literary and linguistic fields of study.
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
• Be able to correctly use the key sentences necessary to interact in communication contexts that require knowledge of sectoral languages related to cultural, literary and linguistic fields of study.
• Be able to understand written texts on culture, literature and language.
• Be able to use an advanced lexicon, including terms used in cultural, literary and linguistic studies.
• Be able to correctlyunderstand Korean sentences and texts including complex grammatical structures.
3. Judgement capacity
• Be able to assess the level of one’s language knowledge, skills and abilities.
4. Communication skills
• Be able to communicate the specificities of linguistic and textual analysis using appropriate terminology.
5. Learning skills
• Know how to relate the different contexts of study and apply your knowledge and skills for personal and professional growth.

Looking for a correspondence with Topik levels,at course start the new learners will have a starting level of 4+/5 grade, whereas at the end of the course learners will have acquired linguistic competencies up to a full 5th Grade, initial 6th Grade.
According to the Topik website:
"5th Grade High fluency in using the Korean language in professional research or work. Understanding and discussing less unfamiliar topics in politics, economics and other fields. Usage of appropriate expressions, distinguishing formal and informal, written and spoken, by context.
6th Grade Absolutely fluent in the Korean language for professional research or work, Capacity to understand and express oneself without problem, although without the full fluency of a native speaker."

Looking for the correspondence with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), learners of this course will be considered "PROFICIENT USERS" at Level C1 - low Level C2.
According to the CEFR Global Scale:
C1 Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
C2 Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

The ideal situation would be to see the attendance of learners who have already passed the Korean Language 1.1 (MA) examination.

In this module, classes begin with the fourth Unit (4과) of the textbook 서울대 한국어 5A (corrispondente a un livello Topik 5 - medio, o a un livello CEFR C1 (iniziale).

Lesson 1 - N의 (대표적인) 예로 N을/를 들다; N 외; A/V-다면
Lesson 2 - 아래와 같이; V-(으)오니; N에 한하여
Lesson 3 - N이/가 중요한 역할을 하다; N에서 N의 비중이 높다; N(으)로 인해
Lesson 4 - A-(으)ㄴ/V-는 탓; A/V-(으)면 그만이다; A/V-(으)ㄹ뿐더러; 이래 가지고(서)(야)
Lesson 5 - V-(으)ㅁ으로써; N을/를 통해서; A-(으)ㄴ/V-는 면이 있다, N은/는 N을/를 보여 주는 좋은 예이다
Lesson 6 - A-기 그지없다; A/V-기에; A/V-지 않을까 하다
Lesson 7 - A/V-(으)ㅁ에 틀림없다; 한마디로 말하자면; A-(으)ㄴ/V-는 점이 특징적이다; N을/를 N(으)로 꼽다
Lesson 8 - 뭐니 뭐니 해도; A/V-(으)리만큼; N을/를 계기로 (si inizia con 서울대 한국어 5B)
Lesson 9 - A/V-지(요), 뭐; 그러더라고(요); A/V-다는 거야
Lesson 10 - A/V-겠거니; 따지고 보면; 다시 말해서
Lesson 11 - V-(으)려는지; V-기 십상이다; A/V-거나 하다
Lesson 12 - N 바람이 불다; N을/를 막론하고; N 길이
Lesson 13 - N은/는 물론이거니와; N을/를 말하라면; N이자 N
Lesson 14 - 한편으로(는); V-아/어 내다; A-(으)ㄴ/V-는 만큼
Lesson 15 - A/V-다고 해도 과언이 아니다; N이/가 눈길을 끌다; (V-(으)ㄹ 겸) V-(으)ㄹ 겸 (해서) (Ninth Unit of 서울대 한국어 5B)
At the end of this module Korean language learners will have reached an initial Topik 6 level, corresponding to an initial CEFR C2 level.

서울대 한국어 5B Student's book, 서울대학교 언어교육원.

Additional materials will be regularly uploaded on the Moodle platform before class.

The final exam is divided into two sections:
- A written part includes grammar exercises, text production, comprehension of written texts, capability to produce original texts.
- An oral examination will be testing conversational skills, ability to comprehend a read text and reply to relevan questions, or summarizing the contents.

Lezioni frontali - 30 ore di approfondimenti grammaticali e strutture complesse, pratica di comprensione, analisi e traduzione di testi in lingua coreana contenuti nel libro di testo.

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written and oral