Thursday, May 22, 2014

LK9003 Korean Language Level 3

Lessons:
2 2-hr tutorials per week

Assessment:
Quiz + Essay + Listening Comprehension + Oral Exam 50%
Finals 50%

Exam Format:
Oral Exam - Picture Discussion (Context-based) and Conversation (not sure whether it will be the same across different years)
Finals - Format varies, but there will be fill-in-the-blanks, MCQs and comprehension. Some writing will be included, but not essay.

Description:

Attend all the tutorials as much as possible. Since it is a language course, content taught are cumulative. Teacher also introduces new vocabulary and exceptions in grammar that are not written in the textbook.

Tutorials mostly involve learning of grammar and in-class conversation with peers. The conversations will be very helpful for oral exam because you get to communicate using the newly-learnt grammars.

The oral exam is one-to-one, and pretty much like the English oral exam in secondary school. You'll get a while to look at the picture first. So for the picture discussion, it quite context-based (like "role-playing"). There will also be a conversation topic which quite pertains to real-life (but no link to the picture).


Textbook, Workbook and a set of tutorial worksheets have to be purchased.
Tutorial worksheet have to be completed after every lesson.

Grammar taught in this course is relatively harder and more complex than the previous levels. But it will be beneficial if you want to travel or go exchange to Korea because the grammars allow you to communicate more effectively. Listening to how the grammars are used in Korean dramas can help you to better understand how they are used in different contexts.

7 comments:

  1. Hi, thanks for all your information.
    You said there is a workbook used as well.
    Are you referring to the original copy of the yonsei 2-1 workbook?
    Or is it actually the photocopied version of the workbook?


    Thank you.

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    1. Hi! The workbook is not the yonsei workbook. It's a photocopied book that you have to buy from the hss photocopy room :)

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    2. Oh ok. Thank you for your info. Please continue to give valuable advice and info on the electives offered in NTU. :)

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  2. Hi!

    Do you mind elaborating on the oral exam? Is it a one-to-one conversation with the examiner?

    Thank you!

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    1. Updated! But no guarantee that the format will stay the same next sem!

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    2. No worries, it will be taken as a reference. It's better knowing what to expect for the mod.

      Thank you so much! :)

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