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Korean (Introductory 1)

by Wellington High School Community Education Centre Claim Listing

This course is for those who are interested in Korean language and culture. You can learn how to speak and write Korean and expand your knowledge about Korea through the Korean culture. It will be fun!

$189

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8 Weeks

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This course is for those who are interested in Korean language and culture. You can learn how to speak and write Korean and expand your knowledge about Korea through the Korean culture. It will be fun!

 

Description

Kimchi, K-POP, Hanguel(Korean Language), Hanbok(Korean traditional clothing), these all represent Korean culture. Korea is located in the very end of the continent of Asia.

Its culture is rich and deep as its history goes back about 5,000 years. This course is for those who would like to experience Korean culture and learn Korean language. If you are interested in Korea, it's for you!

 

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Read and write Korean language.
  • Understand and use some Korean grammar, various endings of predicates such as '???/??'  '?/?' '?/?’  '-???/????'.
  • Speak daily expressions in Korean at a basic level such as; greetings, self- introduction, shopping and daily life and so on.
  • Speak around 100 words.
  • Expand your knowledge about Korean food and history, Korean traditional music, courtesy and costume.
  • Become more confident about the cultural aspects of these topics.

 

Prerequisites

 No prior knowledge required, just an interest in Korean language and culture.


Night school, evening classes, adult community education (ACE) – whatever you call it, people coming to their local secondary school after hours to learn together is a New Zealand tradition. Maybe they’re returning to learning, want to gain new skills and confidence, meet new people, keep mentally active, follow a particular passion or become more involved in their community – there are lots of reasons why people want to continue to learn. In this digital age, there’s a wide range of opportunities available for on-going study but getting together with a group of like-minded people to learn something new is hard to beat.

The Wellington High School Community Education Centre (CEC) is always looking for people with great skills to share their knowledge and experience with others and need talented, empathetic and inspirational tutors to deliver courses for adults and whanau. The following information will tell you more about the processes for setting up courses within our programme and what’s involved in being a tutor at the CEC.

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  • Wellington Branch

    249 Taranaki Street, Wellington
  • Teacher's Name
  • Una Kim
  • Teacher's Experience
  • Una Kim is a registered Korean literature and language teacher at the Korean educational department. She has close to 20 years' teaching experience at high schools within Korea and has been rewarded many times as a 'Best Teacher'. Her teaching skills are highly regarded both by teachers and students as well. She is creative and this creative attitude influences positively in her class by making various teaching materials and method. Her students appreciate her fun way of teaching and are never bored. Una is also a writer who has published a number of books regarding Korean literature and won many Korean essay competitions. Her masters' theme was about foreigners who want to learn Korean. In her thesis, she analysed the difficulties foreign students have when they study Korean. She found that a lack of cultural knowledge caused difficulties for them to understand Korean language. She grafted Korean culture into their studying materials and this approach was highly recommended by professors for Korean teachers, as their teaching resource. She thinks that live Korean is very important when studying Korean, even from the beginning steps. Her class is focused on speaking and listening. Open mouth (speaking) is an essential part of her class; Una also tries to have students memorise words and expressions in the classroom through repeated practices. Her classes don't just work with a text book, but also incorporate Korean songs, interesting old stories and Una's wide range of knowledge as a literature teacher. She has had previous Korean teaching experience in New Zealand. She is a natural at teaching! Una Kim is very interested in cooking as well. In particular she's very knowledgeable about Korean traditional foods which have been remarked as a healthy natural food. She uses the Korean traditional ways of cooking which distinguishes her cookignnfrom others. She likes to use natural ingredients such as fruits, baked salt, leaves, roots and herbs for various flavours, instead of instant commercial seasonings. She even makes various Korean fermented pastes which are well known and very hard to make at home. This is evidence of her passion for traditional food. You will be more confident in Korean cooking and enhance your knowledge of Korean dishes with Una.
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Teacher's Nationality
  • N/A

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