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KRNS1621: Korean 1

2025 unit information

This unit is a comprehensive beginners course which will lay the foundation for acquiring oral, aural, reading and writing skills in Korean. Students will acquire oral communication skills based on the given grammar points and topics. Various communicative approaches will be employed for the class activities. Students are required to give group presentations during the semester. On the basis of grammar introduced, the reading and writing of short texts will be done in each week.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Arts and Social Sciences

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Korean Studies
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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KRNS1101 or KRNS1301 or KRNS1631
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. learn basic communicative skills within the following topics/themes: (1) Greetings, (2) University campus, (3) Korean language class, (4) At home, (5) At a bookstore, (6) My daily routine, (7) Weekend plans, and (8) In Seoul
  • LO2. read and write short passages and narratives on these topics/themes.
  • LO3. learn Korean culture relevant to these topics/themes of lessons.

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive November - December 2024
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Intensive December 2025
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive June - July 2020
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Intensive November - December 2021
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Remote
Intensive November - December 2022
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Remote
Intensive November - December 2023
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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