What's included
14 live meetings
21 in-class hoursHomework
2-4 hours per week. includedAssessment
An assessment will be provided to the parent/guardian and learner at the completion of the course in the form of an invitation to continue to the next level if appropriate. During the course assignment feedback will provided to the learner via learner message. Learners should follow provided feedback. During the course if a learner is not within the appropriate scope of progress, parents/guardians and learner will be notified to hopefully help the learner stay on track to progress-increased study, re-doing assignments, making sure workbook practice is completed.Class Experience
US Grade
Required Pre-requisite: Explore Korean for Teens 6 Students MUST either have taken the above course OR communicate with the Instructor prior to registration in order to have an assessment done to approve them for this course. Please take the time to read all the below class information sections! Please be aware that this course requires students to devote daily study and practice time outside of class in order to progress well and be able to fully participate in class. There is weekly out of class workbook practice as well as assignments (oral and written) to be submitted to the instructor for evaluation. Korean is a challenging language and the goal of this course is mastery over the learned material. This course does not grade but uses progress assessment (through in-class performance AND submitted assignments) to determine eligibility to continue to the next level. Self-motivation will be necessary on the part of the learner. This course may be especially appealing to those students possibly interested in studying Korean at the University/College level later on! Students are required during class to interact verbally and visually, if possible, with the other students and the instructor to answer questions and more effectively practice speaking, reading and pronunciation-please contact the instructor prior to the course if you need accommodation. The class meeting time is 90 minutes approximately. Instruction will be done via discussion, speaking practice, reading outloud, written practice, as well as short lectures and powerpoint. When possible and relevant, authentic source material, videos, music, etc. will be used. Students will participate in both vocabulary and grammar based activities as well as short speaking assessments to allow the learner as well as the instructor to assess the student's progress and make relevant study suggestions to the student individually. Over the course students will continue to build and practice their beginner level speaking and writing/typing skills, listen to, read, and practice simple conversations and ask and speak about everyday activities. Students will be instructed in foundational Korean grammar, be introduced to relevant Korean cultural topics, and hone their Korean pronunciation and intonation skills as well. The course will cover primarily material from the tentatively 14th and 15th lessons of the 2nd edition textbook Integrated Korean Beginning 2 which is required to be purchased for this class. Students will review during Week 1. Weeks 1-6 will cover topics from Lesson 14-learning how to take a taxi, write letters, and stating negative commands. Weeks 7-13 will cover topics from Lesson 15-practicing higher level shopping interactions, describe simultaneous actions, expressing frequency, talk about ability vs. inability to do certain actions. Students will review course materials during Week 14.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
In order to have access to resources to further study Korean language and vocabulary students will need to be able to access the Korean Multimedia Dictionary and the Learning Hangul Site. To use them (as they both use Flash) the extension known as Ruffle will need to be installed-this can be installed as a browser extension or desktop. The Korean Multimedia Dictionary and Learning Hangul Site were created by my Korean professor Lee Hyo Sang at Indiana University Bloomington and are used as part of Korean instruction at the university. Ruffle was created by professional developers in order to allow people to still access sites using Flash that were unable to be converted into HTML5 due to financial or other constraints. All of these resources are safe and appropriate to use and parents are welcome to explore the resources along with their learners.
Supply List
Required Materials: Integrated Korean Beginning 2 Textbook (2nd Edition) Integrated Korean Beginning 2 Workbook (2nd Edition) If there are any handouts provided, it will be students/parents' responsibility to print them/make them accessible prior to each class. A detailed syllabus will be provided at the start of the class. A notebook, colored markers, pencil and eraser should also be on hand for the class.
Language of Instruction
Korean
Teacher expertise and credentials
I majored in East Asian Languages and Cultures (Concentration: Korea) at Indiana University Bloomington. I spent a total of 3 years in immersive Korean language study including a study abroad semester at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. While at Indiana University I received the Uehara Prize for Excellence in East Asian Studies as well as the Society of Friends of Korean Studies Fellowship. Post graduation I lived and worked in Korea for 2.5 years where I was able to immerse myself culturally and linguistically. I have been teaching Korean at the TN Language Center since July 2019.
I have worked in Montessori classrooms as well as more traditional classrooms working with young children as well as teens. I bring my TEFL training as well as my experience teaching English as a foreign language to all my language classes. Additionally, having been a foreign language student myself I know the challenges that many learners face in acquiring a new language and seek to make new concepts-grammar, vocab, phonics-as accessible and as comprehensible as possible through various means-media, powerpoint, activities, drills-by whatever means possible! I love learning new things everyday and hope that my classes would pass along not only knowledge but the attitude that knowledge and learning are valuable and exciting!
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Live Group Class
$700
for 14 classes1x per week, 14 weeks
90 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
2-6 learners per class