Korean Advanced 5
UndergraduateCUR-KOR3002025
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Enrol by
- 23 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $611
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Korean Advanced 5
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- demonstrate a high level command of spoken and written Korean vocabulary, and communicate with ease in everyday social situations
- evaluate and critically discuss a variety of Korean texts on a wide range of topics and produce summaries in Korean
- apply increased vocabulary and more complex grammatical patterns appropriate to this level
- distinguish previously unseen grammatical structures using reference materials and apply basic translation techniques
- compose complex written texts in Korean based on research of authentic materials.
- Talking about appearances and character
- Job hunting in Korea
- Visiting government offices in Korea
- Health and explaining symptoms
- Lost property, describing property and state
- Mistakes and excuses
- Complex past tense: describing memories
- Expressing regret and plans
- Translation techniques and
- Presentation skills
This is an advanced level subject in Korean that takes an interactive and task-based approach to extend students' ability to demonstrate lower-advanced level written and oral composition skills. This subject is primarily taught in the Korean language to maximise students’ opportunities to practice lower-advanced level communication skills. This subject utilises authentic Korean texts ranging from news articles to popular culture texts, and introduces students to basic translation strategies for working with previously unseen texts. Students will achieve lower-advanced level conversation and writing skills through engaging in interactive class discussions and practising real-life communicative situations such as workplace interactions and job interviews.
On successful completion of Korean 5 and 6, students will reach a level of competency equivalent to the National Institute of Korean Language’s Standard Curriculum for Korean Language upper 3/lower Level 4 on the TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean) scale of proficiency.
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In order to achieve the learning outcomes of this subject, each week students are expected to study for at least five hours as follows:
(a) Prior to joining the simultaneous face to face sessions, students should listen to the online lecture grammatical points, and engage with the set preparation materials for the week as outlined in Blackboard.
(b) Spend at least 30 minutes to go over new vocabulary.
(c) Participate in 2x45 minute sessions via simultaneous online class environment.
(d) Complete and submit weekly online exercises to support memorisation of learning materials, and to engage with the feedback provided.- Critical debate on current topics in Korea (20%)
- Short investigation report on a contemporary topic (30%)
- Two IRIS invigilated tests (50%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Others
Students with Korean language proficiency equivalent to Korean intermediate 4 may enrol in this subject upon successful placement test. Please contact the Unit Coordinator for more information.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Computer camera (either inbuilt or webcam). Headset with microphone.
- Other requirements - Access to a scanner or smartphone.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Arts (Korean Studies)
UndergraduateCUR-KOR-DEG
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