Korean Language Program
Learn Korean!
Being able to speak another language simply provides you with better opportunities as well as personal enrichment. Or maybe you want to pursue that interest in in K-pop or Korean TV dramas. These are just a few reasons to learn Korean.
Whatever your motivation, the Korean Language Program at USC will help you to achieve your goal of acquiring linguistic and cultural competence in the Korean language.
Through the use of authentic materials and tasks in and outside of classroom, you will have ample opportunities to apply your knowledge of the Korean language and culture to real life situations.
Our ultimate goal is to make the experience of learning Korean personally meaningful to each student.
Our Vision
To connect learning to everyday life
To raise competent global leaders
The Korean Language Program at USC aims to connect language learning to students’ everyday life. We connect language learning to students’ everyday life by drawing upon authentic materials and linking students’ linguistic and cultural knowledge to other content areas. Furthermore, we aim to prepare our students to become competent global leaders by cultivating their translingual and transcultural competence. In order to accomplish this, we seek to establish standards-based and performance-oriented curriculum and to create student-centered learning environments.
Courses
We are offering three sections for EALC 115 (Korean 1) and two sections of EALC 117 (Korean 2) in Fall 2015!
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EALC 115 introduces the fundamentals of standard Korean in all four levels of communication (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). The course provides practice in basic Korean conversations as well as fundamental grammar.
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Continuation of EALC 115. This course focuses on basic conversation, reading, writing as well as grammar. Students will be prepared to make basic transactions.
Prerequisite: EALC 115 or equivalent
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This course deals with four areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students will learn more complex structures and useful expressions.
Prerequisite: EALC 117 or equivalent
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Continuation of EALC 215. This course deals with four areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students will learn to make daily transactions in Korean and be prepared to describe and narrate personal surroundings and events.
Prerequisite: EALC 215 or equivalent
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Advanced reading in modern Korean materials, integrating conversation, composition, and some translation. Students will be prepared to discuss topics related to local/global communities as well as personal experiences.
Prerequisite: EALC 217 or equivalent
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Continuation of EALC 315. Conversation, reading, and writing with the use of Chinese characters. Students will be prepared to discuss topics related to local/global communities as well as personal experiences.
Prerequisite: EALC 315 or equivalent
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Selected readings in Korean texts, pre-modern and modern, in various literary and non-fiction genres; focus on developing reading and translation skills.
Prerequisite: EALC 317 or equivalent.
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Selected readings in Korean texts written in mixed script; a systematic studey of Chinese characters and translation of text.
Prerequisite: EALC 217 or equivalent
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Selected readings from newspapers, magazines, and other journalistic publications; analysis of styles and practice writing articles.
Prerequisite: EALC 217 or equivalent
Contact Us
Woojoo Kim
Lecturer
Director of Korean Language Program
E-mail: woojooki@usc.edu
Eunju Na
Master Lecturer
E-mail: eunjuna@usc.edu
Bo Hyun Kim
Lecturer
E-mail: bohyun@usc.edu
Hyunjung (Sophie) Ahn
Assistant Professor (Teaching)|
E-mail: hyunjuna@usc.edu