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    Oct 06, 2024  
2024-2025 Pierce College Catalog
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KREA& 121 Korean I (5 credits)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly KREAN 101 - CCN

Course Description
The first quarter of a first-year sequential course designed to provide to students the ability to speak, read, write, and understand the Korean language.

Course Content
A. Introduction to Korean alphabet
B. Greetings and cultural information
C. Numbers: native and Sino
D. Body parts
E. Telling time
F. Colors
G. Asking directions
H. Sentence endings: formal and informal
I. Locating Korea and famous places in Korea
J. Command phrases

Student Outcomes
1. Demonstrate the ability to greet others and introduce oneself using given names.

2. Identify the difference between Sino-Korean and native Korean numbers, and use them properly in sentences.

3. Recognize and verbally articulate Korean terms for body parts and illnesses.

4. Recognize and articulate basic oral Korean commands, such as sit, stand, greet and shake hands.

5. Tell time orally, associating time with appropriate activities.

6. Recognize and articulate Korean terms for articles of clothing and associated colors.

7. Conjugate Korean verbs.

8. Use at least five Korean terms to provide oral directions to a specified location.

9. Describe traditional practices associated with Korean New Year, such as wearing traditional attire (Hanbok), visiting elders, bowing to demonstrate respect.

Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

Potential Methods
A. Active group participation
B. Listening activities
C. Reading activities
D. Interview
E. Instructor observation
F. Written assignments
G. Class discussions
H. Pair work
I. Tests
J. Quizzes
K. Role playing



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