The My Korean series of textbooks are user-friendly and accessible, taking a student-centered and interactive approach to learning Korean through popular culture. Engaging themes, real-life situations, and cultural insights allow learners to connect with all aspects of Korean life, from K-pop and dramas to authentic cuisine and travel experiences, while building a strong foundation in the language.
My Korean: Step 2 uses authentic dialogues based on real-life and interactive activities and tasks that encourage students' active participation. The textbook is arranged thematically around topics that high-beginner and intermediate-low level learners of Korean are likely to encounter in their studies. Each lesson contains dialogues, definitions of new words, clear explanations of grammar and expressions, grammar-related exercises, task-based activities, cultural notes, and expanded vocabulary related to each theme. Video clips of lesson dialogues are also available as an online resource.
The engaging structure and communicative approach make My Korean: Step 2 an ideal textbook for beyond first-semester-level Korean courses and is a valuable resource for individual self-study and one-on-one or group tutorials on the Korean language and culture.
Part 1
Introduction
About this Korean Language Textbook
Structure of the Textbook
Cast of Characters
How to Use This Book
Outline of the Book
Part 2
9. Popular culture in Korea 한국의 대중문화
10. A plan for the winter break 겨울방학 계획
11. Planning for a trip 여행 계획하기
12. Visiting Korea 한국 방문하기
Part 3
13. I will introduce my family 가족을 소개할게요
14. Say hello to my grandmother 할머니께인사드리세요
15. How have you been? 잘 지내?
16. May I interview you? 인터뷰를 좀 해도 될까요?
Biography
Byung-jin Lim is an associate professor of Korean Language and Linguistics in the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA. His areas of interest are Korean linguistics, Korean language education, second language acquisition, computer-mediated communication, and Korean language textbook development. In his teaching at UW-Madison, Dr. Lim always works to make a difference in the lives of his students.
Jieun Kim is an adjunct instructor in the Division of Education of Trinity College, Deerfield, IL, where she teaches the nature and functions of written and oral language, phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and variation. As a former instructor of the Korean Language Program in Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she taught Korean language and culture. Dr. Kim has published journal papers on her longitudinal research projects, that explore how Korean/English bilingual students construct identities as readers and writers.
Ji-Hye Kim is a research fellow at the Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI) in South Korea. She earned her Ph.D. in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, where she taught classes about Korean language and international curriculum reform. As the Director of the Center for North Korean Migrant Students at the KEDI, Dr. Kim is conducting research on inter/national curriculum reforms and policy discourse on immigrant students and teacher professionalism.
