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Topics in Korean Language and Culture: Volume Two

366 Pages 45 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

366 Pages 45 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

366 Pages 45 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Topics in Korean Language and Culture: Volume Two covers 12 essential topics relating to both traditional and contemporary Korean culture and society for advanced Korean learners. Each chapter consists of listening and reading passages, key expressions and idioms, and performance-based activities that unfold across different modes of oral and written communication. All reading passages are... Read more

Introduction

1 눈치가 빠르시네요 Art of Reading the Room

2 남북이 함께 만드는 사전 Dictionary of the Two Koreas

3 풍류를 찾아서 Origins of Hallyu

4 어떻게 불러 드릴까요? How May I Address You? 

5 고향의 노래 Koryo Arirang

6 스펙 인플레이션 시대 Era of Credential Inflation

7 나의 친구 AI챗봇 My Friend AI Chatbot

8 팔도 김치 여행 Kimchi of the Eight Provinces 

9 미혼 아닌 비혼 I Choose Not To Marry 

10 김소월의 ‘풀따기’ Poem by Kim Sowol 

11 수원 화성 이야기 Story Behind a Fortress

12 말뚝이와 양반들 Noblemen and Their Servants

Biography

Jihye Moon is Associate Professor of Korean in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at George Mason University.

Haewon Cho is Senior Lecturer in Foreign Languages in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania.

Hye Young Shin is Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at American University.

Jae Hong Lee is Instructor of Korean at Bayside High School and former Senior Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies at New York University.