KWANGJU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY

Division of International Studies, Korean Language Education Major

Division of International Studies, Korean Language Education Major

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Introduction to the Major

“Cultivating Korean language education experts who can contribute to the globalization of the Korean language and Korean culture”

The Department of Korean Language Education is a department that cultivates Korean language education experts who contribute to the globalization of the Korean language and Korean culture. It serves as a field for cultivating female talents equipped with professional competencies, multicultural empathy competencies, and leadership competencies required in the era of globalization.

As a department newly established as a major program in the 2020 academic year, the department underwent the university curriculum and course review process conducted by the National Institute of Korean Language, a national institution, and in August 2019, all courses required for certification were judged to be appropriate.

Accordingly, students who complete all courses by area required for the Korean Language Teacher Certificate, as arranged from the first to fourth year, may obtain the Korean Language Teacher Certificate Level 2 upon graduation after qualification screening.

Educational Goals / Vision

A field for cultivating “global female talents” in the era of globalization

Cultivating Korean language education experts who contribute to the globalization of the Korean language and Korean culture

Cultivating talents in the field of Korean language education who are equipped with professional competencies, multicultural empathy competencies, and community leadership competencies.

After graduating from the Department of Korean Language Education, students may find employment at domestic and overseas elementary and secondary institutions, university-affiliated institutions, King Sejong Institutes, and Multicultural Family Support Centers.

In addition, international students may find employment at companies expanding overseas. In this way, our department aims to produce professionals who keep pace with globalization both in Korea and abroad.

  • Cultivating talents with major knowledge of the Korean language and Korean culture : Cultivating talents with major knowledge of the Korean language and Korean culture through professional faculty in Korean language education and a systematic and differentiated curriculum

  • Cultivating talents with international and multicultural empathy competencies : Cultivating creative talents who think about and explore the traditions and values of the Korean language and Korean culture in line with the era of globalization

  • Cultivating talents with a sense of community as members of a multicultural world : Cultivating talents with a sense of community through exchanges with Korean language education-related institutions in Korea and abroad, namely Korean language education and volunteer activities

Course Descriptions

01

Introduction to Korean Linguistics

This course is designed to help students acquire basic knowledge of the Korean language. It aims to provide an overview of Korean linguistics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, and to help students understand the general outline of synchronic and diachronic research, thereby establishing a foundation for each field of Korean linguistics.

02

Introduction to Korean Literature

This course aims to help students acquire basic knowledge and cultural understanding of Korean literary works, and systematically learn practical teaching methods through the analysis and understanding of Korean literature that can be applied in actual Korean language education settings.

03

Korean Language Norms

This course aims to examine the nature, functions, and characteristics of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, dialectology, genealogical linguistics, and writing systems, and to promote an overall understanding of the subfields of linguistics.

04

Korean Traditional Culture

This course aims to help students properly understand Korean traditional culture by examining the theory and practice of traditional culture formed within Korea’s natural environment, history, and political and social environment. It also aims to cultivate the knowledge and abilities needed to properly teach Korean traditional culture in Korean language education settings and accurately deliver its contents.

05

Introduction to Linguistics

This course aims to examine the nature, functions, and characteristics of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, dialectology, genealogical linguistics, and writing systems, and to promote an overall understanding of the subfields of linguistics.

06

Introduction to Korean Language Education

This course aims to help students learn basic knowledge necessary for Korean language education, understand the functions and characteristics of Korean language education as a foreign language in actual Korean language education settings, and cultivate the knowledge needed to demonstrate their abilities as Korean language teachers.

07

History of the Korean Language

This course aims to help students understand the history of the Korean language, namely its process of change, based on historical documents written in Korean or containing Korean from different periods.

08

Methods of Teaching Korean Expression

This course aims to examine and explore how to effectively teach speaking and writing, which are expressive language skills, to foreign learners.

09

Korean Language Curriculum Theory

This course covers the overall content of Korean language curricula as a foreign language. It aims to examine how to connect and teach educational content, syllabi, and teaching methods with learning content.

10

Methods of Teaching Korean Comprehension

This course aims to examine and explore how to effectively teach listening and reading, which are comprehension skills among language functions, to foreign learners.

11

Korean Language and Multicultural Understanding

This course aims to examine social problems arising from differences in values, behavioral norms, and communication methods among members of society with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and to understand linguistic diversity and multiculturalism.

12

Basic Korean Interpretation and Translation Practice

As a basic introductory course for developing fundamental interpretation and translation abilities between Korean and foreign languages, this course aims to help students understand the basic theories and processes of interpretation and translation, and practice converting frequently used words, expressions, and sentence structures in daily life situations through accurate communication processes.

13

Korean Pronunciation Education Theory

This course aims to help students understand and explore methods for effectively teaching the principles of vocalization and pronunciation methods based on theoretical phonological phenomena, thereby laying the foundation for application in actual Korean language education settings.

14

Language Teaching Theory

This course aims to help students understand the functions and roles of teaching methods, identify trends in language teaching through the changes in various teaching methods, and examine how teaching methods are applied in actual Korean language classroom situations so that they can be applied in real educational settings.

15

Daily Korean Interpretation and Translation

This course aims to develop basic interpretation and translation abilities needed in practical settings, including daily conversations, and to help students understand linguistic and cultural differences between Korean and their native languages. Students learn practical skills for accurately and quickly interpreting and translating various discourses and texts encountered in real-life situations.

16

Sociolinguistics

This course aims to help students understand and academically systematize how various aspects of language are closely related to the diverse social environments to which language participants belong.

17

Mindfulness and Wellness

This course aims to help students relieve stress experienced by modern people and improve their quality of life. Students learn and practice the concept of holistic wellness, in which physical, mental, and social health are balanced, by increasing inner concentration through various mindfulness techniques such as meditation, breathing methods, and body awareness, which form the theoretical basis of mindfulness and wellness.

18

Korean Vocabulary Education Theory

This course aims to help students effectively teach Korean vocabulary by examining and considering the general characteristics of Korean vocabulary, vocabulary instruction for Korean learners at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, and vocabulary instruction methods for each area.

19

Korean Grammar Education Theory

This course aims to help students effectively teach Korean grammar by examining and considering the general characteristics of the Korean grammar system, grammar item instruction for Korean learners at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, and grammar instruction methods for each area.

20

Korean Contemporary Culture

This course aims to help students properly understand Korean contemporary culture by examining its theory and practice, and to cultivate the knowledge and abilities needed to accurately deliver the overall contents of Korean contemporary culture in Korean language education settings.

21

Understanding AI Interpretation and Translation

This course aims to help students understand the development process and core technologies of artificial intelligence, AI, interpretation and translation engines, and learn the functions of various AI interpretation and translation platforms and tools to produce optimal results. Furthermore, students clearly recognize the limitations of AI interpretation and translation and learn data ethics and security issues in which technology and humans coexist, thereby cultivating the essential technical and practical competencies required of future-oriented interpretation and translation talents.

22

Wellness Tourism

This course systematically studies industry trends based on the concept that combines wellness, which pursues the improvement of modern people’s physical, mental, and social health and quality of life, with tourism. It aims to help students understand the historical background and market structure of wellness tourism, and analyze the characteristics of various wellness tourism themes, including health, healing, nature, forest healing, relaxation, and meditation.

23

Korean Semantics

This course aims to help students understand the nature and characteristics of Korean semantic structures through the theories of semantics and practical semantic analysis at overall levels such as Korean vocabulary, sentences, and discourse.

24

Korean Culture Education Theory

This course aims to help students gain an overall understanding of Korean culture and understand the purpose and nature of culture education, so that they can devise effective teaching methods for Korean language instruction.

25

Korean Pragmatics

This course aims to help students understand how language use changes according to the relationship between speaker and listener, and how a speaker’s intention and the meaning of an utterance may differ.

26

AI Interpretation and Translation Practice

Based on the theoretical knowledge acquired in Understanding AI Interpretation and Translation, this course is a practice-oriented training course that deals with texts and discourses in various specialized fields. Through post-editing practice, students develop the ability to quickly correct errors in AI interpretation and translation and improve sentence completion. By using AI speech recognition and subtitle generation tools, students also cultivate human-AI collaboration abilities that maximize the efficiency of real-time consecutive interpretation and sight translation.

27

Local Community and MAUM Sharing for Foreigners

This is a practice-oriented course for settlement and communication that helps foreigners gain an in-depth understanding of Korea’s local community systems and form mutual relationships with local communities through emotional exchange. Through MAUM Sharing activities, in which students express their inner selves and empathize with others, the course aims to help students overcome cultural shock and psychological alienation experienced during migration, and further grow as active members of Korean local communities by participating actively in the community.

28

Foreign Language Acquisition Theory

This course aims to help students understand the difference between acquisition and learning through theories related to foreign language acquisition. By examining aspects of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, students conceptualize phenomena that appear among learners, such as interlanguage or variation, and apply them to Korean language education.

29

Korean Language Textbook Theory

This course aims to help students acquire skills for using Korean language textbooks through a clear understanding of such textbooks and to use them properly in Korean language education settings.

30

Korean Language Assessment Theory

This course aims to help students learn basic theories of assessment, understand how to apply these theories to actual assessment fields, and apply them in practice.

31

Contrastive Linguistics

This course aims to help students study phonological, morphological, and syntactic differences between Korean and other languages of different language families, learn various linguistic differences between the two languages, and use them in Korean language learning and teaching.

32

Korean Language Teaching Practice

This course aims to help students cultivate the qualities and competencies needed to smoothly perform the role of Korean language teachers by applying theoretical knowledge of Korean language education and directly conducting Korean language education for foreigners in actual field settings.

33

Korean Language Education Policy Theory

This course aims to help students develop insight into Korean language education by understanding the history and current status of Korean language education in Korea, through a developmental historical approach and future alternatives, as well as the realities of Korean language education in multicultural society and in international society, including China.

34

Applied Linguistics

This course aims to help students enhance the effectiveness of Korean language education by applying research findings on first language acquisition to the process of second language learning.

35

Public Korean Interpretation and Translation

This course aims to help students learn the theory and practice of public interpretation and translation conducted in public areas such as law, administration, medicine, health, and welfare, in order to guarantee the rights and interests of migrants and improve access to public services.

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