KWANGJU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY

Division of International Studies

Division of International Studies

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Introduction to the Division

The Division of International Studies at Kwangju Women’s University aims to cultivate and educate global talents who will lead the global era creatively and progressively. We are currently living in a global era. In line with these changes in the international community, the Division of International Studies provides specialized curricula through major tracks in Global English Education, Korean Language Education, and Business Administration Education so that students can grow as leaders of global society.

Educational Goals / Vision

  • To cultivate global leaders with an international perspective, including “outbound” talents who advance onto the international stage and “inbound” talents who are interested in Korea and seek to enter Korea
  • To cultivate “global female talents” who are equipped with global literacy and connect the global community
  • To cultivate Global English Education experts, Korean Language Education experts, Business Administration experts, and professionals in Global English Education, Korean Language Education, and Business Administration
  • To cultivate future-oriented talents who actively respond to globalization and possess progressive leadership and creative thinking

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 Advanced Korean Vocabulary

This course is a learning stage that should precede Korean Vocabulary Education Theory, namely the study of the general characteristics of the Korean vocabulary system, vocabulary item instruction for Korean learners at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, and vocabulary instruction methods for each area. It aims to help students effectively learn the field of Korean vocabulary.

04 Advanced Korean Grammar

This course is a learning stage that should precede Korean Grammar Education Theory, namely the study and examination of 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. It aims to help students effectively learn the field of Korean grammar.

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 Korean Language Norms

This course aims to explore ways to teach the ability to use standard Korean according to norms by understanding the overall Korean language norms, including Korean orthography, standard language regulations, foreign word notation, and Romanization.

07 Advanced Korean Composition

This course ultimately aims to improve the reading comprehension abilities of international students learning Korean as a second foreign language by helping them understand various types of writing, including explanatory writing, argumentative writing, advertisements, letters, and diaries, as complete discourses and texts.

08 Advanced Korean Conversation

This course ultimately aims to improve the reading comprehension abilities of international students learning Korean as a second foreign language by helping them understand various types of writing, including explanatory writing, argumentative writing, advertisements, letters, and diaries, as complete discourses and texts.

09 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.

10 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.

11 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.

12 Korean Debate and Speech

This course fundamentally aims to improve thinking abilities by comprehensively using language skills, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing, as well as grammar. To this end, students learn the functions of debate and the principles of speech.

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 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.

15 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.

16 Korean Reading and Composition

This course is conducted as integrated education of Korean reading and Korean writing skills. Its main purpose is to help students understand various types of writing through the reading process and express and present what they have understood through writing skills.

17 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.

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 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.

22 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.

23 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.

24 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.

25 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.

26 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.

27 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.

28 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.

29 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.

30 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.

31 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.

32 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.

33 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.

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Weekdays 09:00 – 18:00 (KST, UTC+9) Excluding Public Holidays and Lunch Break