Korean Listening Course: Beginner. 1

Author: Li Chengdao et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is designed for beginners in Korean and features a step-by-step approach to improve listening skills. It covers various real-life scenarios such as dating, hobbies, and festivals. The content is rich and engaging, including dialogues, discussions, news, and more. Each lesson comes with exercises to help readers reinforce their learning. The unit tests are equivalent to the beginner level of the Korean Language Proficiency Test, allowing for self-assessment. The appendix includes transcripts of listening materials, answer keys, and translated texts to aid comprehension. It comes with 2 CDs featuring standard Korean pronunciation.
The Korean Listening Series is designed for university Korean majors and Korean learners in the general public. The Korean Listening Course is suitable for first and second-year university Korean majors and Korean beginners in the general public. Listening is a crucial part of learning Korean, but due to the scarcity of Korean listening materials in China, both teachers and students face challenges. With the aim of providing listening materials for university Korean instruction and Korean learners, several teachers from Shandong University, who specialize in Korean teaching and research, have jointly compiled this Korean Listening Course based on years of teaching and textbook writing experience.
The Korean Listening Course consists of four volumes: Beginner Course I, Beginner Course II, Intermediate Course I, and Intermediate Course II. The content covers Korean society, history, culture, and customs. Each volume contains 18 lessons, including 15 lessons with texts and exercises, as well as 3 unit tests. Each lesson generally consists of 4-7 short passages or dialogues related to the topic. There are usually 7-11 exercises per lesson, meaning each passage comes with 1-2 exercises. These exercises help assess understanding of the lesson content. Some lessons in the Beginner Course also include Korean folk songs, allowing students to learn Korean in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere while also exploring Korean music.
The Beginner Course focuses on basic and practical daily-life content. The Intermediate Course deepens and broadens the themes of the beginner material, adding essential knowledge that Korean learners must acquire. The content is rich and closely aligned with modern life.