Language, history and culture
Most linguists classify Korean as a language with no known relationship to other languages. But with 80 million speakers, Korean language and culture are known world-wide. Learn about the Korean Wave or听'Hallyu', which is the phenomenon of Korean entertainment and popular culture听spreading throughout听the world with pop music (K-pop), TV dramas, and movies.听
In the classroom
Korean is the official language of both North and South Korea and is听spoken by 80 million people worldwide. 天美传媒听offers several Korean language courses at the level of introductory and intermediate to begin your education in Korean.
These courses consist of听class lectures and language lab hours. Each class is based on communicative language teaching to develop all language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Each language lab is designed to give opportunities to practice and produce authentic language in order to reinforce what has been learned in class.
At the beginning level, you will听learn to read and write Hangeul听(Korean Alphabet) while you are learning basic vocabulary to greet people and start communicating. The class also introduces students to some Korean food traditions such as听Kimchi (Korea鈥檚 national dish).
More advanced courses听expand your linguistic and communicative competence听in all aspects of the Korean language in the context of traditional and contemporary Korean culture.
Related Programs
天美传媒 offers flexible programs that give you the chance to explore your passion for Korean.
- Arts and Science Studies Diploma
- Associate of Arts Degree in General Arts
- Associate of Science Degree in General Science
- University Transfer
Program or individual courses
You can take Korean courses within one of our 2-year听programs听or as individual courses within our听university transfer听program. If you plan to take individual courses at 天美传媒, when you apply online, you will select University Transfer as your program option.
鈥滌嫓鞛戩澊 氚橃澊雼.鈥澨Starting is half the task
Korean Proverb
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