Korean Language Study Plan
학업계획 (Study Plan)
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Goal of study &Study Plan
Chinese people say: 學習是永遠跟隨主人的寶物 - Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. There is no limit in learning, as it makes the mind and the heart wealthier. At the beginning always comes the learning of a language, which is a road map of a culture. It will tell where people come from and where they will go. My dream and my goal is to keep learning and to lead others up the path of learning. Korean language and culture is indeed a treasury of wisdom, which combines the principles of Asian ancient philosophy with modern perspective on daily life. I would like to draw my attention on the studies of Korean language and culture in order to convey this knowledge to the speakers of other languages, facilitate the globalization of Korean education, aim multi-cultural Korean society, and to be able to design creative and flexible understanding of Korean culture. Since I started studying Chinese, I observed the way in which it spread throughout East Asia influencing written and spoken languages in the countries like Korea, Japan, Vietnam etc. I did more research to discover occasional analogies between these languages, and found out that they occasionally share same root, bear same meaning, and are phonetically related to each other. It thrilled me to know that I can base my further linguistic endeavor on the knowledge of Mandarin, Chinese characters and oriental mindset. I believe this invaluable experience will contribute to my teaching method and help me foster the concept of a multi-cultural society among my students. Although I do not possess a rich academic background in Korean studies, I read the books by Andrei Lankov, a Russian scholar of Asia and a specialist in Korean studies, and came across many different forms of South Korea art and popular culture. The aspects of traditional Korean culture such as folk dance, traditional
* Please type or print clearly within 1 page using black ink. (*10 points)
Goal of study &Study Plan
Chinese people say: 學習是永遠跟隨主人的寶物 - Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. There is no limit in learning, as it makes the mind and the heart wealthier. At the beginning always comes the learning of a language, which is a road map of a culture. It will tell where people come from and where they will go. My dream and my goal is to keep learning and to lead others up the path of learning. Korean language and culture is indeed a treasury of wisdom, which combines the principles of Asian ancient philosophy with modern perspective on daily life. I would like to draw my attention on the studies of Korean language and culture in order to convey this knowledge to the speakers of other languages, facilitate the globalization of Korean education, aim multi-cultural Korean society, and to be able to design creative and flexible understanding of Korean culture. Since I started studying Chinese, I observed the way in which it spread throughout East Asia influencing written and spoken languages in the countries like Korea, Japan, Vietnam etc. I did more research to discover occasional analogies between these languages, and found out that they occasionally share same root, bear same meaning, and are phonetically related to each other. It thrilled me to know that I can base my further linguistic endeavor on the knowledge of Mandarin, Chinese characters and oriental mindset. I believe this invaluable experience will contribute to my teaching method and help me foster the concept of a multi-cultural society among my students. Although I do not possess a rich academic background in Korean studies, I read the books by Andrei Lankov, a Russian scholar of Asia and a specialist in Korean studies, and came across many different forms of South Korea art and popular culture. The aspects of traditional Korean culture such as folk dance, traditional