KOREAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II

Course objectives

Educational Goals: The three-year course aims at the Korean language acquisition through the grammar knowledge, reading and comprehension abilities, translation and composition practice. Lectures are focused on different communication tasks that the student is called to play in the domains of social life. They are supported by language instructors lectures that include hours of conversations and practical tests at the language lab. Specific Goals: At the end of the three-year period the student must reach a good oral and written communication skills, and be able to carry out translations from and into Korean. With the achievement of the Second year, the student must be able to cover the A2 level of the common European reference framework and acquire the necessary skills to obtain the first level of the TOPIK I Proficiency Test ( second level).

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ANTONETTA LUCIA BRUNO Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The ten units of volume 2 of Il coreano per gli italiani are distributed in 21 weeks of lessons. Each lesson includes explanation of grammar rules, exercise on their use, textual translation and verification in class, and simultaneous translation of previous units. Each unit comprenhends also Textual Analysis of texts presnt as Further reading in each unit.
Prerequisites
To be enrolled in a Bachelor degree in Oriental Languages and Civilization.
Books
Il coreano per gli italiani, vol.2, Antonetta L. Bruno, Giovanni Volpe, Chung Somin, Oh Yoonjong, Hoepli 2019. Dizionario Hoepli Coreano, Antonetta L. Bruno, Imsuk Jung e Oenjoung Kim, Hoepli 2017 Handouts will be distributed in the lessons.
Frequency
Highly recommended frequency in presence.
Exam mode
The exam includes a compulsory written test, which results in a suitability assessment, preliminary to the oral exam evaluated in thirtieths. The written test consists of the application of grammatical rules, the translation of sentences from and into Korean, and a short composition in Korean. The written examination of the second three-year period includes grammar, vocabulary, understanding, composition and translation exercises from Italian to Korean and vice versa. Oral examination includes conversation with the mother tongue reader and verification of grammar rules. With the teacher, oral examination consists on questions about grammar rules and simultaneous translation from Korean to Italian and vice versa.
Lesson mode
The teacher covers the grammar and exercises on translation, the readers cover the hours of exercises on reading, conversation, grammar rules, lexicon, listening and writing. The first part is focused on grammar, grammar exercises and translation, while the second part on the acquisition of lexicon, reading, conversation, grammar rules, listening and writing.
  • Lesson code1055389
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseOriental languages and civilizations
  • CurriculumLingua coreana
  • Year2nd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDL-OR/22
  • CFU12
  • Subject areaLingue e traduzioni