Namkil Kim – författare

Beginning Modern Korean: An Interactive Approach introduces students to contemporary standard Korean and fosters communicative competence in the language according to contexts, functions, and participants' roles. The text achieves a unique balance between teaching and learning by actively incorporating the four key skills of language acquisition—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—throughout. The majority of the narratives in the main texts, grammar examples, and exercises are given or conducted in interactive ways so learners can experience the real feeling of language use and the atmosphere of authentic contexts.The text begins with a comprehensive introduction to Hangul, Korean orthography, providing students with the knowledge and skillsets they need to read and write effectively. Over the course of 16 lessons, students learn new vocabulary, practice grammar exercises, listen to audio files and instructor readings, and sharpen conversational skills. Reading, writing, spelling, and pronunciation exercises support students' language acquisition, and cultural notes help them develop an awareness and knowledge of Korean culture.Emphasizing a fully active approach to language learning and acquisition, Beginning Modern Korean is well suited for foundational courses in Korean.

Designed to accompany the textbook of the same name, Beginning Modern Korean: An Interactive Approach – Student Workbook presents students with a collection of engaging activities and exercises to support their learning and acquisition of the Korean language. The workbook exercises are designed to either support active learning within the classroom or serve as homework assignments to reinforce lessons.Each workbook lesson contains vocabulary exercises, grammar exercises, and integrated activities that incorporate various combinations of reading, writing, listening, and speaking to support a highly interactive approach. Students are encouraged to study the main texts, vocabulary, and grammar in the corresponding text prior to completing the workbook exercises. As learners progress through the workbook, they practice communicative competence according to contexts, functions, and participants' roles. Students learn how to introduce themselves, talk about their family members, communicate daily activities, provide suggestions about food, ask for prices, express their feelings, confirm appointments, and more.Providing students with a hands-on, practical, and highly immersive approach to the language, Beginning Modern Korean is an ideal student workbook for foundational courses in Korean.

Intermediate Modern Korean: An Interactive Approach presents the intermediate level of the Korean language to students in a highly interactive manner. Students learn how to competently communicate in Korean according to specific contexts, functions, and speakers' roles with emphasis on meaningful information exchange. Each lesson integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to encourage acquisition and provide students with a holistic understanding of the language. The book consists of 16 comprehensive lessons. The lessons begin with warmup exercises, followed by texts that introduce vocabulary, grammar elements, and conversational expressions. Students learn 30-40 new words per lesson and are provided with word grouping, collocation, definition matching, and conversation activities to reinforce correct word usage. Students receive numerous opportunities to practice grammar, hone listening and speaking skills, and read materials from authentic Korean sources. They are introduced to unique expressions and cultural contexts to help them grasp the language spoken natively by educated individuals in the metropolitan area of Seoul. Designed to continue the valuable learnings set forth in Beginning Modern Korean: An Interactive Approach, Intermediate Modern Korean is an ideal resource for intermediate Korean language courses.

Designed to accompany the textbook of the same name, Intermediate Modern Korean: An Interactive Approach – Student Workbook presents students with a collection of engaging activities and exercises to support their learning and acquisition of the Korean language. The workbook exercises are designed to either support active learning within the classroom or serve as homework assignments to reinforce lessons.Each workbook lesson contains vocabulary exercises, grammar exercises, and integrated activities that incorporate various combinations of reading, writing, listening, and speaking to support a highly interactive approach. Students are encouraged to study the main texts, vocabulary, and grammar in the corresponding text prior to completing the workbook exercises. As learners progress through the workbook, they practice communicative competence according to contexts, functions, and participants' roles. Students learn how to talk about transportation and hobbies, communicate effectively over the phone, describe what people are wearing, and give advice. They practice expressing sickness and injury, making purchases, inviting others to events, conveying congratulations, commenting on current issues or events, and more.Providing students with a hands-on, practical, and highly immersive approach to the language, Intermediate Modern Korean is an ideal student workbook for mid-level courses in Korean.