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LTKO 2C - Course Objective

  1. Culture
    • Holiday customs
    • 떡국
    • Holiday games
    • How to wear 한복
    • Hospitals in Korea
    • Western medicine and Sino-Korean medicine
    • Korean adages and metaphors
    • Korean marriage customs
    • Modern weddings
    • 집들이
    • The Korean family
    • Taboos and superstitions
    • Aging
    • Selecting a major
    • Job searches and interviews
    • Women’s issues
    • College entrance examinations
  2. Expression & Pattern
    • -(으)면서 (express complaints, criticism or disapproval)
    • -기는 …-는/은데 ‘it is true that …. but…’
    • Noun -(이)라면 ‘If it were/is…, If you mean to say Noun…’
    • 아무 Noun-(이)나 ‘any Noun’
    • Question word-(이)든지 ‘any …’
    • -기 위해(서) ‘for the sake of …, in order to…, for the purpose of….’
    • -아/어 버리다 (refers to the emotional effect of swiftly finishing or cleaning up something)
    • -군요/구나 (exclamatory expression)
    • -(으)ㄹ걸 (그랬어요) (express a feeling of regret on one’s past action)
    • -다/라는 소식/이야기/말씀 ‘a news/words on/about ….
    • -는 바람에 ‘because…, as a result of…’
    • -(으)려다가/(으)려고 그러다가 (describe a situation where somebody is about to do something)
    • A이/가 아니라 B ‘It is not A but B’
    • -는/(으)ㄴ 거예요/거야 ‘What it is, is…, The fact is…, What happens is….’
    • -아/어야 할지 모르다 ‘don’t know what to/where to/when to/how to….’
    • 차라리 ..이/가 (더) 낫다 ‘A is better (than B)’
    • -기도 하다 (express another possibility in addition to what is mentioned in the preceding context)
    • -는/은/을 모양이다 ‘It appears to…, It looks like …’
    • Doubling of -았-: -었었-, -았었-
    • Causative -이/-히/-리/-기/-우
    • Noun만큼, Verb stem + -(으)ㄹ 만큼 ‘as much as’
    • (-(으)면)…-(으)ㄹ수록 ‘the more… the more…’
    • -았/었더니 (describe a situation the speaker experienced in the past as a result of another situation)
    • [Time Length]만에 (the time that it takes for one to complete a task)
    • -(으)ㄹ 뻔하다 (indicate that some event almost happened, but did not)
    • -는/(으)ㄴ데도 ‘despite the fact that….’
    • 하나도 + negation ‘not at all’
    • -는/은/을지 (생각하다/궁금하다/잘 알다)
    • -았/었으면 하다 ‘wish ….. ?ed, It would be good if….’
    • 언젠가, 어딘가, 무언가 ‘sometime, somewhere, something’
    • -(으)ㄹ까봐 ‘for fear that….’
    • 얼마나 …-는/지(으)ㄴ지 (exclamatory remark on the greatness of the state of affairs the speaker experienced)
    • 마치 …-는/은/을 것 같다 ‘as if…..’
  3. Task and Function
    • Talking about holidays
    • Making suggestions and arranging schedules
    • Reading newspaper articles
    • Describing illnesses and injuries
    • Describing a car accident
    • Understanding labels
    • Expressing concern/fear/worry
    • Talking about wedding
    • Expressing disbelief and agreement
    • Describing personality
    • Stating opinions
    • Talking about cultural differences
    • Narrating a series of events
    • Talking about one’s major and career goals
    • Expressing encouragement
    • Reading ads for jobs

Language and Culture Programs

Korean Supervisor:
Jeyseon Lee

Student Advising:
Danny Panella
Undergraduate Advisor
117 Literature Building
(858) 534-8681
Virtual Advising

Director Undergraduate Studies:
John D. Blanco


Virtual Advising
LTKO 2 Listening Files

You can download individual listening files from the University of Hawai'i Press or all of them as a zipped mp3:

Individual files: Link.

mp3 file: Link

Extra Listening covered in LTKO 2A are available on Ted.ucsd.edu