Korean Mixed Script (Chinese characters)1 3600-3-KO1-NPK1
This aim of the classes in KOREAN MIXED SCRIPT (CHINESE CHARACTERS) is limited to about 1,500 Sino-Korean characters (hanja) which are introduced during the 5 semester course, so there are about 300 basic characters introduced in the 2nd semester. During the classes there are being taught the following items: (1) basic Sino-Korean characters and the radicals of the Chinese ideograms, the so-called 'pusu' (2) basic vocabulary and basic sentences, (3) additional Sino-Korean characters including a wider additional vocabulary based upon the specific use of characters, (4) writing exercises and calligraphy of the Chinese characters, i.e. Sino-Korean characters (hanja) during the classes and the checking (correction) of the texts written by students, (5) reading comprehensions, (6) briefing of the basic sentences and the reading texts (the so-called 'tokhae'). Besides, the teacher trains students how to use the peculiar Chinese ideogram dictionaries published in the Republic of Korea
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Learning outcomes
After having participated in the course of the Korean Mixed Script (Chinese Characters) a student should be able to read Korean texts in the mixed script, the so-called 'kukhanmun hon'yongch'e', mainly Korean ancient, medieval and contemporary literature pieces, as well as the Korean historical chronicles, Buddhist texts or the nineteenth and twentieth century Korean press. The Korean Mixed Script is still being used in the Republic of Korea. Due to the 5 semesters of regular exercises held during the classes, a student acquires a solid knowledge of the Chinese characters used in Korea, i.e. Chinese ideograms are the intrinsic part of the Korean writing system in the ROK, so he will be able to tackle with them easily.
Bibliography
(1) Francis Y.T. Park (1995); SPEAKING KOREAN - BOOK III - A Guide to Chinese Characters, Hollym International Corp., Elizabeth, New Jersey - Seoul, Korea;
(2) Various Sino-Korean ideographical dictionaries published in the Republic of Korea
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