The Korean Language Program under Columbia University's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures utilizes a proficiency-based approach in its teaching methods, curriculum design, teaching materials, instruction planning and class activities for the program. There are five levels for the program. Elementary Korean N and Intermediate Korean N are for students with no Korean background. Elementary Korean and Intermediate Korean offer basic training in Korean through listening, reading, speaking and writing skills and grammar for students who already have some Korean background. Advanced Korean and Fourth-Year Korean provide different linguistic levels to meet the students' varying needs and goals in studying the language. Fifth-Year Korean focuses on readings of advanced modern texts in literature, history, politics and journalism.
Columbia University
1140 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
212-854-5027
columbia.edu
Boston University's Modern Languages and Comparative Literature offers a Korean Language Program with three years of language study and additional cultural courses. The program incorporates lessons that allow students to gain insights in the cultural, historical and anthropological aspects of Korean civilization. First- and Second-Semester Korean introduces students to reading and writing the Korean letters called "Hangeul," vocabulary words, basic grammar and conversations. Third- and Fourth-Semester Korean develops students' communicative skills by reading more Korean texts, intermediate-level expressions and vocabulary building practices. Fifth-Semester Korean offers advanced students exposure to advanced grammar, interviews and skits and more essays and discussions on various Korean themes. Korean Conversation and Composition through Media offers intensive practice of both oral and written Korean to develop the students as educated near-native speakers of the language.
Boston University
718 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
617-353-2642
bu.edu
The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations of Harvard University has a Korean Language Curriculum arranged in a four-year sequence of courses. There are also additional advanced courses offered after the four-year sequence. The program structure is divided into two different tracks: The Non-heritage Learner's Track and the Heritage Learner's Track. The determination of a prospective student's track of studies depends on the person's needs and backgrounds and the Language Placement Test result. Harvard's Korea Institute also offers further advancement in Korean culture and history education. It supports a number of lectures, workshops, conferences, faculty research projects, undergraduate and graduate student support, Korean film screenings and cultural events.
Harvard University
5 Bryant St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-2961
harvardealc.org