Ewha Korean: Comprehensive Language Book Series
Language Skills and Focus: Ewha Korean is a comprehensive Korean learning method that focuses on the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The book encourages balanced development of these skills, with a special emphasis on speaking.
Innovative Lessons: The "Try It" section in each chapter challenges students to improve their conversational skills by creating their own dialogues without memorizing. These sections provide situations and explanations of conversational structure and relevant vocabulary.
Series Structure: Based on student feedback, levels 1 through 3 have been divided into two parts for each level. Instructions and explanations are provided in English in the first two levels. Ewha Korean 1-1 covers Units 1 through 7, while Ewha Korean 1-2 covers Units 8 through 15.
Introduction and Cultural Component: Unit 1, "Korean Language and Hangeul," provides a basic introduction to the Korean alphabet and sentence structure. From Unit 2 onward, the chapters are divided into four parts. Parts 1, 2, and 3 cover grammar, speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The "Culture & Literature" section explores Korean culture and introduces students to literary works.