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Korean Through Folktales consists of four chapters and each centers on a famous Korean folktale. The lessons and values that famous folktales teach are embedded and permeated in various aspects of the Koran culture. Using folktales in the curriculum will provide an engaging way to expose students to a slice of the target culture that native Koreans are naturally exposed to at an early age. Through the selected folktales and various activities offered in the book, students can gain cultural knowledge and insights into traditional and cultural values while they are given linguistic lessons to reinforce their acquired skills and to apply the learned materials in an integrated approach.
Korean Through Folktales is designed to accompany 1st-year, 2nd-year, and 3rd-year Korean courses offered at Portland State University. However, any Korean teacher can adopt this book to supplement his/her course materials at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels.
There are four chapters in the book. Each chapter will note main themes of a widely known folktale introduced in the chapter, followed by the links to several videos to watch and get a gist or a background of the story. The ensuing section will introduce important elements and symbolism embedded in the story so as to provide insights and to enhance the depth of appreciation. After that, three versions of the folktale are presented for different levels, followed by grammar lessons, exercises, and tasks.
Traces of folktales and allusions to them are evident in cultural products that many students enjoy, such as dramas, movies, and music. Therefore, knowledge in folktales will help students make cultural connections as well as enrich their experience of learning the Korean language.
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DOI
10.15760/pdxopen-2
Publication Date
9-2017
Publisher
Portland State University Library
City
Portland
Subjects
Korean language -- Study and teaching, Tales -- Korea, Folklore -- Korea
Rights
© 2018 KyungAh Yoon
This open access textbook is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16850
Recommended Citation
Yoon, KyungAh, "Korean Through Folktales" (2017). PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources. 11.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pdxopen/11
10.15760/pdxopen-2
Notes
This open textbook was originally published in March 2016. This is the revised edition.
Faculty review of this open textbook is available as an additional file.
Publication of this book was made possible by Portland State University Library PDXOpen Publishing Initiative Grant program.