Korean Conversations and Debating - A Language Guide for Self-Study or Classroom Use--Learn to Talk About Current Topics in Korean (With Companion Online Audio)

"Take your Korean conversation skills to the next level! If you want to take your skills to the next level, then this book is for you! Each of the eight chapters is based around a fascinating topic relating to a controversial and intriguing subject: Is social media a waste of time? Are print books better than e-books? Is virtual currency the future? Each chapter opens with a reading passage to introduce the topic. You'll then learn key phrases and strategies to help you discuss these topics, leading to increased confidence and fluency in your speaking and writing. Free online audio files are included along with a comprehensive Korean-English glossary of words and expressions."--Back cover.

About the author

Eunjin Gye is currently an adjunct lecturer of Korean in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University. She has taught all levels of Korean at various Korean institutes and universities in the United States as well as within the Korean government. Her research interests include second language acquisition, psycholinguistic and pedagogy.

Juno Baik is Assistant Professor of Korean at Brigham Young University. He received a Ph.D. in Korean Linguistics and Pedagogy from Kyung Hee University, Korea. He has trained teachers of Korean as a second language and taught at universities, government institutions, and multinational corporations in Korea and the US since 2008. His interests are in second language acquisition and cognitive linguistics, focusing on how cognitive factors affect language acquisition. He is a co-author of Tuttle's Learning Korean along with Julie Damron.

Julie Damron is Associate Professor of Korean and linguistics at Brigham Young University. She received her PhD from Purdue university in linguistics and second language teaching. She currently heads the Korean Section at BYU and teaches Korean language courses, linguistics and research design. Julie has created online classes that serve more than 1,000 high school and college students around the world. She is the author of Tuttle's highly successful Korean Stories For Language Learners, and a co-author of Learning Korean along with Juno Baik.

Product details

• Authors: Baik, Juno Baik, Julie Damron, Eunjin Gye
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.09.2023
• EAN: 9780804856157
• ISBN: 978-0-8048-5615-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 369 g
• Illustrations: includes online companion audio, b&w photos and illustrations; Korean-English Glossary
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Grammar & vocabulary, Korean, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Writing systems, alphabets, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary, LANGUAGE STUDY / Korean, Writing systems, alphabets, scripts