Study Abroad in Korea prepares students for study in Korean by providing the reader with key expressions and guidance on certain aspects of culture and language idiosyncratic to Korea, focusing on everyday scenarios.

Jieun Kiaer is Associate Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics at the University of Oxford. She is interested in translanguaging pedagogy and is currently working on the use of social media and digital app technology in language learning. She has published widely on Korean language and linguistics in English. Kiaer is the series editor for Routledge Studies in East Asian Translation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I: Essential Korean Structure

Chapter 1: Korean Speaking Styles

Introduction

Interactional Dynamics

Address Terms for Different Relationships

Address terms shift as relationships shift

First-person pronoun and second-person pronouns

Speech styles in Korean: half-talk (¿¿) vs. yo-form (¿¿¿)

Chapter 2: Structural Characteristics of Korean

Nominal Particles

Verbal particles or endings

Chapter 3: Korean Verbs

A Brief Introduction to Korean Verbs

The Magic of ¿¿ Verbs

Part II: Korean Interactions

Introduction

Chapter 4: Dining Out

Chapter 5: Public Transportation

Chapter 6: Where Do You Live?

Chapter 7: Education and Examination

Chapter 8: Going to the Cinema

Chapter 9: Going to the Mart

Chapter 10: Bunsik

Chapter 11: Korean Diaspora

Chapter 12: Shopping at Namdaemun and Dongdaemun

Chapter 13: K-Beauty

Chapter 14: Seoul Tour

Chapter 15: The DMZ

Chapter 16: Visiting a Hospital

Chapter 17: K-Pop

Chapter 18 Jeonju

Chapter 19: Busan

Chapter 20: Gwangju

Chapter 21: Jeju Island

Chapter 22: Picnicking on Bukhansan

Chapter 23 Foreigners in Korea

Dialogue Translations

Selected Bibliography

Index