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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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 Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 2:11 pm Post subject: Reading Material in Korean Schools |
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What literature is taught in Korean class in the Korean school system?
I can't recall ever seeing students with a novel they're reading for class.
In "English" class in Canada we read novels (Lord of the Flies, Kill a Mockingbird), and Shakespeare (Macbeth, Hamlet). I can't remember well, but I think we were reading novels in Grade 5. |
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Sister Ray
Joined: 25 Mar 2006
Location: Fukuoka
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Many years ago, I taught at a very expensive institute in Bundang, specifically for students trying to enter foreign language high schools. The middle schoolers there were all reading "The Old Man and the Sea" in English. Pretty impressive. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| ㅅThanks but I mean the public school system material? |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Why would they want Korean kids to read a novel in English? Would be way too difficult for the average student. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| optik404 wrote: |
| Why would they want Korean kids to read a novel in English? Would be way too difficult for the average student. |
That's not what he's asking. What he's asking is, "What kind of material do the students today in Korea get in Korean class? Do they study novels either written in Korean or translated into Korean?" |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:16 am Post subject: |
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One example is 장마 by 윤홍길. As mentioned in the movie 'My Sassy Girl'.
Personally speaking: I tried to read it, but couldn'tfinish it. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:46 am Post subject: |
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Why would something be considered too difficult?
There are a lot of things to choose from with varying levels of difficulty.
In the US, I read Caesar's "Gallic Wars" in Latin & "Mosen Millan" in Spanish. Required reading for second year students in each language.
I survived.
A better question might be "What literature might be being used in Korean Class?" besides Hong Gil Dong .... |
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