Korean History and Culture Seminar for American Educators Handbook 2017 NKS Seminar-Handbook-Final with Daniel

Outline of the Hangeul Presentation: 6/28/2017 By Sung Kim 1. Introduction: Historical background and scientific characteristics Korean language is one of the most unique scientific inventions in the world. Korean is the language spoken by about 63 million people in South Korea, North Korea, China, Japan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia. The Korean alphabet, Hangeul, was invented in 1444 during the reign of King Sejong (r.1418-1450), the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty. Watch a video “Hangeul”—Watch video from IKEN Online Contents www.ikeneducate.org 2. Present Hangeul Consonant and Vowels using Korean Online Course Level 1 The Korean alphabet was originally called Hunmin jeongeum, or "The correct sounds for the instruction of the people“. There are 24 letters (jamo) in the Korean alphabet: 14 consonants and 10 vowels. In addition, some consonants and vowels are combined to form compound consonants and vowels. The letters are combined together into syllable blocks. Watch Virtual Lesson in the Korean Online Course Level 1 www.ikeneducate.org 3. Present how to pronounce each character: The shapes of the consonants g/k, n, s, m and ng are graphical representations of the speech organs used to pronounce them. Other consonants were created by adding extra lines to the basic shapes. The shapes of the vowels are based on three elements: man (a vertical line), earth (a horizontal line) and heaven (a dot). In modern Hangeul the heavenly dot has mutated into a short line. consonant sound vowel sound ㄱ g ㅏ ah ㄴ n ㅑ yah ㄷ d ㅓ uh ㄹ l ㅕ yuh ㅁ m ㅗ oh ㅂ b ㅛ yoh ㅅ s ㅜ oo ㅇ ng ㅠ yoo ㅈ j ㅡ eu ㅊ ch ㅣ ee ㅌ t ㅋ k ㅍ p ㅎ h 4. Present how to combine Consonant and vowels: Show demonstration of combining consonant and vowels. Teachers will practice on the worksheet. combination sound ㄱ + ㅏ = 가 g + ah = gah ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄱ = 학 h + ah + g ㅂ + ㅏ + ㅇ = 방 B + ah + ng =bang ㄱ + ㅛ = 교 가방 Gah bang 학교 g + yoh = gyoh Hag gyoh backpack school 67

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