Teaching Korean Language through Literature -Reflections on a Decade of Experience with Modern Korean Short Fiction-

Abstract

This paper introduces my experience over the past decade as I have continued

to prepare and teach from a set of advanced Korean language teaching materials

based on modern short fiction. The objectives of the project, Multimedia Reader in

Modem Korean Short Fiction, launched in 1994, is generally to provide a generous

selection of amply annotated modem Korean short stories for Anglophone learners

of Korean studying in North American universities, and eventually to improve students' comprehension of each specific Korean short story, to improve their retention of Korean vocabulary and cultural references, to increase their enjoyment and appreciation of Korean language literary texts, and generally to improve Korean language reading skills.