“INTRODUCTORY PART” OF KOREAN LITERATURE RELATED COURSES AS A MOTIVATIONAL TOOL

Abstract

The issue of teaching Korean literature and motivating students has been important due to the recent changes in Korean studies students’ expectations (interest to Korean popular culture and preference to practically oriented subjects). Literature gradually becomes a discipline demanding new educational approaches and additional efforts as students tend to doubt its relation to the competences necessary for their professional success. The paper presents one of the methods elaborated by the author to make students more motivated and involved in learning Korean literature, i. e., an “introductory course” opening the main course and gives its outline. It aims at giving a clear understanding of what the students will achieve, familiarizing the students with basic specific features of Korean literature relevant for the most of the material to be studied (time saving factor). The introduction provides the “road map” of the course, makes the bridges between literature and the targeted professional level (a motivational tool). This method can be applied to other literatures as well.