Activity: A Korean Phonics Lesson

Materials:

  • One cue card for each trainee

Basic steps:

  1. Identify the symbol
    • Write the letter down
    In this exercise, we will be looking at the symbol, graphic of a Korean symbol representing the sound of the letter m (The Korean sound provided is similar to the "m" sound in English.)

  2. Ask the trainees to listen to the beginning of the words that you state.
    Example:

    Korean word Pronunciation English translation
    graphic of the word head wrote in Korean m/aw/ - rgraphic of a pronunciation symbol, an e with the short duration (curve on top of the letter) head
    graphic of the word garlic wrote in Korean mgraphic of a pronunciation symbol, an a with the short duration (curve on top of the letter) - ngraphic of a pronunciation symbol, an u with the short duration (curve on top of the letter)l garlic
    graphic of the word horse wrote in Korean mgraphic of a pronunciation symbol, an a with the short duration (curve on top of the letter)l horse


  3. Repeat each word in step 2 and have the trainees repeat.

  4. Ask the trainees to tell you what sound comes at the beginning.

  5. See if the trainees can hear the sound in other words.