Korean culture read through the Korean Wave. Korean Language Book

-Book Introduction

This book is about learning Korean culture and the Korean language through the Korean Wave. While watching or listening to Korean dramas, movies, and K-pop, you may have wondered why Koreans are like this. Read this book to understand why. All the stories in this book feature Korean dramas, movies, television programs, and K-pop. People who like Korean Wave can read it more interestingly. It is good for students of intermediate level or higher to read it. Level 3 (intermediate level 1) students can read with meaning, and level 4 (intermediate level 2) students can read more comfortably.

-Index

- entry word - order

-food-

1. What should I do at a Korean restaurant? 2. Why do Koreans ask for a meal? 3. Why do Koreans like healthy food? 4. Why do Koreans eat ramen so often? 5. Do Koreans really have refrigerators that only contain kimchi? 6. What do Koreans eat on their birthday? 7. In Korean dramas, why do people eat bibimbap when they are angry? 8. Why do Koreans drink beer with chicken? 9. Why do Koreans like samgyeopsal? 10. Why do Koreans drink coffee so often? 11. Why do women like tteokbokki in Korean dramas?

-life-

12. Why are there so many love stories with rich men in Korean dramas? 13. How are male protagonists in Korean dramas changing? 14. Why do you call your boyfriend 'oppa' in Korea? 15. Why do men and women celebrate the 100th day they met in Korea? 16. Why does it take so long to kiss in Korean dramas? 17. What if a Korean and a foreigner get married? 18. Why do Koreans like games? 19. What words do Koreans use on the Internet? 20. Why do Korean men and women go on dates a lot at movie theaters? 21. Why do old people in Korea like mountain climbing? 22. Why do Koreans like jjimjilbang? 23. Do Koreans really have good skin like the actors in the drama? 24. Why do Koreans laugh and talk when someone dies?

-Society/History-

25. Why is the Han River often featured in Korean movies and dramas? 26. Why do most people wear hats in Korean historical dramas? 27. Why do Koreans study English hard? 28. What do South Koreans think of North Koreans? 29. Should all Korean men go to the military? 30. Why do Korean zombies run so fast? 31. Why did Korean people fight with soldiers or police? 32. Why do Koreans study a lot? 33. What kind of style is ‘Gangnam Style’? 34. What kind of concerns do young people in Korea have these days? 35. How do Korean women live? 36. What kind of houses do Koreans live in?

-Korean Wave-

37. Why are there foreigners in K-pop groups? 38. How can a K-pop singer sing while dancing? 39. Why do K-pop fans sing along when singers sing? 40. Why are Korean dramas so popular in the world?

- Reference