Korean Language Conversations and Debates: A Workbook for Intermediate and Advanced Learners (with Online Audio)

＂Take your Korean conversation skills to the next level! If you want to take your skills to the next level, then this book is for you! Each of the eight chapters is based around a fascinating topic relating to a controversial and intriguing subject: Is social media a waste of time? Are print books better than e-books? Is virtual currency the future? Each chapter opens with a reading passage to introduce the topic. You’ll then learn key phrases and strategies to help you discuss these topics, leading to increased confidence and fluency in your speaking and writing. Free online audio files are included along with a comprehensive Korean-English glossary of words and expressions.＂--Back cover.

Eunjin Gye is currently an adjunct faculty member of Korean in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University. She has taught all levels of Korean at various Korean institutes and Universities in both Korea and the United States as well as within the Korean government. Her research interests include second language acquisition, psycholinguistic and pedagogy.

Juno Baik is an Assistant Professor of Korean at Brigham Young University. He received a Ph.D. in Korean Linguistics and Pedagogy from Kyung Hee University, Korea. He has trained teachers of Korean as a second language and taught at universities, government institutions, and multinational corporations in Korea and the US since 2008. His interests are in second language acquisition and cognitive linguistics, focusing on how cognitive factors affect language acquisition.

Julie Damron is an Associate Professor of Korean and linguistics at Brigham Young University. She received her PhD from Purdue university in linguistics and second language teaching in 2000. She currently serves as the Section Head of the Korean Section at BYU and teaches Korean language, language teaching methods, linguistics and research design. Julie also has created online Korean classes that service more than 1,000 high school and college students around the world.