K202 Oral exam guide:

Preparing for Oral Exam

You will be scored on five criteria:

(i) Comprehension (ii) Fluency (iii) Accuracy (iv) Spontaneity (v) Uses of grammar.

Comprehension has to do with how well you understand what's going on in the conversation. Fluency has to do with how smoothly you produce your utterance, not the speed of it. Accuracy has to do with how you command your grammar, vocabulary and expressions accurately. As for the criterion (iv), spontaneity, you will score better if you spontaneously initiate conversation rather than passively responding to the questions given to you. As for the criterion (v), uses of grammar, we will be looking at how well you utilize the grammar and expressions you have learned in this class, and how creatively use them. Use quotation and hearsay as much as you can.

Be aware:

• Almost every question is intended for you to use a grammar pattern or useful expressions from the textbook in your answers. Or try to use a pattern to ask questions.
• Be spontenous and interactive:
  • Give comments or show your emotion on the interviewer's apprearance or utterance, using ~네요, 아 그러세요, ~잖아요, ~거든요
  • Use such patterns as: ~게요? . . .~는 중이에요, ~어/아야지요, N-(이)요, ~(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 것 같아요
• At some points of interviews, you are supposed to use hearsay expressions. Be ready to use hearsay expressions spontaneously; otherwise you may be forced to use it.

The best way to prepare for the oral exam is for you to get familiar with the conversations in the textbook.

The following topics may be covered:

Lesson 1.  Weather and seaosns:

    •     Greetings with weather and seasonal greetings

    •     Your favorite seasons and seasonal activities

    •     Talk about weather forecast you heard in relation to your weekend plan.

1. 어느 계절을 좋아하세요? 왜요?
2. 요즘 알라바마 날씨가 어때요? 많이 추워졌어요? (Compare last week's weather and this week's weather)
3. 이번 주말에 뭐 하기로 했어요?
4. 크리스마스 방학 때 뭐 하고 싶어요? Express your wish: ~었/았으면 좋겠어요.

Lesson 2. Comments on clothing and fashion

    •     What you enjoy wearing

    •     Clothes you need to buy

    •     Colors and styles in fashion these days

    •     Your experience in shopping

1. 어떤 옷/무슨 색 옷을 잘 입으세요?
2. 무슨 옷이 잘 어울려요?
3. 요즘 옷 입기가 어때요? 왜요?
4. 요즘 어떤 옷이 유행이에요?
5. 요즘 필요한 옷 없어요?M
6. 보통 옷을 어디서 사요/옷 사러 어디 가세요?

Lesson 3. Travel

    •     Your memorable travel experience

    •     Cultural differences you found during your travel

    •     Travel preparation: getting a visa, reserving and buying an airplane ticket

1. 한국에 가 본 적 있어요?
2. 어느 나라에 가 봤어요?
3. . . .-에 가려면 뭐가 필요해요? . . .-에 가려면 비자를 받아야 돼요?
4. . . .-에 얼마 동안 있었어요? . . .-에 여행하는 동안 어디서 잤어요?
5. . . .-에 여행하는 동안 뭐 (뭐)/어디 (어디) 구경했어요?
6. . . .-에 볼 게 많아요?
7. 느낀 게 뭐예요/느낀 거있어요? 뭐가 인상적이었어요?
8. . . . 문화와 . . . 문화가 다른 게 많아요?

Lesson 4. Using post office

    •     Your experience of using a post office

    •     Any plan to send a package, e.g. Christmas gifts to parents, friends

1. 다른 나라에 편지/소포 부쳐 본 적이 있어요?
2. . . .-에 편지/소포 부치려면 우표를 얼마를 붙여야 돼요?
3. . . .-에 소포 부칠때 보통 어떻게 부치세요? 항공편으로 부치세요, 배편으로 부치세요?
4. . . -에 편지/소포를 부치면 얼마나 걸려요?

Lesson 5. Housing

    •     Describe your room, apartment, house

    •     Your residential history

    •     Moving experience

1. 어디 살아요? Answer about a residential type (아파트, 기숙사, 하숙집, 집, etc.)
2. 하숙해 본 적있어요? 하숙집에 가 본 적 있어요?
3. 지금 사는 아파트는 어때요? . . -기 편해요/불편해요? 방 값은 어때요?
4. 컴퓨터를 사려면 어디가 제일 좋은지/싼지 아세요?
5. 알라바마 대학/Tascaloosa에 온 지 얼마나 됐어요? Use the following pattern: . . .-에 (. . . 동안) 살다가 Tascaloosa에 온 지 . . . 됐어요.
6. 알마바마 대학에 오기 전에 어디 살았어요?
7. 지금 사는 기숙사/아파트에 어떤 가구가 있어요? 필요한 가구는 없어요?
8. Tascaloosa에서는 어디서 가구를 싸게파는지 아세요?
9. Tascaloosa에 한국식당이 어디 있는지 아세요?