The grid below is an annotated index to part of theVirtual Picture Albumcompiled and distributed by theLess Commonly Taught Languages Projectat the University of Minnesota. The pictures in this section of the VPA are of people, places, and objects in the Republic of Korea. Each of the pictures is represented by a thumbnail-sized image in the grid, and is accompanied by:
There are also suggestions for ways to use certainpairs or groupsof pictures.
Due to the number of pictures in this section, the VPA index for Korea is divided into five parts.
Part 1 | Daily Life: Shopping, Food, Transportation |
Part 2 | Korea Today: People, Education, Recreation |
Korea Yesterday: Culture, Tradition | |
Part 4 | Historic Remains |
Part 5 | Geography: Landscape, Scenery |
To view or download a full-sized picture from the VPA, click on its thumbnail representation below.
Part 2. Korea Today: People, Education, Recreation
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Vocabulary Items
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Grammar Points
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Seoul city view | Capital city, population, density, crowded, buildings, apartments, mountains, mountain, geography | Descriptions, present tense | |
Han'gang, apartment complex in Seoul | Apartment, river, construction, barbed wire | Description,~e issoyostructure | |
Morning exercise inNamsan | Exercise, morning walk, hiking, gazebo, people, early risers, diligent, stretching, physical exercise, to walk | Describing daily activities, present tense, motion verbs | |
Underground market in Tongdaemun | Underground market, shopping, passengers, road signs, news stand, newspaper, magazine, cars, bill board, shopping | Asking/giving directions,~juseyostructure | |
Subway station | Signs, ads, subway transfer, way out, exits, tracks, busy people | Asking for directions, subway transfers, polite expressions | |
Morning commuter, rush hour in downtown | Subway,Youido, high buildings, passengers, line, commuter | Comparisons, asking for directions (subway lines and transfer), polite expressions, locatives | |
Public phone, making a phone call | Phone booth, public phone, coin, meeting, to schedule, appointment | time+~estructure | |
Making an international phone call, using a phone card, reading instructions | Telephone card, credit card, an international phone call, country code, area code, phone number | Descriptions, describing a procedure (kurigo, ku taumeetc.) | |
Harbor city | Boat, harbor, fishermen, to fish, ocean | Descriptions, locatives | |
Fishing nets, stores, names of fishing gear | To buy/sell fishing gear, store signs | Descriptions, measurement/size comparisons | |
Inshorefishery, seafood/fish store | Seafood/fish store, dried fishes, dried seaweed, wild greens,squid, dried pollack, mushroom | Descriptions | |
Fish Market | To bargain, prices, fresh, seafood, to buy/sell, to dry | Descriptions, asking prices, counter for fish (mari) | |
Public education system | 公共教育,中学,学校建筑,students, school gate, classrooms | Description | |
Elementary school in a city, school playground | Playground, elementary school, apartment, students | Describing school life | |
Elementary school, going to school in the morning | Elementary school students, children, coming to school, school bags, friends, to walk | [destination]-e+ directional verbs | |
Class activity, elementary school classroom | Classroom, students, desks, chairs, textbooks, blackboard,T'aegukki,to display, to sit on | Descriptions, locatives, comparisons | |
Elementary school class | Classroom, students, desks, chairs, textbooks, to display, to sit on, to study | Descriptions, present tense, locative, comparisons | |
Kindergarten, field trip | Kindergarteners, field trip, Korean folk village, teacher, traditional roof(kiwa), walls, uniforms, walking in line | Descriptions, present tense, locative, motion verbs | |
Kindergarten students | Kindergarten students, uniforms, backpack, gate | Descriptions | |
Middle school students' field trip | School, school uniforms, female/male students, trees, folk village, field trip | Descriptions | |
High school students' filed trip | High school students, field trip, group photo, Women's high school, students, to take a picture, flield trip, museum | Descriptions, comparisons | |
University | University, main gates, symbols, national (public) university | Descriptions | |
University campus | Campus buildings, signs, to go to class, banner | Descriptions | |
Private English language education, English language institutes | Hagwon(private institute), sings, buildings, English language training, English tests | Comparisons, descriptions | |
English education, private English institutes | Hagwon(private institute), sings, buildings, English education, English tests | Descriptions | |
Taking a walk at a park | To take a walk, park, to go, mountain, trees, dating, couples | Descriptions, motion verbs, comparisons | |
Weekend life on a park | People, pond, to take a walk, to date, to meet friends, couples, dating | Motion verbs, descriptions | |
The elderly | Elderly, senior, to rest, to sit, to chat | Descriptions, personal pronouns, honorifics | |
Community activities | Community gathering, activities, to clean, people, man, woman, elderly, senior, neighbor, families, to fly a kite, apartment | Descriptions, plural marker for people, personal pronouns | |
Weekend park clean-up, community activity | Bench, boy, volunteer, elderly, to sit, to pick up, to bend, garbage, grass,banner | Descriptions, present tense, comparisons, motion verbs | |
Hobbies, sports, playing baseball | To play baseball, weekend games, hobby, playground, tress, grass, players, friends | Descriptions, past tense, motion verbs, names of sports | |
输入tainment,nightclub | To dance, to go to a dance club, to meet friends, entrance, interesting | Descriptions, asking location, locatives, talking about weekend activities, past tense | |
输入tainment, nightclub | To dance, nightclub, DJ, dance floor, friends | Descriptions, comparisons, present tense | |
输入tainment, nightclub | Membership, nightclub, entertainment, sculpture | Descriptions, comparisons, present tense, making requests, asking for information, locative particles | |
Noraebang, singing | Singing,Noraebang,children, monitors, microphones, songs, titles | Descriptions, comparisons | |
Noraebang,singing | Singing, children, microphone, song, boy, girl | Descriptions, comparisons, present tense | |
Internet cafe | Internet cafe ("PC room"), internet, communication, pc games, e-mail | Descriptions, comparisons | |
Internet cafe | Computer, game,to send e-mails, chairs, adolescents | Descriptions, comparisons, present tense, locatives, personal pronouns | |
Video games, entertainment | To play games, to meet friends, to watch, scores, coins, to compete | Descriptions, comparisons | |
Video games, entertainment | To play games, to meet friends, to watch, scores, coins, to compete | Descriptions, comparisons, present tense,explain the procedure |
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Apartment complex in Seoul Community activities Elementary school English education English language institutes 输入tainment field trip Fish Market fishery Fishing nets Games Going to school Hangang river Harbor city High school students' filed trip Hobbies Inshore fishery international phone call Internet cafe Kindergarten Kindergarten students making a phone call Middle school Morning commuter 在Namsan晨练 nightclub Noraebang,singing Public education system Public phone Reading instructions Rush hour in downtown School playground School uniforms Seafood/fish store Seoul city view Sports Stores Subway station Taking a walk at a park The elderly Underground market in Tongdaemun University Phone card Weekend life Weekend park clean-up |
[destination]-e + directianal verbs |
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