The Virtual Picture Album -- Korea

The grid below is an annotated index to part of the Virtual Picture Album compiled and distributed by the Less Commonly Taught Languages Project at 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:

• a list of vocabulary items corresponding to elements in the picture
• some suggested lesson topics and grammar points for which the picture might be useful. (These categories are summarized at the bottom of the page.)

There are also suggestions for ways to use certain pairs or groups of 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
Part 3	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 5. Geography: Landscape, Scenery

Photo (Thumbnail)	Topics	Vocabulary Items	Grammar Points
	National Parks, Mountain Soraksan, resort	Mountain, national park, resort, to climb, to hike, trees	Descriptions
	Shinhungsa Temple in Outer Soraksan Mountain	Mountain, temple, location, to climb, to hike, hiking trails	Descriptions, comparisons
	National park	National park, map, to read, mountain, height, distance, to walk, to climb, to plan, time estimated, camp sites, parking lot, visitor, hiking trails	Descriptions, future tense, giving suggestions
	Park	To go, park, to walk, to hike, mountain, friend, to date	Descriptions, present progressive
	Group tour	Tour, tour guide, to explain, to listen to, historic sites, tourists	Descriptions
	The National Museum of Korea	To go, exhibition, opening hours, artifacts, people, building, stairs	Asking the location, making suggestions, descriptions
	Suburban life; community activities	Community, gathering, activities, to clean, people, man, woman, elderly, senior, neighbor, families, to fly a kite, apartment	Descriptions, plural marker, personal pronouns
	Suburban life; hobbies, sports, playing a baseball	To play baseball, weekend games, hobby, playground, baseball, tress, grass, players, friends	Motion verbs, comparisons, present tense
	Urban life: morning exercise	To exercise, health, early, body parts, to move/bend, to walk, to run, tree, mountain	Motion verbs, descriptions
	Pusan Harbor	Harbor, ships, fishery, port, breeding, to breed, seaweed, oyster, farm	Descriptions, locatives
	Pusan City	City, view, buildings, population, density, buses, houses, billboards, signs	Descriptions, locatives
	Inchon Harbor	Harbor, ship, fishery, to anchor, to fish	Descriptions, locatives
	Inchon Harbor	Harbor, ship, fishery, to anchor, cargo	Descriptions
	Beach	Beach, to swim, restaurants, houses	Descriptions
	Pusan Seafood Market	Dock, huge, retailer, wholesale, to fish, wooden boxes, rubber gloves, fish, to buy/sell	Descriptions, counting, number, making requests, counter for fish
	Retail store in Pusan Seafood Market	Fresh, fish, open market, wholesale, to buy/sell, counter (~mari)	Description, counter for fish, counting, making requests
	Open market; Pusan Seafood Market	View, customers, retailer, to buy/sell, to bargain, price	Description, counter for fish, counting, making requests
	Local dried fish store in Naksan Beach, Kangnung	Dried fish, squid, to buy/sell, retailer, to bargain, to ask	Description, counter for fish, counting, making requests
	Local Seafood/Fish open market in Sokcho fishing port	Fishing, fish, sea food, fresh, to buy/sell, to bargain, fresh	Descriptions
	Naksan Port, fishery, fishing	Fisherman, fishing nets, fishery, beach, ocean, color	Descriptions
	Kumgang River; scenery	Kumgang, river, scenery, trees, to flow	Descriptions
	Rural Life; rural house, farming	Rural, house, country, farm, farming, trees	Descriptions
	Rural scenery	Dogs, puppies, dog house, to watch, to feed	Descriptions
	Agriculture, rice field	Rice field, paddy paths, to harvest, green onion, utility poles	Descriptions
	Agriculture; harvest	Farming, farmer, rice field, to harvest, trees, rural houses, walls	Descriptions
	Stores in rural side	Barber shop, photo studio, to cut, hair, to develop films, people, boy, mailbox	Comparison, descriptions
	Inchon	City view, city housing, population density, cargo	Descriptions
	City view; Seoul	Building, house, church, density, signs, many	Comparison, descriptions
	Han'gang River in Seoul	River, bridge, Han'gang	Descriptions
	Han'gang River in Seoul	River, bridge, Namsan Seoul Tower, apartments, construction	Descriptions
	Youido in Seoul	Apartment complex in Youido	Descriptions, comparisons
	Express way in Youido, 63 Building	To drive, express way, road signs, bridge, 63 building	Descriptions, locatives
	63 Building in Youido, Seoul	Tall building, Youido, buildings, many, observation deck	Descriptions, directions, locatives
	Suburban life; Apartment construction	To build, to construct, apartments, new town, city expansion, suburb, development	Present progressive, descriptions
	City view, downtown traffic	Road signs, cars, taxis, buildings, to drive	Present progressive, descriptions, locatives
	City view;downtown traffic	Road signs, street lights, cars, buses, motorcycles, billboards, ads	Descriptions, locatives
	Wall of Kyongbokkung Palace	Wall, gate, pine trees, roof, entrance	Descriptions
	Traditional building in palace	Traditional building, kiwa, buildings, cars, parking lot	Comparisons, descriptions
	Youido, Seoul	To drive, to park, cars, lanes, tress, street lights	Comparisons, descriptions
	Youido; Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)	KBS, to broadcast, broadcasting system, public broadcasting	Descriptions, asking for directions, locatives
	Department store; Seoul	To go shopping, to ask directions, department store, shopping, sale	Giving directions, locatives, polite expressions
	Downtown Seoul	Buildings, signs, restaurants, to read, to order/buy	Asking for directions, locatives
	Street food; snacks	Snack, to order, to buy, prices, to eat	Asking prices, counter for general objects, counting
	Busy streets; Chongno in Seoul	Signs, people, stores, to go shopping, shoppers	Asking about the location, giving directions, locatives, descriptions
	Private language institutes in Seoul	English education, private institutes, to register classes, English conversation, buildings, signs	Giving directions, locatives

1. Shopping: department store
2. Shopping: traditional market
3. Foods on street
4. Korean restaurants and food
5. Public transportation: Airport
6. Public trasportation: Subway
7. Public trasportation: Railroad station
8. Seoul
9. Pusan, Inchon
10. Schools and students
11. Entertainment: Noraebang, Internet cafe, Nightclub
12. Korean traditional constructions
13. Natural scenery in Korea
14. Traditional lives of Korea
15. Folk games
16. Traditional arts

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