EAK302 Advanced Korean II                                                                                   Spring 2005   

Call Number 5827 / 3 credits

Professor:  Dr. Andrew Sangpil Byon    

 

Assistant Professor

East Asian Studies Dept. – HU 244

State University of New York at Albany

Albany, NY 12222

E-mail: andrewbyon_ualbany@yahoo.com

(518) 442-2597 (voice)

(518) 442-4118 (fax)

http://www.albany.edu/eas/byon.html

Office Hour: MW 200-330 or by an appointment

 

 

Class meeting time & location: TTH 1145AM- 105PM, HU134 (changed from ED-126)

 

(1) General Education Information

If approved, this course fulfills the General Education category of Oral Discourse.

 

(2) Characteristics of all General Education Courses

  1. General Education courses offer introductions to the central topics of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields.
  2. General Education courses offer explicit rather than tacit understandings of the procedures, practices, methodology and fundamental assumptions of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields.
  3. General Education courses recognize multiple perspectives on the subject matter.
  4. General Education courses emphasize active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge.
  5. General Education courses promote critical inquiry into the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study; they aim to develop the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies characteristic of critical thinking.

(3) Characteristics of Oral Discourse Courses:

Approved courses provide opportunities for students to develop the oral communication skills they need to participate more effectively in public and academic debates and discussions. Courses offer opportunities to participate in a variety of communication contexts and to reflect on the principles and theory relevant to specific oral communication activities.

 

 

1. Prerequisites:

 

The completion of EAK 301: anyone who has not completed Korean 301 at this university must be approved by the instructor.

 

2. Objective & Course Description:

 

This is the second semester of third year Korean, and is designed to advance students to greater strengths in oral communication competence and written skill. Moreover, as an Oral Discourse course, another important objective is to provide opportunities for students to develop the oral communication skills they need to participate more effectively in public and academic debates and discussions. The detailed instructional objectives and contents of the Advanced Korean course are three-fold:

 

  1. To increase student language proficiency with heavy focus on oral communication skills, primarily thru student presentations and student led group discussions.
  2. Grammar and vocabulary instruction will be discussed and reviewed when relevant to the content of the reading material.
  3. To enhance understanding of current social/cultural aspects of Korea via discussions and presentation.

 

When confused, students are encouraged to ask questions to the instructor both in person and via email.

  

3. Student Responsibilities:

This is your opportunity to get the most you can out of this classroom experience. The professor assumes that all students are in this advanced class because their motivation is high. Such errors as excessive absence, tardiness, or homework not completed only detract from the learning experience and make it harder to complete the course successfully. This class will move quickly, and students are cautioned against falling behind.

 

Students are expected to attend ALL classes (every student has to sign a daily sign-sheet prior to class). No unexcused absences will be permitted; and there will be no review of material for students who miss class. Each absence beyond three will result in a reduction of the student’s final letter grade by one level (A becomes A-), and this continues for each successive absence as well. Tardiness is also not acceptable and considered inappropriate behavior in a university classroom. Three repeated lateness will be counted as an absence.

 

The prepared work you bring to class counts in the form of daily preparation for reading, written essays, translations, quizzes and oral presentations constitute considerable portion of your grade. Turning in your assignments late will result in lower grades, and missing class is no excuse for not preparing an assignment. When absent, it is the student’s responsibility to find out what has been assigned and to turn it in on the same day as the other students.

 

There will be a written final. If you know ahead of time you will not be able to sit for an exam, notify the professor before the exam, as this may lead to a makeup exam being scheduled if the reason for missing the appointed time is deemed acceptable.

 

 

4. Course requirement and evaluation

Written task 60% + Oral performance task 40% = 100%.

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2 mid-terms (each counts 150 pts)                                  300

15 weekly homework (6.5 pts each)                               100

Final exam                                                                     200

Written task total:                                          ______  600

Class discussion & participation                           200

2 student presentation (each counts 100 pts)                     200

Oral performance task total:                          _______400

TOTAL                                                           ______1000

 

A (1000-930) / A- (929-900) / B + (899-870) / B (869-830) / B- (829-800) / C+ (799-770) / C (769-720) / C- (719-700) / D+ (699-670) / D (669-620) / D- (619-600)…..

5. Detailed instruction on presentation & evaluation of oral performance (40% of course grade).

 

Topics for the student presentation: Students can refer to the topics and contents of the course-reader (main reading texts), or can choose whatever interests him or her: however, topics must be related to Korea and approved by the instructor prior to presentation.

 

Procedure:

Each student presentation (a STAND-UP monologue presentation of a minimum 5-7 minutes) should be followed by presenter led group discussion (a minimum 5-10 minutes, where the presenter fields a succession of questions or asks a succession of questions).  In addition, classmates are required to make 1 or 2 minutes (3-4 paragraph-lengths) contribution in the course of the discussion.

 

Evaluation: The following peer evaluation form will be filled out by classmates and instructor after the presentation, and the sum of the score will be reflected in your oral presentation grade:

 

 

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EAK 302:  Individual presentation peer evaluation form:           

 

 

Date ___/___/____                                                             Presenter:__________________________________

 

Rate scale 1 – 5 (5 the best) on following categories:

 

Topic & Content

  1. Good warming up /Introduction?                                      1              2              3              4              5
  2. Organization?                                                                       1              2              3              4              5
  3. Is it suitable for this course?                                              1              2              3              4              5
  4. Is it interesting / thought provoking?                              1              2              3              4              5
  5. Well prepared and researched on the topic?                  1              2              3              4              5

 

Presentation

  1. Clear articulation?  (e.g., volume and pace of speech)   1              2              3              4              5
  2. Confident?  (e.g., Poise and comfort)                               1              2              3              4              5
  3. Non-verbal behavior? (e.g., eye contact)                         1              2              3              4              5
  4. Sincere in a professional manner?                                     1              2              3              4              5
  5. The use of extra materials (e.g., handouts)                      1              2              3              4              5

                                               

 

Total______________/ 50

Any Comments?

 

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6. Textbooks:

 

 

 

7.  Class Rule

 

To enhance our learning experience in our class,

let us observe the following class rules!

 

  1. No food & No eating in the class please!
  2. Please turn off any cell phone during the class.
  3. Please refrain from unnecessary talking, irrelevant to class instruction.
  4. No newspaper, magazines, or book reading, irrelevant to instruction please!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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8. Questionnaire EAK302

 

 

Name:________________________________                      E-mail:_________________________________

 

Address & Phone number:_______________________________________________________________

 

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Please answer the following questions:

 

1. What is the reason taking this class?

 

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2. A brief personal background & introduction that you want to share with us?

 

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3.  What do you expect from the instructor?

 

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4.  What do you expect from the classmates?

 

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5.  What aspects of Korean topics are you interested in reading and discussion?

 

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