Call Number 2085 / 5 credits
E-mail: jkmason@albany.edu
(518) 442-4120 (voice)
(518) 442-4118 (fax)
Office: HU- 283
Office Hour: W TH 12:00-1:30 or by appointment
Class meeting time
& location:
MWF 10:25-11:20 AM HU 027
T TH 10:15- 11:10 AM HU 032
I. Course Objectives and goals:
EAK202Y is the second half of the second year Korean. The course provides
students further conversational & grammatical skills beyond those
learned in the first semester. The
objective of the course is continuing to work further on students’ speaking,
listening, reading, and writing skills at the intermediate level. The course introduces various kinds of
authentic materials such as audio/ video clips, songs, children’s books,
internet articles, etc. in addition to the required reading materials in order
to help students acquire Korean and its culture in context.
At the end of the semester, the Students would be able to: 1. command a
lengthy dialogue regarding various topics such as describing buildings
and interiors, giving and asking for directions, giving and responding to complaints,
hair style and fashion, traditional holidays, marriage, jobs, etc; 2. express their ideas into written language
with more accurate spellings and punctuations; 3. better understand on culture
and cultural aspects of Korea; 4. type Korean letters
The medium of the class is
mainly Korean, and English translation will be given when it is necessary. Monday through Thursday classes consist of
lectures and oral drills. Friday classes will be designated mainly for weekly
quizzes, tests, oral performances, watching cultural audio/video clips and
movies, and learning Korean culture and cultural aspects.
II. Textbooks (available at Campus bookstore)
Integrated Korean Beginning II: Textbook,
Integrated Korean Beginning II: Workbook,
Integrated Korean Intermediate 1:
Textbook,
Integrated Korean Intermediate 1:
Workbook,
2. English-Korean dictionary (optional)
3.
In-class handouts
III. Course requirement
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Participation * |
5% |
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Homework Assignments ** |
10% |
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Quizzes *** |
20% |
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Mid-terms |
10% |
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Power-point presentation**** |
5% |
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Individual Listening assignment ***** |
5% |
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12 days of projects ****** |
25% |
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Final (speaking & written) |
20% |
* Participation: The students are expected
to participate actively in a pair and small group activities. Your
performance will be monitored and graded by your instructor each day. The
grading criteria not only includes your Korean language performance, but also
your attitude, cooperation, preparation and participation.
In addition, students will be required to
participate an interview with the instructor outside of the class in order to
monitor and better understand the students progress. The date & time will be further discussed
at the class.
** Homework Assignments are due
at the beginning of the class as the day specified as deadline. Each
workbook homework must be handed in a separate sheet; please make sure you put
the HW #, date/day, as well as you name
Late
homework must be handed in within a week from the
deadline: the homework submitted after a class is counted as a late homework.
*** Quizzes include chapter quizzes on
Friday and vocabulary/ & diction quizzes on mid weeks. Chapter quizzes will be on the materials
covered up to that point (ie. vocab + grammar points). You may drop 3 of your lowest grades in
vocabulary & dictation quizzes and 1 lowest grade in chapter quizzes for
your final grade.
**** Power-point Presentation You can work on any topics related to the Korean
language and culture. Guidelines and samples will be discussed in the class. You are required to discuss your presentation with
the instructor prior your presentation in order to avoid
duplicate topics with your classmates and for better quality of your presentation.
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***** Independent listening activity: Students are required to practice the listening assignments in workbook to enhance their listening skill. Please submit the assignment the textbooks and the workbook is available on-line, and there is a link in the class webpage at www.albany.edu/korean/links.html .
****** Twelve days of projects consist of two individual projects and two group projects. Refer to the separate sheet provided for more information.
IV. Grading scale
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A |
100-93 |
A- |
92.9-90 |
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B+ |
89.9-86 |
B |
85.9-83 |
B- |
82.9-80 |
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C+ |
79.9-76 |
C |
75.9-73 |
C- |
72.9-70 |
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D+ |
69.9-66 |
D |
65.9-63 |
D- |
62.9-60 |
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E |
Below 60 |
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ª Important
Class Policies
Attendance
: Attendance check will be strictly enforced; extremely low attendance may
further lower your final grade, unless a written proof of inevitable
circumstance is provided(e.g., doctor’s note); Five absences will result in
one lower grade than the actual score (e.g., A to A-), and will continue
every 4 absences after that. NO extra
credit works for making-up your absences will be granted.
Please be aware of this strict attendance policy. A sign-sheet is distributed in each class. Make sure you sign the attendance sheet.
Those who have the perfect attendance record (no absence) may get awarded 30 pts of Extra credit (about 3% of the total grade); if your absence is zero due to the excuses granted, the number of excuses multiply 3 will be deducted from the extra credit points.
There will be no makeup exam unless provided with a written proof for a justifiable reason. Any makeup exam must be taken within one week from the day the student resumes to class.
+ For the detailed course schedule for the semester, refer to the class website at www.albany.edu/Korean/eak202.html . Please visit the website periodically to check if there are any changes in the schedule(e.g., quiz dates, assignment deadlines, etc.)