EAK101 Elementary
Korean I
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Call Number 18218/ 5 credit
Class meetings:
Class: MW 11:30-12:25
AM at HU-032
TTH 11:45-01:05
AM at HU 032
Instructor
Professor: Dr. Andrew Sangpil Byon, (sabbatical leave)
Associate Professor
Office: HU- 244
Phone:
(518) 442-2597 (voice) / (518) 442-4118 (fax)
Office
hour: M F 11::30-12:30 or by appointment
E-mail:
abyon@albany.edu
Associate Instructor: Jinyoung Mason., M.A.
Office:
HU 283
Phone:
442-4120
Office
hour: M W 12:30-1:30 or by apponitment
E-mail: jkmason@albany.edu |
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Table of Contents |
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1. Course Description |
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Elementary Korean I is the first part of First Year Korean. The
course provides students with basic conversational & grammatical
patterns, assuming that the students have no or little previous
background knowledge of Korean.
The objective of the course is to equip students with communicative
skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing at a basic level
in Korean; students will learn how to express simple ideas such
as attributes, identities, locations, time, daily activities, weekend
plan, desires, as well as how to combine simple ideas in a various
way.
Tests and weekly quizzes will be primarily
on Thursday. |
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2. Textbooks |
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* Main textbook: New 서강 한국어 Student's book 1A (with a supplimental Grammar & vocab. book)
* Workbook: New 서강 한국어 Workbook 1A
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3. Requirements |
Vocab. quizzes |
30% |
Oral presentation |
15% |
Two Mid-terms |
20% |
Homework assignment |
10% |
Composition |
5% |
Final exam |
20% |
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Vocab. Quizzes: You will take these tests regularly at the end of every chapter . The first quiz is Hangul(Korean alphabet) quiz and it's considered two quiz equivalent.
Two Mid-terms : There will be a written exam after every three or four chapters. Mid-terms cannot be made up. #
Oral Presentation. There will be two oral presentations: self introduction in public and a skit. Details on work assignments and the guidelines will be discussed at class later.
Homework assignment: Two to three homework will be assigned every week in order to enhance language learning process. Only a partial credit will be given to the late submission of the homework.
Composition: There will be a composition assignment at the end of the semester. Details on work assignment and the guideline will be discussed at class later.
Final examination : There will be one final examination. The exam consists of a two-hour written. The exams cannot be made up for whatever reason.
Extremely important basic requirement: Attendance and Class activities: You are supposed to attend each class (both lecture and recitation). Attendance check will be strictly enforced; extremely low attendance may further lower your final grade, unless a written proof of inevitable circumstance is provided; Each absence beyond five will result in a reduction of the student's final letter grade by one level (eg., A to 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 considered as an absence. |
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4. Grading |
The grading will be standard, and not based on a curve.
93-100 A |
90-92.9 A- |
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86-89.9 B+ |
83-85.9 B |
80-82.9 B- |
76-79.9 C+ |
73-79.9 C |
70-72.9 C- |
60-69.9 D |
below 59.9 F |
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* The percentage of each category may be adjusted a little but not drastically, if the instructor will find it necessary and reasonable to do so.
* No make-up will be allowed in any part of this course.
* Students taking the course on a CR/NC basis must achieve at least 70% overall average to receive credit (CR).
# There will be no makeup exam unless provided with a written proof for a justifiable reason. In case a make up exam is granted, it must be done within a week from the original exam date. Students progress will be monitored and considered for the final grade, especially for the border line cases. |
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5. About General Education Courses |
i) 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. |
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ii) Learning Objectives for General Education Foreign Language Courses Basic proficiency in the understanding and use of an ancient or modern human language other than English as demonstrate by: |
1. the satisfactory completion of the second college semester (i.e., level Elementary II) of foreign language study or its equivalent; or
2. passing a Regents Checkpoint B?h Examination or a Regents-approved equivalent with a score of 85 or above; or
3. demonstration of competency in a language other than English, including languages not currently offered for formal instruction at this university; or
4. satisfactory completion of at least one college semester in a study abroad program in a country where English is not the primary language of instruction. |
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Vocab. Quizes: You will take these tests regularly at the end of every chapter or two. The first quiz is Hangul(Korean alphabet) quiz and it's considered two quiz equivalent.
Two Mid-terms : There will be a written exam after every three
or four chapters.
Mid-terms cannot be made up.
Oral Presentation. There will be two oral presentaions: self introduction in public and a skit. Details on work assingments and the guidlines will be discussed at class later.
Homework assignment: Two to three homework will be assigned every week in order to enhance language learning process. Only a partial creditwill be
given to the late submission of the homework.
Final composition: There will be a compositon assignment at the end of the semester. It's a group assignment. Details on work assingment and the guidline will be discussed at class later.
Final examination : There will be one final examination.
The exam consists of a two-hour written. The exams cannot be made
up for whatever reason.
Extremely important basic requirement:
Attendance and Class activities: You are supposed to attend each
class (both lecture and recitation). Attendance check will be strictly
enforced; extremely low attendance may further lower your final
grade, unless a written proof of inevitable circumstance is provided;
Each absence beyond
five will result in a reduction of the student's final letter grade
by one level (eg., A to 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 considered
as as absence. |
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4. Grading |
The grading will be standard, and not based on a curve.
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93-100 A |
90-92.9 A- |
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86-89.9 B+ |
83-85.9 B |
80-82.9 B- |
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76-79.9 C+ |
73-79.9 C |
70-72.9 C- |
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60-69.9 D |
below 59.9 F |
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* The percentage of each category may be adjusted a little but
not drastically, if the instructor will find it necessary and reasonable
to do so.
* No make-up will be allowed in any part of this course.
* Students taking the course on a CR/NC basis must achieve at
least 70% overall average to receive credit (CR).
There will be no makeup exam unless provided with a written proof
for a justifiable reason. In case a make up exam is granted, it
must be done within a week from the original exam date. Students
progress will be monitored and considered for the final grade, especially
for the border line cases.
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5. About General Education Courses |
i) 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. |
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ii) Learning Objectives for General Education Foreign
Language Courses Basic proficiency in the understanding and use of an
ancient or modern human language other than English as demonstrate by: |
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1. the satisfactory completion of the second college semester (i.e.,
level Elementary II) of foreign language study or its equivalent;
or
2. passing a Regents Checkpoint B?h Examination or a Regents-approved
equivalent with a score of 85 or above; or
3. demonstration of competency in a language other than English,
including languages not currently offered for formal instruction
at this university; or
4. satisfactory completion of at least one college semester in a
study abroad program in a country where English is not the primary
language of instruction. |
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6. Class Schedule |
Week # |
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1 |
8/31
Orientation |
9/1
Korea & it's culture
Hangul
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9/2
Hangul
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2 |
9/7
NO Class
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9/8
Hangul |
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3 |
9/14
PL 1 |
9/15
PL. 2 |
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4 |
9/21
PL. 3 |
9/22
PL. 3 |
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5 |
9/28
NO Class
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9/29
PL 4 |
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10/1
VQ 3 & Ch. 1 |
6 |
10/5
Ch. 1
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10/6
Mid-term 1
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7 |
10/12
VQ 4 & Ch.2 |
10/13
Ch. 2 |
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8 |
10/19
Ch. 2 |
10/20
VQ 5 & Ch. 2
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9 |
10/26
Ch. 3 |
10/27
Ch. 3 |
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10 |
11/2
Ch. 4 |
11//3
Mid-term 2 |
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11 |
11/9
Ch. 4
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11/10
VQ 7 & Ch.5 |
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11/12
Ch. 5
Skid Draft Due
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12 |
11/16
Ch.5
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11/17
Ch.5 |
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13 |
11/23
Ch.6 |
11/24
OP 2 (skit)
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11/25
NO CLASS
Thanksgiving
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11/26
NO CLASS
Thanksgiving
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11/30
Ch. 6
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12/1
Ch. 6
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12/3
VQ 9 & Ch. 6 &
GP(composition) Due
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15 |
12/7
Last Day of the Class |
12/8
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12/9
Final Exam
3:30-5:30
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