Spring 2008
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Call Number 5216/ 3credit Instructor Office hour: Class meetings: |
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Completion of EAK 301. Anyone who has not completed EAK 301at this university needs an approval from the professor.
Table of Contents
1. About General Education Courses
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(1) General Education Information (2) Characteristic of General Education Courses: (3) Learning Objectives for General Education Regions Beyond
Europe Courses 1. knowledge of llthe distinctive features
(e.g. history, institutions, economies, societies, cultures) of
one region beyond Europe or European North America (4) Characteristics of Oral Discourse Courses: |
2. Course Objective & Description
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This is the second semester of advanced Korean, designed to advance students to greater strengths reading skill. and socio-cultural knowledge of Korean. As an Oral Discourse course, it aims to provide opportunities for students to develop the oral communication skills they need to participate more effectively in public and academic debates and discussions. In addition, as a course that fulfils Regions Beyond Europe requirement, the course aims to introduce stdents to important elements of Korean cultrue and history. The detailed instructional objectives and contents of the course are three-fold: (1) to enhance the understanding of lhistorical/social/cultural aspects of korea through various readings activities and classroom discussion; (2) to increase student language proficiency with heavy focus on oral communication skills, primarily thru student presentations and student led group discussions; (3) to enhance advanced reading competence by incorporating relevant grammatical and structural analysis into reading skills. When confused, students are encouraged to ask questions to the professor both in person and via email. |
3. Student Responsibilities:
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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 absences, 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 his/her individual 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 unexpected absence will result in a reduction of the student's final letter grade by one level (B+ becomes B), 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 one absence. The prepared work you bring to class counts in the form of daily preparation for reading, written essays, translations, quizez and oral presentaions constitues 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 & Evaluation
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Written task 70% + Oral performance task 30% = 100%.
A(1000-940) / A- (939-900) / 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- 619-660)..... |
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* The students (with stong Korean language and cultural background), who are placed in this class without taking EAK 201 (or below such as 101 or 102), are required to take Option A for the final research project and Option C for two oral presentations.
* The students, who continued form EAK 201 (or below such as 101 or 102), are required to take Option B for the witten projecxt and Option D for the oral presentation.
* For the Option C, the students mush to pick a topic from the list of historical topics, provided by the professor.
* Your sincere evaluating remarks and helpful comments on peer presentation forms are reflected in this category.
5. Detailed instruction on presentation & evaluation of oral performance (30% of course grade)
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Topics for the student presentation: You are encourged to choose a presentatin topic from the topic list, provided by the professor in the befinning of semester Alternatively, you can search for topics, with you find personally interesting and meaningful. However, the topics must be related to Korea (e.g., historical land socia-cultural issues) and approved by the professor prior to presentation. You are required to collect relevant information through various means( e.g., library research, the Korean internet websites). 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-length) contribution in the course of the discussion. Evaluation: The 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: |