EAK389 Korean Language in culture and society

Spring 2008

Call Number 8529/ 3credit

Class meetings:
Class: MWF 1:40-2:35PM, HU 032

Instructor
Dr. Andrew Sangpil Byon,
Assistant Professor, East Asian Studies Dept.
                 Office: HU- 244
                 Phone: (518) 442-2597 (voice) / (518) 442-4118 (fax)
                 Office hour: MW 10:30-12:00 or by appointment
                 E-mail: abyon@albany.edu

Table of Contents
1. Prerequisites
2. Course Objective
3. Student Responsibilities
4. Course requirement & evaluation
5. Textbooks
6. Course semester (tentative)

1. Prerequisites:

One year of any foreign language learning (preferably at the college level) and some knowledge of linguistidcs are helpful, but not required.

2. Course Objective

This course covers basic concepts and issues in Korean applied linguistics. Perspectives include foreign language acquisition, pragmatics, and Korean sociolinguistics.

Students will learn (a) basic concepts of second language acquisition to better understand foreign language learning process, (b) fundamental aspects of pragmatics, such as politeness and speech acts, to better understand the nature of actual language use, and (c) Korean cultural values reflected in Korean language and society. Course activities include substantial readings and discussion, a mid-terms, a short research paper, and a final exam.

3. Student Responsibilities:

This is your opportunity to get the most you can out of this classroom experience. 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. NO unexcused absences will be permitted; and there will be no review of material for students who miss class. Each unexcused absence beyond the three allowed will result in a reduction of the studentÕs 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 unexcused absence.

When absent, it is the studentÕs responsibility to find out what has been assigned and to turn it in on the same day as the other students. Late assignments submitted will receive only partial credits.

4. Course requirement and evaluation

Assignment & class discussion / participation	100
A mid-terms	250
A short research paper(4-5 pages)	250
A Final exam	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- 619-660).....

5. Textbooks:

1.Shon, H (Ed) (2006). Korean Language in Culture and Society. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN: 0-8248-2694-9 (abailable at the campus book store)
2. Ellis, R. (1997). Second Language Acquisition. NY: Oxford University Press (available at campus bookstore)
3. Yule, G. (1996). Pragmatics. NY: Oxford University Press (available at campus bookstore)
4. Course reader service EAK389 (available at campus book store copy center)

6. Course semester (Tentative and subject to change)

Week One
	Orientation
	Course-reader: Intoduction: Korean language in culture and society

Second language acquisition

Week Two
	SLA Ch.1 Introduction: describing and explaining L2 acquisition (pp. 3-14) SLA Ch.2 Nature of Learner Language(pp. 15-30) SLA Ch.3 Interlanguage (pp. 31-35)
Week Three
	SLA Ch.4 Social aspects of interlanguage (pp. 37-42) SLA Ch.5 Discourse aspects of interlanguage (pp. 43-50) SLA Ch.6 Psycholinguistic aspects of interlanguage (pp.651-62)
Week Four
	SLA Ch.7 Linguistic aspects of interlanguage (pp.63-71) SLA Ch.8 Individual differences in L2 acquyistion(pp. 73-78) SLA Ch. 9 Instruction and L2 acquisition (pp. 79-88)

Pragmatics

Week Five
	Pragmatics Ch.1 Definition and background (pp. 1-6) Pragmatics Ch.2 Deixis and distance (pp. 9-16) Pragmatic Ch.5 Cooperation and implicature (pp.35-46)
Week Six
	Pragmatics Ch.6 Speech act and event (pp. 47-58) Pragmatics Ch.7 Politeness and interaction (pp. 59-69)
Week Seven
	Pragmatics Ch.9 Discourse and culture (pp. 83-89) Sociolinguistics Ch. 1 Introduction: Korean language in culture and society Mid-term

Sociolinguistics

Week Eight
	Sociolinguistics Ch. 2 The Invention and use f the Korean alphabet Sociolinguistics Ch. 3 Standard language and cultured language Sociolinguistics Ch. 4 Korean in contact with Chinese
Week Nine
	Sociolinguistics Ch. 5 Korean in contact with Japanese Sociolinguistics Ch. 7 Korean proverbs Sociolinguistics Ch. 11 The structure and use of Korean honorifics
Week Ten
	Sociolinguistics Ch. 12 Usage of Korean address and reference terms Sociolinguistics Ch. 13 Phatic expressions in Korean Sociolinguistics Ch. 15 Korean cultural values in request behaviors

Week Eleven
	Sociolinguistics Ch. 17 Gender differences in Korean politeness strategies Sociolinguistics Ch. 18 Advertisement in Korean Sociolinguistics Ch. 19. TV ads as a reflection of culture: the case of Korea, Japan and the US
Week Twelve
	Course-reader # 1 Instructional communication in cognitive values: American and Korean Course-reader # 2 Cross-cultural realization of greetings in American English
Week Thirteen
	Course-reader # 3 Suggestions to buy: TV commercials from the US, Japan, China, and Korea Course-reader # 4 Culture, negotiations and international cooperative ventures
Week Forteen
	Review & the last day of the class. Final exam (the final paper due)

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