KOR 480: Korean Proficiency through Film Hybrid Online Course

Instructor: Lee, Eun Jung (이은정) leeej@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 366 956-9522

Online teacher: Kim, Ok Sim (김옥심) okim@hawaii.edu Moore Hall 372 956-2052

Class: In-class meetings: 1:45-3:00PM, Moore Hall 152 Online sessions: http://kor.kleartextbook.com Refer to page 4 for the daily schedule

1. COURSE OBJECTIVE This hybrid online course is designed to help students develop a high level of speaking and listening fluency in order to elevate their Korean language proficiency to an Advanced-Mid- or High-level. It should also improve their knowledge of Korean culture and society by exposing students to authentic Korean film rich with cultural and sociopolitical information. With a focus on speaking and listening fluency, this course will assist students in transferring their knowledge of Korean culture and society into producing language rich with high fluency techniques. 2. COURSE CONTENT This course is composed of in-class and online activities. In-class activities include student presentations, group discussions (or debates) and other activities designed to promote the objective of speaking and listening fluency. Online activities include watching movies and completing speaking and listening exercises. 3. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Describe and express opinions and ideas in real time at a high fluency. 2. Comprehend salient aspects of Korean culture and society presented via movies. 3. Develop cross-cultural insights by comparing the use of linguistic and non-linguistic

features, captured in Korean movies, with their own heritage. 4. Continue learning about Korea through exposure to diverse media outside classroom.

4. GRADING Grading will be distributed as follows:

Attendance 10% In-class activities 25% Presentations 20% Debate leading 25% Online assignments 20% 100%

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Grading Scale A+: 98 -

A: 93-97.9

A-: 90-92.9

B+: 87-89.9 B: 83-86.9 B-: 80-82.9 C+: 77-79.9 C: 73-76.9 C-: 70-72.9 D+: 67-69.9 D: 63-66.9 D-: 60-62.9 F: 59.9 and below

Attendance: The university catalog states that "Regular attendance at class and laboratory sessions is expected for all courses in which a student enrolls. Unavoidable absences should be explained to the instructor." Since this is a hybrid online course and students only meet 2~3 times per week throughout the six-week summer session and absence will affect your letter grade. Multiple tardiness and early leaves will add up to absence (usually, 3 tardies will equal one absence). Tardiness or early leaves of more than 20 minutes will be counted as an absence. Visitors to the Classroom There might be some classroom visitors throughout the summer sessions. The purpose of the visit may include research, professional development, and observation/evaluation. Class presentations/discussions may be video recorded for assessment purpose with students’ permission. In-class activity: Upon the completion of the assigned activity, students will be given a grade on a scale from 0 to 4, 4 being the highest. Non-proactive participation in activity may result in point deductions. During the in-class activity time, the following rules should be observed: • No English should be spoken unless the instructor permits. • Most of the activity will be pair work. Partners for the pair work will be arranged by the

instructor. • Activities in this course are aimed for fluency development. Students should try to speak and

comprehend faster, hesitate less, and to use larger planned chunks than they do in their normal use of language in doing the activities.

• Assigned activity grades will be determined with emphasis on successful completion. Accuracy is of secondary importance (though students should not neglect it).

• All the activities will be completed under an external push from your instructor or peers to elevate your language fluency, especially though the use of time pressure.

• Students should carry a device to measure time (e.g. stopwatch). • Since the purpose is to engender an elevated ability to spontaneously comprehend and speak,

detailed instructions will be provided in class so that you may not prepare for such activities before class.

• Classes will be video recorded so we may more effectively grade students. Presentation: A designated pair will watch assigned movies that have been prepared online in advance and then prepare a 15-minute presentation including a storyline of the movie, character description, brief explanation of the social and historical context, and a short lecture on the topic to debate the next day. Written scripts should not be read from. Visual aids (e.g. PowerPoint)

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must be used. Both presenters should devote the same amount of time and effort into the presentation and will be separately graded. Since the content of the presentations is important preparation for the next day’s debate and activities, presenters are responsible for covering important features of the movie and properly informing audiences. Presenters must meet with the Online teacher (Ok Sim Kim) before their presentation date to do an online rehearsal session and show their finalized presentation. Attendance and tardiness policies apply to online sessions. Debate: Aforementioned designated pairs for the presentation lead a 50-minute debate. Consider that all students should speak for themselves in order to receive in-class activity points. The debate teams will be fixed through the entire course except in the case of emergencies. Students must rearrange the classroom seats to debate format seating before the class. The entire process will be video/audio recorded. Two presenters also assume two roles: 사회자 (moderator) and 관리자 (keeper). They don’t participate in the debate but have to prepare multiple issues related to the topic for an active debate. • 사회자: Open the debate with a brief explanation about the topic. Then lead the debate. Monitor the

debate and keep the discussion relevant to the topic. Ensure that all speakers have a fair chance to speak. Give a brief summary after each turn if clarification is needed. Close the debate with a brief recap of all that was discussed.

• 관리자: Monitor and record the number of turns each student takes and let the moderator know of any imbalances in student contribution during the debate. Assess each student’s performance and give them a grade ranging from A+ to F and provide them with a count of quality turns taken and a short, descriptive evaluation of their performance. You must then show your evaluation to the respective student to see if your evaluation matched with their self-perceived performance. Have the student sign and approve it. If the student disagrees with your assessment, then the instructor will review the recording and make the final decision. Submit your evaluation to the instructor to confirm the grades by the next in-class day. In all cases, the final grade will be decided by the instructor. The form will be provided to you.

Online Assignments: Throughout the semester, students are required to check the daily schedule and complete the online assignments on time. There are two types of online assignments: watching the assigned movie and doing follow-up exercises. There will be a total of six movies viewable online; students are responsible for watching them according to the schedule. If you are a presenter for the upcoming movie, you should watch it far in advance of the listed assignment date. Online class days follow in-class days. There will be exercises ready to complete online. For online exercises, you will be given unlimited chances to make a recording, so prepare before actually recording.

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5. DAILY SCHEDULE

Date Class Activity Session # 5/19 M In-class Orientation Session 1

과속스캔들 5/20 T Online Watch assigned film Session 1 5/21 W In-class Presentation 1 Session 2 5/22 Th Online Online Exercise 1 Session 2 5/23 F In-class Debate 1 미성년 미혼모의 출산 찬반 Session 3

공동 경비구역 JSA 5/26 M Online Watch assigned film Session 3 5/27 T In-class Presentation 2 Session 4 5/28 W Online Online Exercise 2 Session 4 5/29 Th In-class Debate 2 남북한 통일 찬반 Session 5

늑대소년 5/30 F Online Watch assigned film Session 5 6/2 M In-class Presentation 3 Session 6 6/3 T Online Online Exercise 3 Session 6 6/4 W In-class Debate 3 인간 유전자 조작 찬반 Session 7

미녀는 괴로워 6/5 Th Online Watch assigned film Session 7 6/6 F In-class Culture Event Session 8 6/9 M Online Online Exercise 4 Session 8 6/10 T In-class Presentation 4 Session 9 6/11 W Online Online Exercise 5 Session 9 6/12 Th In-class Debate 4 성형 수술 찬반 Session 10

웰컴투동막골 6/13 F Online Watch assigned film Session 10 6/16 M In-class Presentation 5 Session 11 6/17 T Online Online Exercise 6 Session 11 6/18 W In-class Debate 5 미국의 국제 사회 개입 찬반 Session 12

광해 6/19 Th Online Watch assigned film Session 12 6/20 F In-class Presentation 6 Session 13 6/23 M Online Online Exercise 7 Session 13 6/24 T In-class Debate 6 이 시대의 바람직한 리더상 Session 14 6/25 W Online Online Exercise 8 Session 14 6/26 Th In-class Luncheon Session 15

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6. IN-CLASS PLAN

7. PRESENTATION AND DEBATE SCHEDULE

Students need to meet the Online teacher before their presentation to do a final rehearsal. The work must be completed before the scheduled meeting with the Online teacher.

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In-Class Day 1 75 min

Presentation Refer to page 2 explanation. 15 min

Comprehension Questions

Student pairs will ask and answer comprehension questions provided by the instructor. These interactions will face time pressure constraints.

15 min

Plot Construction

Endings (or other selected scenes) will be cut from the movies prepared online. As a result, pairs will discuss and construct the storyline of the missing part and present it to the class.

25 min

Other Activities Instructions will be provided on the spot. 20 min

In-Class Day 2 75 min

Debate Refer to page 2 explanation 50 min

4/3/2

Students will work in pairs with one a listener and the other a speaker. The speaker talks for four minutes on a topic while the partner listens. Then will then reverse roles and perform the same activity. You will continue to reverse rolls but speak for shorter (4-, 3-, 2-minute) lengths of time.

20 min

Other Activities Instructions will be provided on the spot

Movie Final

rehearsal with Online

teacher

Final PPT submission

to Instructor

Presentation Debate Presenters

과속 스캔들 5/19 (M) 5/20 (T) 5/21 (W) 5/23 (F) 공동 경비 구역 JSA 5/23 (F) 5/26 (M) 5/27 (T) 5/29 (Th)

늑대소년 5/30 (F) 6/1 (S) 6/2 (M) 6/4 (W)

미녀는 괴로워 6/6 (F) 6/9 (M) 6/10 (T) 6/12 (Th)

웰컴투동막골 6/13 (F) 6/15 (S) 6/16 (M) 6/18 (W)

광해 6/18 (W) 6/19 (Th) 6/20 (F) 6/24 (T)