Pierce College Course Syllabus Korean121 Instructor: Kirst, S (M.Ed) Office hours: By appointment E-mail: skirst@pierce.ctc.edu REQUIRED TEXT AND MATERIALS: Functional Korean by Namgui Chang and Yong-chol Kim; Hallym Publishers CATALOG DESCRIPTION: The first quarter of a first-year sequential course to give the student the ability to speak, read, write, and understand Korean. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon the completion of this course you should be able to speak simple Korean sentences in a coherent manner, read increasingly difficult sentences in the text, answer and formulate simple questions and write some Korean. COURSE CONTENT: Each class will be designed around various activities requiring active student participation. Each semester will cover approximately six Lessons of the text book supplemented by teacher handouts. By week, the topics to be covered will include: a. Greetings b. Meeting People c. Office Visits d. Going Places e. Asking Directions f. Looking For Things ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE: Date SCHEDULE Assignment due Sep. 27 Introduction to Korean alphabet. Greetings Study alphabet Sep. 29 Alphabet and compound consonants. Greetings and body parts Functional Korean: Fill in the boxes on pages 297-308. Oct. 04 Alphabet continues.(compound vowels) Functional Korean: Follow the instructions and fill in the boxes on pages 318-323 Functional Korean: Lesson 1 Oct. 06 Functional Korean: Lesson 1 Functional Korean: Complete Exercise A & B on page 25.
Oct. 11 Oct. 13 Korean Alphabet (Reading practice) Overall Review Korean Alphabet continues. Greetings & introduction Body parts Quiz (Korean Alphabet) Functional Korean: Lesson1 and 2. Functional Korean: Read Grammar and Usage p.32 & p.33 Complete Exercise A & B page 34. Oct. 18 Functional Korean: Lesson 2. Review: Greeting & introduce oneself Native numbers Oct. 20 Functional Korean: Lessons 1&2 Lesson 3 Native numbers. Oct. 25 Functional Korean: Lesson 3. Sino numbers. Oct. 27 Functional Korean: Lesson 3 Native & sino numbers. Telling time Functional Korean: Do Exercise A & B on page 44. Nov. 01 Shopping & Purchasing items. Money counters Functional Korean: Lessons 1-3. Nov. 03 Functional Korean: Lessons 1-3. Presentation I Nov. 08 Midterm. Presentation 2 Nov. 10 Functional Korean: Lesson 4 Family & country names Nov. 15 Functional Korean: Lesson 4 Locations: Map of Korea Study Functional Korean: Lessons 1, 2 & 3 Numbers Body parts Functional Korean: Lesson 4 Read pages 54-57 and finish Exercise A & B on page 58.
Nov. 17 Functional Korean: Lesson 5 Directions Functional Korean: Read pages 68-69 and do Exercise A & B on page 70 Interview Activities Nov. 22 Functional Korean: Lesson 5 Verb conjugation. Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Nov. 29 Functional Korean: Lesson 6 Colors, clothes & accessories Review numbers and counters Dec.01 Functional Korean: Lesson 4, 5 and 6 Presentation 3 Dec. 06 Presentation 4 Functional Korean: Read page 78-81, and do Exercise A & B on page 82. Functional Korean: Study Lessons 4, 5 and 6 Dec. 08 Final examination CLASS GUIDANCE: 1. Absence As this course is highly dependent upon class participation attendance is very important. ONE absence will be allowed free of penalty. Students with excessive absences may be removed from the roster. NOTE: Students must formally drop the class with the registrar or they will receive a final grade of F. A student who leaves during a break will be counted as absent. Two tardiness = One absence. Do not expect me to re-teach the class that you missed. It is your responsibility to find out what you missed and to make it up. If you fall behind because of missed class time it is your responsibility to make every effort to catch up on your own. Do not use classroom time to express discontent in any way about having to learn the information you did not learn because you missed class. 2. No Make-up for exams/quizzes Exams/quizzes are given at the beginning of the class. You must be on time to take any kind of test. If you are late, you are not allowed to take the test/quiz even if you show up during the test/quiz time.
3. Class Participation: For every class meeting, all students shall be prepared to demonstrate at least some knowledge of their learning and actively participate in class activities. 4. Homework: Homework should be done at home, not during the class. The purpose of the homework is to review the material learned one more time. If you don't understand the homework then ask me before leaving the class. Don't wait until the homework due date. Homework should be done with all correct answers. Incorrect answers or skipped, incomplete answers will not be accepted so take your time and try your best to complete your assignment. Completed assignments should be turned in at the very beginning of the class. Assignments turned in after the beginning of the class will not be accepted. No excuses and no exceptions. Homework should be completed on your own. Sharing and copying other students' answers is considered cheating. If I become aware of this then both students will receive zero on their homework assignment. 5. Conduct: a. Respect Korean customs. Please keep in mind that Koreans consider it rude to hand something over to a teacher or a senior with just one hand. Please keep in mind that Koreans consider it rude if you don t greet a teacher or a senior first when you see them. b. Avoid using profane language. c. Bring your textbook with you to every class. ALL electronic devices (Cell Phones, ipods, PDAs, Laptops, etc.) will be turned OFF at the beginning of class. Vibrate mode is not considered off! A student who uses an electronic device while class is in session--this includes texting--will told to leave the class. See me prior to class for emergency cases (pregnancy, illness, etc.). NOTE: These abiding requirements will be applied into your participation points Oral presentation: Four groups will be selected. Each group will give its oral presentation on one of four different days throughout the course. Student will be informed on the first week when student's group will make its
presentations. Student can work individually or with one other student to create and present a presentation. If student chooses to work with a partner, it must be clear that both partners contributed to the presentation equally. Student is allowed to choose any topic related to Korean culture. The time limit is 7 to 10 minutes. Please work hard to keep within the time limit. Any extra props used may add to the grade so long as they assist the audience in grasping the material. Students should not simply read from prepared material; this will result in a drop in presence grade. A multimedia center will be available for PowerPoint and similar presentations. Content is worth fifteen points, preparation is worth fifteen points, and the classroom presentation is worth twenty. Presentation points will be taken away for presentations made late. GRADING SCALE: Final grades will be determined by total points: Three exams will be worth 300 points. Pop-up quizzes will be worth 10 points each. Oral presentation will be worth 50 points. Homework will be worth 30 point. Attendance and class participation will be worth 30 points. Grading will be as follows: Points Grade 450-500 A 400-449 B 350-399 C 300-349 D ACADEMIC DISHONESTY STATEMENT: If you use another person's idea, words, music, artwork, computations, models, etc., in such a manner as to imply that the thing used was your own; or if you use notes, texts or memory aids during tests when such use was not expressly authorized; or if you steal or knowingly use test master copies to gain information
prior to an examination date; or knowingly allow another person to use your work as if it were that other person's work; or otherwise act in such a manner as to gain for yourself or another an unfair advantage over other students, you may face disciplinary actions as stated in the Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy/Code of Conduct. ADS statement Your experience in this class is important to me, and it is the policy and practice of Pierce College to create inclusive and accessible learning environments consistent with federal and state law. If you experience barriers based on disability, please seek a meeting with the Access and Disability Services (ADS) manager to discuss and address them. If you have already established accommodations with the ADS manager, please bring your approved accommodations (green sheet) to me at your earliest convenience so we can discuss your needs in this course. ADS offers resources and coordinates reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are established through an interactive process between you and the ADS manager, and I am available to help facilitate them in this class. If you have not yet established services through ADS, but have a temporary or permanent disability that requires accommodations (this can include but not be limited to; mental health, attentionrelated, learning, vision, hearing, physical or health impacts), you are encouraged to contact ADS at 253-964-6526 (Fort Steilacoom) or 253-840-8335 (Puyallup).