E305/505 Korean Language and Culture
Fall 2018 (Sec. #34070/34071)

Instructor

Hyo Sang Lee

E-Mail: korean@indiana.edu

Office: GISB (GA) 2045

Phone: 855-8721

Office Hours: T, R 11:10-12:10 or by appointment

Class meeting: T, R 5:457:00, WH 007

Course Description
Language is an important window through which one can understand the culture and society of the people who use it, because people's socio-cultural behaviors and attitudes as well as thoughts and world views are reflected upon their use of the language. We will deal with such topics as greetings, language of emotion and morality, kinship terminology, color terms, sexism and language, language and gender, names and titles, noun classification, luck & taboo words, proverbs and old sayings, sound symbolism, communication styles, politeness, Korean writing system (particularly its cultural background and cultural implication), metaphors, loan words, etc. We will look through the cultural and conceptual as well as philosophical makeup of Korean people, and the structure of Korean society, as reflected by the Korean language.

[No background on Korea or Korean language is required.]

This course will fulfill Breadth of Inquiry requirement of CASE S&H and GCC.

Course material:

• Textbook: Korean Language in Culture and Society. ed. by Ho-Min Sohn, 2006. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
• Readings packet: Resources in Oncourse (See the reading list)

Assessment of Learning Outcomes:
Students will be evaluated for the final grade based on the following criteria:

Class attendance	15%
Participation: Students are asked to: Recognize cultural patterns and conceptual underpinnings of language practices of Korean. Be engaged in discussion on whether similar or different phenomena exist in the languages they are familiar with including their own.	10%
Assignments (homeworks, quizzes, individual or group tasks) Each assignment asks students to: Recognize and analyze a particular cultural or philosophical perspective reflected in given words or expressions in the Korean language Provide examples of the uses of Korean language that illustrate a particular cultural or philosophical perspective.	10%
Three short essays* In 3-5 page type-written essays, students will choose a topic of their interest (e.g. writing system, proverbs, greetings, loan words, etc.) to compare Korean culture with another culture in , and analyze similarities and differences in cultural values and perspectives reflected in language use. Guidelines for Essays Choose a topic among the ones that are covered in class, and write a 3-5 pages double-spaced typewritten essay. Present your own critical thinking and analysis rather than a report from other people's writing or a summary of the lecture material. Keep in mind that you address issues from the two perspectives, a universal or cross-cultural perspective and a culture-specific perspective. Support your ideas/discussion with specific examples of language use/practices. The essay should address the following: General issues you are going to deal with Previous analyses or general assumptions made about the issues you are dealing with Specific phenomenon or phenomena Present your critical thinking or analysis, with specific examples of language use or practices that illustrate the points or issues you are dealing with. how similar and/or different Korean is from other languages including your own. Cultural and/or social implications of your finding/analysis	30%
Midterm: TBA Test questions will ask: to recognize and analyze a particular cultural or philosophical perspective reflected in given words or expressions in the Korean language to provide examples of the uses of Korean language that illustrate a particular cultural or philosophical perspective.	15%
Written Final Exam: TBA Test questions ask: to recognize and analyze a particular cultural or philosophical perspective reflected in given words or expressions in the Korean language to provide examples of the uses of Korean language that illustrate a particular cultural or philosophical perspective. to give an analytical description how specific terms and their uses in a given language illuminate cultural, societal, and philosophical makeup of the speakers of the language.	20%

Graduate students will be assigned extra reading, discussion group meetings, and a final term paper, which can be an extended version of one of the short essays.

I.U. Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct

Academic misconduct is defined as any activity that tends to undermine the academic integrity of the institution. The university may discipline a student for academic misconduct. Academic misconduct may involve human, hard-copy, or electronic resources.

Academic Integrity: As a student at IU, you are expected to adhere to the standards and policies detailed in the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct (Code). When you submit an assignment with your name on it, you are signifying that the work contained therein is yours, unless otherwise cited or referenced. Any ideas or materials taken from another source for either written or oral use must be fully acknowledged. All suspected violations of the Code will be reported to the Dean of Students and handled according to University policies. Sanctions for academic misconduct may include a failing grade on the assignment, reduction in your final course grade, and a failing grade in the course, among other possibilities. If you are unsure about the expectations for completing an assignment or taking a test or exam, be sure to seek clarification beforehand.

Re: Note Selling: Several commercial services have approached students regarding selling class notes/study guides to their classmates. Selling the instructor’s notes/study guides in this course is not permitted. Violations of this policy will be reported to the Dean of Students as academic misconduct (violation of course rules). Sanctions for academic misconduct may include a failing grade on the assignment for which the notes/study guides are being sold, a reduction in your final course grade, or a failing grade in the course, among other possibilities.

Additionally, you should know that selling a faculty member’s notes/study guides individually or on behalf of one of these services using IU email, or via Canvas may also constitute a violation of IU information technology and IU intellectual property policies and additional consequences may result.

* Plagiarism: Plagiarism is a serious academic misconduct that violates academic ethics and IU Code of student misconduct.

In order to prevent intentional and unintentional occurrences of plagiarism, we will be using Turnitin.com. Make sure to follow the instruction.

Grades will be assigned based on the following scale:

97+	A+	93+	A	90+	A-
87+	B+	83+	B	80+	B-
77+	C+	73+	C	70+	C-
67+	D+	63+	D	60+	D-
below 60	F

The scale may be adjusted depending on the distribution of the overall scores.

There will be no makeup exam unless provided with a written proof for a justifiable reason.

Assignments will be graded roughly on the following scale:
V++ (100%), V(++) (95%), V+ (90%), V(+) (85%), V(80%), V(-) (75%),
V- (70%), V(--) (65%), V-- (60%)