K-Culture & K-Meditation

K-Spirit Reflected in the Korean Language

Course Description

This course aims to give a deeper understanding of Korean cultural values through the selected keywords, traditional stories, and folktales, adopting an Ethnopragmatic based approach.Students are expected to learn Korean cultural values through the Korean language and its usage in the cultural context. The course is for 15 weeks including two exams; the 8th midterm, and the 15th Final. Each week’s topic will be composed of three classes of 25 minutes. The course is purely online and students will be evaluated by two exams and attendance.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Achieve a better understanding of the intrinsic relationship between language and culture.
2. Understand Korean cultural values and assumptions through the Korean cultural key words, traditional stories and myths.
3. Learn the Korean way of being polite verbally, as well as non-verbally.
4. Practice Korean language in its cultural context.

Faculty

Professor
  • Professor

    Kyung-Joo Yoon

  • Areas of Expertise

    Semantics & Pragmatics, Cross-Cultural Communication

  • Education

    December 2003 Ph.D. in Linguistics, Australian National University

Professor
  • Professor

    James Arthur Hubbard

  • Areas of Expertise

    English Musical
    Children's language program creator

  • Education

    Master of Vocal Pedagogy NEC

Professor
  • Professor

    Mary Agnes Hubbard

  • Areas of Expertise

    Musical theater
    Music composer

  • Education

    Master of English Education
    Hankuk Cyber Foreign Language Studies University

Professor
  • Professor

    Jooyoung (Joyce) Park

  • Areas of Expertise

    English Reading
    Educational Content

  • Education

    PhD ABDTESOL
    Hankuk University of Foreign Studies 2014

Professor
  • Professor

    Anna Wiezbicka

  • Areas of Expertise

    Linguist, Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University

Professor
  • Professor

    Cliff Goddard

  • Areas of Expertise

    Professor of linguistics at Griffith University