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Gift Giving Korean Heritage Language Teachers Project NHLRC/STARTALK 2012 Heritage Language Teacher Workshop July 16-20, 2012 Los Angeles, California Hee Ju, Mijeong Kim, Ok-Sook Park, Jaemin Roh 1

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1 st Birthday Celebration gifts 2

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60 th Birthday Celebration Gifts 3

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Wedding Gifts 4

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Background Information for Unit Theme: Gift giving practices and traditions Age: 9 college students enrolled in HL class Language Level: - Listening & Speaking: Intermediate - Reading & Writing: Novice-mid/Novice-high Time Frame: 4 class periods ( 50 minutes each ) 5

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Korean HL Learner Profile Background Children of small business owners/professionals Exposure to Korean: Community Korean Schools, one or two years Primary care giver: grandparents, parents Grandparents : Primarily monolingual Korean speakers Parents: Korean and English Sequential bilinguals Presence of Korean culture in daily lives 6

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Social-Linguistic Context Family and relatives Religious groups and student organizations Korean language programs Study-abroad and travel Media and Internet: - Film, drama, variety shows, news Korean HL Learner Profile 7

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Students Strengths Comprehension of concrete vocabulary Speaking with string of simple sentences Writing with string of simple sentences Students Weaknesses Use of honorifics, irregular verbs, relative clauses, connectives Limited writing skills, spelling errors Limited vocabulary Misuse of registers Pronunciation sound discrimination and intonation Korean HL Learner Profile 8

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Desired Outcome Students will be able to use appropriate register and terms for gift-giving occasions such as (1 st birthday), (60 th birthday), (wedding), (funeral), etc. in the interviews Students will understand various gift-giving practices in a Korean community Students will be able to talk about gift-giving practices and learn proper etiquettes 9

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Unit Plan Day 1: Scaffolding activities pictures, survey, vocabulary Day 2: Reading activities Day 3: Creating interview questions, interview elders over the weekend Day 4: Presentations 10

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Day 1: Scaffolding Activities Goals: Introduce unit topic Introduce essential words related to gift-giving in special occasions Compare and contrast gift-giving cultures in Korea and in the U.S. 11

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Day 1: Scaffolding Activities Material: Pictures Survey Distribute reading material: What gift do you give for these special occasions? ? 12

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Day 1: Scaffolding Activities Comparing 1 st birthday pictures 13

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Day 1: Scaffolding Activities My familyKoreaU.S. 1 st year birthday ( ) Birthdays ( ) 60 th birthday ( ) Graduation ( ) Wedding ( ) Funerals ( ) Christmas ( ) New years Day ( ) Valentine Day ( ) Survey: Compare and contrast different practices of gift-giving or receiving across cultures. 14

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Day 2: Reading Activities Reading material What gift do you give for these special occasions? ? is presented as Word Cloud. Students discuss relevant vocabulary (10 min) Differentiated Teaching: Students are grouped into 3 groups: Novice-Intermediate-Advanced Each group answers comprehension questions; Novice level answers #1-5, Intermediate level answers #6-10, Advanced level answers #11-15 (15 min) The whole group shares all the answers # 1-15 (15 min) Students report Exit Card by the end of the day (5 min) 15

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Day 3: Creating Interview Questions Students design interview questions on gift- giving practice in Korean (15 min) Whole class instruction on: appropriate and formal use of registers when addressing to elders, use of honorifics and interview etiquettes (20 min) Students check with each other whether the interview questions are valid (10 min) Distribute and explain the rubrics of Day 4 presentation (5 min) 16

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Day 4: Presentation Student Presentation -Oral report: Summary of the interviews (5 minutes x 9 = 45 minutes ) -Use PowerPoint slides (No sentences, keywords only) - Audience fills out presentation summary chart 17

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Day 4: Presentation Audience fills out presentation summary chart while listening to each report. PresentersIntervieweeGiverWhatWhenComments Solomon Kim GrandfatherUncleTravel to Korea 60 th birthday 18

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Day 4: Presentation Presentation assessment rubric (Check point: 1 lowest 5 highest) 12345 FluencyV AccuracyV Use of honorifics V VocabularyV PowerPointV 19

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Interpersonal, Interpretive, Presentational (Interview, presentation) Language, history, sociology, medicine, business/economics Gift-giving traditions, special occasions Practice of gift- giving and special occasions Real-world use in students home and community, Participating in discussions and practices of gift-giving Conclusion: 5 Cs 20