Level: Novice
Learner’s Age: College students
Theme: Cultural Event
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What draws you to Korean culture?
Context:
Students have learned about asking and telling location, describing something with adjectives, telling actions with verbs, and telling their purpose of going/coming to somewhere. Students also have learned time expressions.
Interpretive Task:
Students read a short article from a local paper or magazine about Atlanta Korean Festival usually held in late September or early October. A worksheet will be distributed to check their understanding. The worksheet could ask students find the main idea of the article to underline key words and phrases, or to summarize the main idea in one sentence either in Korean or English.
The focus of the assessment is checking students’ understanding of the text.
After completing the interpretive task, the teacher leads the class in a discussion about Korean Festival. This second part of the Interpretive task makes students to prepare their actual visit to the event. The more they know the more they learn from the event. The teacher can present pictures of cultural aspects of Korea that would appear in the event and more. Below are some example questions the teacher may ask to students:
- What are the names of these activities?
- What are the names of these food items?
- What do you expect to see there?
- What is your favorite part of Korean culture? Why?
- Have you visited this event or other Korean cultural event before?
- Is there any other aspect of Korean culture that is attractive to you?
Students can answer with one word or short phrases, but the teacher can be flexible in use of English for deeper discussion to encourage students to express their understanding of Korean culture.
For an assignment, students team up with peers who have expressed same interest to prepare a poster of a particular Korean cultural aspect. They work together to complete their interpersonal task in upcoming class, so they should plan what they need to bring in to the class, such as poster board, photos, scissors, markers, etc.
Interpersonal Task:
Students work in pair to construct a poster. Students are expected to use Korean for their discussion and negotiation to reach the same goal.
The teacher can videotape or record the discussion to review later. A checklist might be helpful to assess students’ activity. Providing self-assessment form before the discussion may help students’ performance for the interpersonal tasks.
Presentational Task:
Students make a poster showcasing their choice of Korean cultural aspect. Each student is expected to write two paragraphs on their poster. The first paragraph should provide factual information and the second paragraph should provide personal reason for the interest. After the presentation, they get feedback from the teacher and/or peers for improvement.
Peer feedback:
Peers give feedback targeting specific areas. Rubric with detailed checklist is provided as a student feedback tool. There should be comment section and sign area for credibility of feedback.
Teacher feedback:
The teacher needs to inform students what is the expectations for their presentation ahead of time. So, students are aware of non-negotiables when they turn in rough draft. If those non-negotiables have not met, the submission should not be accepted.
Evaluation:
The interpretive task is evaluated using the students’ worksheets. The interpersonal task and presentational task are evaluated using a rubric.