Final Semester Jitters

Hello ladies!
    Welcome to your final semester of English classes at Seokyeong University. For this last semester, we are going to take a different approach to studying English. Instead of all the communication, writing and grammar courses you have been taking, we are going to spend a semester dealing with the fun side(in my opinion) of studying English. This semester we will do a short survey of literature and film with two classic authors, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare. We will spend the first half of the semester in regency England with Austen's "Sense and Sensibility". Along with reading the novel, you will get to watch the film version as well as the three-part series derived from the novel. In the second half of the term, you will be reading a modernized version of Shakespeare's most famous romantic tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet." Again we will accompany the book with one or two cinematic versions of the play.

    As part of your weekly assignments, you will be required to post on your blog. I will lead with a discussion question from the reading or film, and you should respond with a respectable attempt to answer the question. There will be ten blog posts overall, so this portion of your grade isn't too demanding. We will begin the posts in week 2 and you are expected to keep up to date on all the posts.

   I am very much looking forward to teaching you this coming semester and even more thrilled to have the chance to create a different kind of class for you. Good luck!!!

Course Syllabus

Seokyeong University

Beauty Arts English Course

Special Project Class

Fall 2012

Course Content 

     The Fall 2012 semester will be a 16 week course in which we will look at two major   

      contributors to English Literature, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare. We will read 

      one work from each author, a novel and drama respectively, as well as view several 

      film adaptations of each work.

Evaluation 

      Your final grade for this class will based on four factors: 

     Participation - This will include class attendance, participation in class discussion   

                               and facebook postings. You are expected to come to every class,                     

                               awake and prepared, and should complete the facebook postings
                               on time. Participation is 20% of your grade.

     

     Comprehension Tests - We will have four tests in total for the two works of 

                                              literature we are reading. They will be straightforward 

                                              comprehension test on the reading material. We will have 

                                              a review before each test. These are 20% of your grade.

     

     Midterm Exam - The midterm exam will only be taken from the first novel. It will be 

                                 several short discussion questions in which you will be graded on 

                                 comprehension and writing. Midterm will be 30% of your grade.

     

     Final Exam -  The midterm exam will only be taken from the first novel. It will be 

                             several short discussion questions in which you will be graded on
                             comprehension and writing. Midterm will be 30% of your grade.

Communication - Communication is the most important part of any teacher's job. It is
                             important for you as students to feel comfortable communicating any
                             issues you have that are class related. Some of you may not feel as
                             comfortable approaching me with your problems. To help you and I
                             communicate more efficiently and comfortably, we are going to use
                             Kakao Talk as a means of communication. You will receive any
                             important messages or reminders from me in a group chat. If you
                             have a personal issue that you need solved, you can see me after
                             class or communicate with Kakao Talk. This means you should
                             always be able to reach me if you have questions, or problems that
                             arise.