ABSTRACT
One of the cultural areas
for foreign teachers to explore is poetic expression in Korean people.
This workshop will expose poetry as significant part of Korean cultural
system. Presenters will explain samples of the most renown poems to show
the level of poetic thinking shared in Korean culture. The practical aim
of the workshop is to introduce non-Korean educators to the level of conceptual
poetic idiom they can use to teach English. This will allow them
to use associative English as quite culturally acceptable to students.
Students will benefit from encouragement for personal expression in using
such areas of language as idiomatic expressions, metaphors, figures of
speech, richer grammar, vocabulary semantics etc. Korean nationals
at the workshop will gain cross-cultural insights from interpretations
of poems from Western perspective. Designed in a discussion format, this
workshop will benefit both the participants and presenters. Knowledge
of Korean, however helpful, is not necessary.
PRESENTER
BIOGRAPHY
Michael Belostotsky has
been teaching English at Hoseo University, South Korea since 1996.
Michael holds a master’s degree in Mathematics from Moscow National University
and has worked as an analyst and researcher. English is his third language.
In the ESL field, Michael has been active in designing and presenting
at KoTesol Teacher Training Workshops. Michael's major interests cover
Language Acquisition and implications of ESL Methods with regard to student
culture in Korea. Based on his personal language experience, he shares
the notion that understanding deeper workings of learning makes better
language educators.
Young-Soo Chung teaches English
at Myong-Seong Girls' high school in Seoul. She combines her interest
for languages with her deep interest in poetry. In her spare time
Young-Soo likes to translate from Korean to English. She also runs
a standing workshop in Korean poetry for foreigners residing in Seoul.
Young-Soo is an outreach coordinator for the Seoul KoTESOL Chapter.
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