Korean Online Center Online School (KECOS) 680 Wilshire Place #401, Los Angeles, CA 90005 http://www.ikeneducate.org/kecos/ [email protected] INTRODUCTION Characteristics of the Course: ● Korean Online Course was developed based on the Common Core State Standards, National Korean Standards, and ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. ● In addition to student’s self-study via online materials, this online course includes a weekly one-on-one mentoring by a real teacher conducted via video / audio chat. ● It is expected that students will access the course website a minimum of three times a week and engage in their online learning. Students must keep track of their coursework in order to finish assignments on a weekly basis and finish the entire coursework within the school year. Students should also be responsible for checking and responding to any email correspondences using the email address indicated on their registration form. Teachers will generally expect students to respond to emails within 48 hours of receipt. ● Students are not to print or save the online materials other than instructions and worksheets, unless approved by your teacher. ● Some of the assignments will be graded automatically as they are multiple choice assignments with exact answers. Other assignments, such as open-ended questions and free response sections, will be graded manually by instructors. ● After successful completion of this course, students will be able to receive a progress report and a final report. A transcript will be issued upon student’s request. Technical Requirements: ● Students can access the online coursework via personal computer, laptops, smartphones, and/or tablet PCs. ● The laptop should have working speakers and microphone access as there will be listening and speaking activities. ● Students will need to be able to type in Korean using their device. Be sure to have the Korean keyboard installed on your computer. 1 ● Students will participate in video conferencing with their instructor using Zoom. Be sure to have Zoom software downloaded from https://zoom.us/ Course Policies: ● Withdrawal: Request for withdrawal must be sent to the instructor during the 1st week of the course. ● Plagiarism: The term plagiarism includes, but is not limited to: o Receiving or knowingly supplying unauthorized information. o Using unauthorized material or sources. o Using the Internet as a means to copy work or post work for other students to copy. o Plagiarizing work in any form, including plagiarism committed by a member of a group in which the group is responsible for the assignment. In such a case, all members of the group have violated academic integrity. ● As determined by your instructor, the International Korean Educators Network, aka IKEN administration, or school and/or district administrator, if evidence of academic misconduct on assignments or exams is established, or if your submitted work is found to be profane or unduly disrespectful of others, the following consequences may apply: o You will fail the lesson o You will fail the lesson and be denied the opportunity to resubmit the lesson o You will fail the lesson and the class o You will fail the lesson, fail the class, and will be ineligible to enroll again. ● Academic Honor Code o The values of honesty, learning and the pursuit of excellence are central to the mission of this course. The Academic Honor Code is the system through which students taking this Korean Online Course uphold these values by assuming individual responsibility for integrity. An environment that encourages personal responsibility facilitates one of the highest aims of education, the free pursuit of knowledge. o At its core the Academic Honor Code is based on trust. Because trust is the bond that forms among all members associated with this course, it cannot exist independently or in a vacuum. Thus, it is essential that all members associated with this course in a way that exemplifies integrity. Students taking this online course are trusted and expected to be honest in their academic work. Any 2 violation of the Academic Honor Code destroys the value of the work, erodes the spirit of trust, and negatively impacts the mission of this course. o It is a basic assumption that credit is awarded for the work of the individual student and judged according to its quality by a designated teacher and the course as a whole. Violations of the Academic Honor Code thus involve an infraction of that basic assumption. Such violations include but are not limited to: ▪ Giving your log-in ID and password to someone so that he/she has access to the contents. ▪ Giving any material in any online materials to anyone, ranging from pre- reading activities to final exams. ▪ Someone else does your work for you and you submit it. ▪ Someone else does your work for you and he/she submits it for you. ▪ Downloading, copying, or printing the contents in part or the whole. ▪ Capturing images of the contents of the course in part or the whole. ▪ Using someone else’s voice when speaking. ▪ Looking at any materials when taking a test. ● Nondiscrimination Policy o The International Korean Educators Network, in compliance with the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1664, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, does not discriminate in matters of admission to this course and any activities because of race, color, national origin, marital status, religion, age, handicap, or sex. The organization will take steps to assure that the language not be a barrier to admission and participation to this course. ● Late Assignment Policy & Netiquette: Points will be deducted for late assignments. ● Community Standards and “Netiquette”: Each student is expected to conduct himself/herself in a professional manner during the class - taking full advantage of the learning opportunities available. This includes active participation in group work, participating in online discussions and assignments, adhering to proper netiquette, and so on. Netiquette refers to a set of behaviors that are appropriate for online activity - especially with e-mails and threaded discussions. The core rules of netiquette can be found at http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html. Please read through these netiquette rules to ensure that you are familiar with what will be the expected online behavior for this course. 3 Contact: • Instructors: Jini Shim • E-mail: [email protected] (The best way to contact instructors is through email. Instructors will try to respond to emails within 48 hours except weekends and holidays.) • Office hours: Usually available Tue-Fri between 5-8pm PST; contact instructor to make an appointment. • Technical support: Charles Kim of Webpublished (Phone: 213-605-6095; Email: [email protected]). Steps to register: ● Go to www.ikeneducate.org ● Register by clicking “Enroll Now” and submit payment via PayPal or Visa ● Take the placement test ● Receive your level assignment (Levels 1, 2, 3, 4) ● Start lessons! (virtual instructor available via web-based communication) ● Follow the site “Help to Enroll Now” Textbooks: No textbook is required. Suggested supplementary materials: http://www.webpublished.com/gallery/view.asp?seq=192295&path=0120724052925 IKEN Standard Korean Textbook Level 6 ISBN 978-1-4951-9972-1 (2015 3rd edition) Level 7 ISBN 978-1-4951-9966-0 (2015 3rd edition) Level 8 ISBN 978-1-4951-9967-7 (2015 3rd edition) Level 9 ISBN 978-1-4951-9968-4 (2015 3rd edition) 4 Level 10 ISBN 978-1-4951-9969-1 (2015 3rd edition) Level 11 ISBN 978-1-4951-9970-7 (2015 3rd edition) Level 12 ISBN 978-1-4951-9971-4 (2015 3rd edition) COURCE STANDARDS Language Performance Standards: (aligned to the Common Core State Standards 2010) http://www.ikeneducate.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CCSS_ela_learning_progressions.pdf CCR Reading Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. RL.9‐10.1. Cite RI.9‐10.1. Cite strong RH.9‐10.1. Cite RST.9‐10.1. Cite strong and thorough textual specific textual specific textual and thorough textual evidence to evidence to support evidence to support evidence to support support analysis of analysis of primary analysis of science analysis of what the what the text says and secondary and technical texts, text says explicitly as explicitly as well as sources, connecting attending to important well as inferences inferences drawn insights gained from distinctions the drawn from the text, from the text, specific details to an author including determining including determining understanding of the makes and to any where the text leaves where the text leaves text as a whole. gaps or matters uncertain. matters inconsistencies in the uncertain. account. CCR Reading Anchor Standard 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. 5 RL.9‐10.2. RI.9‐10.2. Determine RH.9‐10.2. RST.9‐10.2. Determine two or two or more central Determine the Determine more themes or ideas of a text and central ideas or the central ideas or central ideas of a text analyze their information of a conclusions of a text; and analyze their development over primary or secondary summarize complex development over the course of the source; provide an concepts, processes, the course of the text, accurate summary or information text, including how including how they that makes clear the presented in a they interact and interact and build on relationships among text by paraphrasing build on one another one another to the key details and them in simpler but to produce a complex provide a complex ideas. still accurate terms. account; provide an analysis; provide an objective summary of objective summary the text.