Guidelines for Essay 3
- You will choose a topic among following topics:
- Politeness and speech levels if you did not choise this for Essay 2
- Address and reference terms
- Language and gender (sexism in language, conversational styles.
- Proverbs
- Greetings
- The essay should present your own crtical thinking and analysis rather than report from the lecture or other people’s writing.
- Keep in mind that you address issues from the two perspectives, a universal or cross-cultural perspective and a culture-specific perspective.
- You should compare Korean with another language. How are they similar and/or different? What makes the similarities and differences between the two cultures.
- Support your ideas/discussion with specific examples of language use/practices from Korean and other languages.
- Use whatever sources and resources you can get. Put quotation makers (” . . .”) for the words and phrases you take verbatum from other sources than your own. Make sure you cite your sources properly.
- Make sure you specify the year of publication and if possible page numbers: E.g. White (1987: 245-7). Cite the URL for internet source. The citation of references must be made within the text and the detailed references shoud be listed at the end of the essay.
- The essay shoud address the following:
- General issues you are going to deal with
- Previous analyses or general assumption made about the issues you are dealin gwith
- Specify specifically what phenomena you will be looking at.
- Present your critical thinking or analysis, with specific examples of language use or practices in the language and culture you are dealing with.
Cultural and/or social mplications of your finding/analysis