Korean Conversation Gambits: Developing Spoken Language: A Resource Book for Learners and Teachers

by Heekyung Ahn, Andrew David Jackson, Hyun Mi Kim, Soyeon Kim, Eva Richards

Overview

Korean Conversation Gambits: Developing Spoken Language provides specific linguistic and communicative strategies that help Korean language learners engage in daily conversations as well as discussions and negotiations in work and academic contexts.

The book presents, and provides practice in, spoken Korean gambits that will help speakers organise their conversations and frame the type of extended discourse that is common in spoken Korean. The book introduces students to strategies for getting thinking time, dealing with breakdowns in comprehension, asking for and providing clarification, exemplifying, floor-holding, interrupting, checking understanding, disagreeing, reformulating and organising longer stretches of discourse; for example, when giving presentations, telling stories or providing self-introductions. Korean Conversation Gambits: Developing Spoken Language comes complete with classroom-ready practice materials.

This textbook can be used as a resource by both teachers and Korean learners from introductory to intermediate and proficient levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032634739
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/18/2024
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Heekyung Ahn, School Education Services Manager, Department of Education, Victoria State Government.

Andrew David Jackson, Associate Professor and Director of Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) at Monash University, Melbourne.

Hyun Mi Kim, Teaching Associate at Monash University, Melbourne.

Soyeon Kim, Research Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne.

Eva Richards, PhD student at Monash University, Melbourne.

Adam Zulawnik, Academic specialising in Korean, Japanese and translation studies at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Table of Contents

About the contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Korean Conversation Gambits A Resource Book for Teachers and Learners

 

Part A: Gambits for Everyday Conversations

Topic/situation Level   Gambit type     Function

Chapter 1. Talking about Tastes (Music and Movies)      Intro.    Responding Gambits    Getting Thinking Time

Chapter 2. Talking about Plans and Everyday Activities Intro.    Linking/Expanding Gambits      Adding Information

Chapter 3. Discussing Likes and Dislikes (Food and University Subjects) Intro.    Expanding Gambits      Offering Explanations and Providing Reasons

Chapter 4. Hobbies, Pastimes and Plans Intro.    Requesting Gambits      Asking for Clarification, Dealing with Breakdowns in Understanding

Chapter 5. Talking about Plans, Wishes, Desires Intro.    Responding Gambits    Asking for more Information

Chapter 6. Greetings: Meeting and Parting         Intro.    Greeting Adjacency Pairs         

Chapter 7. Talking about Travel, Shared Interests (Movies, Plans, Holidays)

            Intro.    Responding Gambits    Responding Gambits: Showing Interest and Finding Commonality

 Chapter 8. Discussing Food, Drink Customs and National Culture.         Interm. Requesting and Expanding Gambits            Asking for Clarification and Providing Explanations

Chapter 9. Discussing Tastes and Attraction       Interm. Expanding and Sequencing Gambits      Illustrating your Point, Providing more Detail; Structuring Responses: Ranking

Chapter 10. Giving Bad, Surprising or Shocking News   Prof.    Opening Gambits (When giving Difficult News)

Chapter 11. Reacting to News   Prof.    Responding Gambits   

Chapter 12. Talking about appearances, ability   Prof.    Responding Gambits    Receiving Compliments

Chapter 13. Talking about News Prof.    Responding/Linking Gambits    Shifting the Subject of Conversation to Similar or Related Topics

Chapter 14. Story-telling, Jokes, Anecdotes       Prof.    Handling Longer Stretches of Spoken Discourse Opening Stories, Attracting Attention, Scene-setting, Recounting what was Said, Returning to the Story after Digressions, Wrapping up Stories

 

Part B: Gambits for Everyday situations

Topic/situation Level   Gambit type     Function

Chapter 15. Street Directions and Instructions

            Intro.    Checking Gambits        Checking Understanding

Chapter 16. Talking about Transportation          Intro.    Sequencing Gambits    

Chapter 17. Service Situations   Intro.    Service Situation Adjacency Pairs         Requesting and Thanking for Service, Asking for Information

Chapter 18. Speaking on the Phone        Interm. Telephone Conversation Adjacency Pairs           Opening, Ending Calls, Dealing with Technical Difficulties

Chapter 19. Describing Recipes or Other Processes        Interm. Sequencing and Linking Instructions    

Part C: Gambits for Work/school life

Topic/situation Level   Gambit type     Function

Chapter 20. Meeting People; Talking about Personal Information Intro.    Managing longer Discourses:

            Self-introductions (for Beginners)

Chapter 21. Talking about Health          Interm. Mini-presentations during Meetings in Business and Classroom Discourse         Summarising, Paraphrasing

Chapter 22. Presenting Arguments, Proposals, Pitches    Prof.    Organizing longer stretches of Discourses:

Presentations

            Presentation Introductions

•           Greeting

•           Getting Attention

•           Introducing Topics

•           Signposting

•           Starting

                                    Presentation Main Sections

•           Defining

•           Exemplifying

•           Comparing and Contrasting

•           Referring to Tables

•           Referring Back

•           Shifting Topics

•           Emphasizing

•           Explaining

                                    Presentation Conclusions: Q and A

•           Summarising

•           Thanking

•           Inviting Questions

•           Responding to Questions

•           Deflecting

•           Ending

Chapter 23. Discussing/Arguing  (1)      Prof.    Discussion Gambits      Providing Opinions

Chapter 24. Discussing/Arguing  (2)      Prof.    Discussion Gambits      Disagreeing

Chapter 25. Discussing/Arguing  (3)      Prof.    Discussion Gambits      Agreeing

Chapter 26. Discussing/Arguing  (4)      Prof.    Discussion Gambits      Requesting and Providing Clarification

Chapter 27. Discussing/Arguing  (5)      Prof.    Discussion Gambits      Checking Understanding

Chapter 28. Discussing/Arguing  (6)      Prof.    Discussion Gambits      Asking for Clarification, reformulating, Confirming/Correcting

Chapter 29. Discussing/Arguing  (7)      Prof.    Discussion Gambits      Asking for and Providing Exemplification

Chapter 30. Discussing/Arguing  (8)      Prof.    Discussion Gambits      Interrupting and Taking Turns

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Audio Transcripts

Answer Key to Exercises

References

Index

List of Gambits by Type (English)

List of Principal Gambits (alphabetical) in English

List of Principal Gambits (alphabetical) in Korean