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Voice of Wisdom
ByGavinFarrell
Professor, Department
ofEnglishLinguistics
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UFS is a highly regarded and ranked university
ofmanycountries.Theeducationsystemiswovenintothe
internationally. Indeed, its mandate and very
fabricofthisculture,soforeignersoughttobecarefulwhen
motto reflect this: ‘Come to HUFS, Meet the
commentingonprofessor-centeredlectureswithnostudent-
World.’ For me what a wonderful four years it has been
studentinteraction.
teaching here. The students are smart, sophisticated, hard-
Butthatisnotmyculture,andIassumethat’spartofwhy
working,andmore,idealfordynamiclearning.Howmany
HUFS hired me. It’s an international university and the
faculty reflects that fact. And the faculty’s teaching styles
times have I asked the question, “How many languages
reflect their cultures, so here at HUFS we live in this odd
do you speak?” and the reply is, “Just three, sir.” This is a
commonresponse.
bubble where people hold the door open for strangers,
Many of our students come from international
apologize for bumping into you, and other cultural traits
backgrounds,butforthemostparttheyhaveatleastasense
not normally found in Korea. A typical course load is a
of the Korean education system, or at minimum Korean
heady mix whereby the students get, I think, an excellent
education,andwhereprofessorsareabletoflourish.
languageontheentrytest,savesomeinternationalstudents
who come here to study Korean language. A traditional
HUFS respects research, and it is a facet of this job that
university classroom in Asia has the professor at the front
motivatesmeandhelpsmekeeplearning.Astheoldadage
of the class explaining, talking, sharing information with
goes, ‘a good teacher never stops learning.’ One particular
the students. This is an ancient cultural artifact that is
research area that’s interesting to me is student learning
definitelyinsyncwithKoreansocialnorms.Certainlyany
autonomy, that is, that students are able to take control of
gradethreehighschoolstudentwilltellyoutheylistenall
their own learning. Examples include students choosing
dayanddolittleworkwiththeirclassmates.Thismethodis
theirowntopicsforwritingassignments,selectingthetypes
oftenderidedbyforeigners,butlet’snotforget,Koreaisthe
of final exam questions, and even writing quiz questions
perfectmodelfordevelopment,theonlycountrytogofrom
(thoughjudiciouslyvettedbyme.)
beingaUNICEFrecipienttoUNICEFdonor.Itisasocial
Most of the time students are seated in groups of three
modelthathasproducedtangibleresultswhicharetheenvy
or four in my classes. It’s a routine they fall into quickly.
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