2020, Vol.63, No.1

Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.39

pISSN : 1598-4230 / eISSN : 2586-7601
https://journal.kci.go.kr/ihss

This research explores three types of feedback for a large writing course. Draft revision is an essential step for students who need inspiring experiences to overcome the intimidation of writing. Through an ongoing process of revision, students realize that “seeing again” does improve their essays. In the writing class, I organized three steps for active revision: peer-review, instructor’s review, and self-revision. All three steps were conducted in sequence: students wrote the first draft and had a peer-review session. Through the peer-review process, students gained a critical viewpoint and better evaluated their own essays. The peer-review activity reminded students of the reader’s presence in writing. Students revised their essays based on the comments from the peers and the instructor. Finally, they were asked to revise their first draft and wrote a Writing Process Report at the same time. As meta-writing, the Writing Process Report sets for a plan and a goal of a final draft. Such revision processes promote students’ involvement—active and interactive self-revision. That is, well-designed peer review and self-revision activities ensure students’ self-initiated and spontaneous engagement in writing.

The presence or introduction of Shakespeare into the condensed imaginary world of cartoons and comic books is a fairly recent phenomenon in Korea, compared to a somewhat long history of reception of Shakespeare on stage. Comics were commonly regarded to be a product of lowbrow subculture, and most Koreans took Shakespeare only as an iconic equivalent of the dramatic creation. In the 1960s and 70s, Korean comics became heavily influenced by an influx of the Japanese comics, or manga, and TV animation series including Iron Arm Atom and Candy. Today, many Korean comic books of Shakespearean adaptations are still under this influence. Unlike other Shakespearean comic books and mangas popular in the Western world, the Korean publishing market mostly targeting young children for their elite education is seen as a unique characteristic. This paper introduces a brief history of comic book adaptations of Shakespeare in Korea and examine the socio-cultural context in which these adaptations are commercially appropriated and educationally circulated

The purpose of the study is to analyze the satisfaction and needs of undergraduate international students regarding the educational service and to suggest future measures for service improvement. The primary requirement for the academic adjustment of international students is to reveal how satisfied they are with the current educational administration service and what their needs are. To investigate the satisfaction and needs of undergraduate international students regarding the educational administration service, a survey was administered to 395 international students at 12 local undergraduate institutes. Results of the survey showed that the satisfaction of the learners in Chungcheong Province and Gangwon Province tended to be lower than that of the learners in the capital area, Gyeongsang Province, and Jeolla Province. Moreover, a lower level of satisfaction was shown from groups with smaller numbers of undergraduate international students. With regard to language group, dissatisfaction with the administrative service among learners from Vietnam and other Asian locales was higher than learners from other regions. The study results therefore suggest the need for universities to provide customized administrative support for international students.