Korea ppt-korean etiquette and names

1. Bringing Korea into K-12 Classrooms
Korean Etiquette and
Korean Names
National Korean Studies Seminar
Copyright
Sung Kim and Mary Connor 2014

2. Honorific Expression of
Korean language
• The honorific expression of the
Korean language is one of the most
important parts of learning Korea.
• Korean grammar system of
honorifics is very extensive to reflect
the speaker's relationship to the
subject of the sentence and speech
levels to reflect the speaker's
relationship to the audience.

3. Honorific Expression of
Korean language
• Originally, the honorifics
expressed the differences in
social status between
speakers.
• In contemporary Korean
culture, honorifics are used to
differentiate between formal
and informal speech based on
the level of familiarity between
the speaker and the listener.

4. Manner of respect
• Koreans use both hands when
they give or receive something
from older adults
• It is an expression of respect to
elders.
• Koreans bow when they greet
each other.
• Also, Koreans do not use fingers
to point at someone.
• Using fingers to call someone is
considered impolite in Korea.

5. 1. Wait to be seated until the oldest
person/people sit down first.
2. Before you begin, especially at
someone's home, it is polite to say that
you are looking forward to the meal. In
Korean, people say “Jalmukesumneda” (I
will eat well).
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Korean Table Manners

6. Korea Table Manners
3. Before you beginning the meal, wait for the
oldest person/people to lift their spoon or
chopsticks first before you start eating.
4. During the meal, don't blow your nose at the
table!
5. Don't rush or linger. Try to eat at the same
pace as everyone else, especially the elders.
6. During the meal, don't hold the bowl of soup
or rice (as you might do in other Asian
countries like China or Japan).

7. 7. Avoid double dipping. Korean meals
have many communal side dishes, so don't
dig into the bowls and touch a lot of the
other food while you're taking your own.
8. When refilling your glass, always pour
drinks for others first, especially for those
who are older than
you.
Korean Table Manners

8. Community Oriented Society
• Koreans frequently use the word “we”
instead of “I” in their conversation. It refers to
the Korean culture showing a collective and
community oriented society.
• For instance, Koreans say “our family”
instead of “my family”.

9. Community oriented society
• In Western societies, liberal
moral-political values
emphasize individuals' rights
to freely choose their own
goals.
• In contrast, Confucianism in
Korea emphasizes collective
good and harmony, coupled
with self-cultivation and self-
regulation.
• .

10. Korean Names
1. Most Korean names consisted of three Korean
syllables. 김성순
2. Korean last names (family name, 성 ) are
always placed before the first name (given
name, 이름 ). 김 : last name
3. Most Korean last names have one syllable
compared to first names having two syllables.
성순 (first name)
4. There are about 300 last names in Korea.
5. Some of the most common last names are 김
(Kim), 이 (Lee/Yi/ Rhee), 박 (Park), 최 (Choi),
and 정 (Chung/Cheong/Jung).

11. Korean Women’s Names
1. Korean women do not change their last names
upon marriage.
2. They maintain their last (family) names
throughout their life.
3. When Americans call a woman named Mrs.
Wilkins, it means that she is a wife of a man
whose last name is Wilkins. In Korea, when a
married woman says she is Mrs. Kim, it usually
means that her last name is her maiden name.

12. How to address names
1. Koreans do not refer to others by directly
calling their first names except among very
close friends.
2. In general, they put “ssi( 씨 ) ” after someone’s
first names.
3. Even among siblings, the younger ones do not
address their elder siblings by first names but
rather they call them eonni / nuna ( 언니 / 누
나 ), meaning elder sister, or oppa / hyung ( 오
빠 or 형 ), meaning elder brother.

13. References
• http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-
images/korean-tradition.html
• http://www.koreaaward.com/korea/culture
_LifeStyle_Names.htm
• http://www.koreaaward.com/korea/culture
_LifeStyle_FamilyLife.htm
• https://www.google.com/search?
tbm=isch&q=family+image&hl=en&gws_rd
=ssl#hl=en&q=ondol&tbm=isch&facrc=_&i
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