F2F Class Notes 27th February (Celeste) [S]***

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Vocabulary

homework – uncountable

eg. I did some homework.

eg. Jesse gave me homework.

eg. I have a lot of homework.

<It is not a writing homework, to arrange my thoughts I wrote it.>

We use honorific (form of language) to the elder. The elder means not too much older even 1 year older than me. Therefore the age is very important thing in Korea. When you meet someone you have to ask his age and decide to use honorific or not. You have to call them elder brother (elder sister, teacher,senior..) From old times most Koreans like to rank themselves (precedence,order,command) These days it creates bad effect in the office. We`re living in an era that horizontal organization is very important to evolve the business. But that culture creates vertical organization. For change, we try to treat somebody to person not to the rank and some company switch from naming one`s position to the english name. (The time is not yet call Korean name.It is too rude)

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In Korea/In Korean culture, we use honorific language for the elders/elderly/higher ranking. Elder means not only 10 or 20 years older than a person but includes even 1 year older. Therefore age is very important in Korea. When you meet someone you have to ask their age and decide to use honorific language or not. You have to call them elder brother (elder sister, teacher,senior..). In the past / Years ago,/From hundreds of years ago to now, most Koreans like to rank themselves based on precedence, order, or command. These days it creates negative effects in the office. We`re living in an era that horizontal organization is very important to evolve business. But that culture creates vertical organization in Korea. Some companies are trying to change/evolve from vertical to horizontal organization so they

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try to treat somebody to person not to the rank and some company switch from naming one`s position to the english name. (The time is not yet call Korean name.It is too rude)

Vocabulary

In your office, what are you known as? = what are you called?

If we meet outside the office, age is the priority/general rule or guideline.

Grammar

after we ask the age each other/together – after we ask their/each others’ age then we can call each other their exact title.