In the pursuit of education, a group of University of Guam students have developed a bilingual resource that’s a plus for Guam’s Korean tourism market.
The students who are part of Adjunct Professor Lynsey Lee’s Elementary Korean classes developed bilingual brochures filled with “relevant information and tips” for their “K-Tourism project,” which focused on Korean tourists visiting Guam.
“The idea for the K-Tourism project came earlier this year when Dr. Lee attended the Intensive Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Design Studio, organized by the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Working with expert facilitators and fellow participants, Lee developed the K-Tourism project as a PBLL initiative tailored to her students and Guam’s tourism industry,” UOG said.
The brochure offers tips in Korean and English to create a memorable experience on Guam. The brochure includes traffic precautions, natural disaster preparation, night awareness, coastal safety and local emergency contacts.
The project was an opportunity for the students to apply what they’ve learned in her class in a practical setting.
“I sought to develop a learning experience that engages students and links their studies to activities outside the Moodle classroom,” Lee explained.
Moodle is the university’s official online learning platform, which Lee uses as part of asynchronous learning in her classes. This was the first time Lee assigned the project to her K101 and K102 students.
“The project enabled them to contribute directly to the community, foster cultural understanding and improve communication between visitors and local residents,” she said.
To complete the K-Tourism project students had to identify community partners, reach out to them and collaborate.
“Once the brochures were completed, the students delivered them to their community partners for use with Korean-speaking clients,” UOG said.
The hands-on experience not only benefits the college students but also the island community.
“I hope my students recognize that language learning can have a positive and tangible impact on themselves and the local community,” said Lee.
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