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(2002)Conference PaperThis paper intends to examine the enrolment numbers in Korean in New South Wales (NSW) schools and universities to identify the long-term pattern and to make suggestions. The focus is on the enrolment pattern in HSC Korean, which is compared with other key Asian languages (Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese). The tertiary enrolments are also discussed, if only briefly, in connection with problems of Secondary enrolments. The study identifies a few areas that need urgent attention and concludes with some suggestions.
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(2002)Working PaperThis paper aims to investigate the key lexical areas of difficulty for Australian students of Korean as a foreign language (KFL). Specifically, this study intends to identify the lexical features that present particular difficulties to English native speakers learning Korean; to classify those lexical errors in terms of their type and frequency; and to provide possible explanation for the cause of those lexical problems. The subjects selected in this study are 71 second- and third-year students from three universities. They are native speakers of English or are believed to have English as their first language. The data used in this study come from written examination papers administered at the three universities. 305 lexical errors have been identified for analysis. Among the 11 error categories identified in this study, wrong word choice caused an overwhelmingly high percentage of errors. The study concludes with discussions about theoretical and pedagogical implications.
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(2002)Journal ArticleThis study intends to identify the lexical features that present particular difficulties to English native speakers learning Korean; to classify those lexical errors in terms of their type and frequency; and to provide possible explanations for the cause of those lexical problems. The data used in this study come from 141 written examination papers administered at three universities. The subjects selected in this study are 71 second-and third-year students, who are native speakers of English or are believed to have English as their first language. In all, 305 lexical errors have been identified for analysis. Among the 11 error categories identified in this study, wrong word choice caused an overwhelmingly high percentage of errors. Other error categories with high frequency were: confusion by semantic similarity, overgeneralization and literal translation. More than half of the total errors involved nouns, followed by verbs and adjectives. And a large number of the errors produced were intralingual. The study concludes with discussions about teaching and research implications.
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(2002)Journal ArticleThis study describes the results of a survey study (August -October, 2001) that was designed to investigate the needs of practising and potential teachers of Korean as a foreign language (KFL) in relation to the recent debate on teacher training and education program in the Australian educational community. The aims of the survey are: 1) to find out the background information about the practising and potential KFL teachers with regard to various items relevant to their professional careers; 2) to ascertain the necessity of a teacher training and education program in KFL and the preferences with regard to its type, delivery mode and physical organization; and 3) to identify the areas of study that are perceived as important and the learning styles that the KFL teachers might like to utilize in their learning. The study presents findings on a number of issues such as necessity of a training program; preferred type of program; perceived importance of updating; reason for the interest; preferred delivery mode; preferred class time; preferred class grouping; perceived important study areas; and preferred learning styles. Some key issues relating to the results are discussed, making some suggestions for possible actions to be taken.
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(2002)Working PaperHigh and persistent unemployment has presented a major challenge for the welfare state from two directions. First, it has eroded the funding base and second, it has increased the demands on welfare programs because of the consequences for poverty and inequality resulting from high unemployment. This paper explores these latter effects using a range of national and international evidence. It is argued that the effects, while generally presumed to exist, are complicated by the ways in which poverty and inequality are measured (on the basis of the economic status of families) and the growth in dual-earner families that has weakened the link between the economic status of families and individual family members. Despite this, there is strong evidence that unemployment increases the risk of poverty and contributes to inequality, and that it also gives rise to a series of debilitating social effects on unemployed people themselves, their families and the communities in which they live. This suggests a need for welfare reform to give emphasis to employment generation, but this should not be the only outcome by which the welfare system should be judged. The provision of an adequate and secure safety net that does not unduly distort incentive structures is also an important welfare objective.
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(2002)Working PaperBetween the early 1980s and the mid 1990s (the 'Labor Years'), financial independence among Australian women increased. In this paper we investigate the changing characteristics of working age women, focussing on their financial independence. We combine an examination of policy and institutional changes that occurred in Australia during the 1980s and 1990s with an analysis of income survey microdata for the years 1982 and 1996-97. We argue that demographic changes (relating to marriage and fertility) and public policies in the fields of childcare and social security helped many women achieve financial independence during the 1980s and 1990s but the effects of restructuring and deregulation in the labour market dominated. Not all women gained equally. Young women in particular lost out, while older women made substantial advances. Single mothers profited mainly because of improvements in social security payments, while partnered mothers were increasingly able to engage in paid (though part-time) employment. We look at how policies and institutional change combined to produce these results, and also assess the possible impact on women's financial independence of policy changes that have occurred since Labor lost power in 1996.
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(2002)ReportThe Health in Men (HIM) cohort is a longitudinal (5-year) study of HIV-negative gay men in Sydney which started in June 2001. It has two arms: a socio-behavioural arm consisting of regular interviews about the impact of HIV on the sexual and social lives of men in the study; and a clinical arm consisting of serological testing for HIV and other sexually transmissible infections. The data collected allow socio-behavioural data to be directly compared with clinical data. Participants are interviewed annually and tested for HIV and other STIs. Up to 500 new men are recruited to the study each year.
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(2002)ReportThe report identifies the following social research priorities: discrimination and stigma, peer education, prisons, the clinical encounter, prevention, impact of disclosure, attitudes, beliefs and knowledge, and rural and remote issues.