Korean: 7–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Content description
Understand the dynamic nature of Korean and other languages
Elaborations
viewing images of the original version of 훈민정음 and recognising that some lettersin the original are not used in modern Korean script, for example •, ᅙ, ᅀ
identifying loan words in Korean borrowed from other languages, for example, 텔레비전, 쇼핑, 컴퓨터
identifying hybrid –하다 verbs where a loan word (noun) and –하다 are conjoined to behave as a verb, for example, 쇼핑해요, 조깅해요
identifying words which have similar meanings and pronunciation across different languages, reflecting on the possible origins of such words and their associated cultures
