Korean: F–10 Sequence / Levels 3 and 4 / Understanding / Role of language and culture
Content description
Compare and reflect on different ways of using language in everyday situations in Korean, Australian and other cultures, sharing ideas about possible reasons for the differences and variations
Elaborations
recognising the importance of politeness explicitly expressed in Korean and comparing this with English, for example, 만나서 반가워요 versus ‘Nice to meet you’
understanding that language carries information about the people who use it and that common expressions often reflect cultural values important to that language community
reflecting on individual words which may be interpreted differently by people who do not know Korean culture, for example, 우리 집, 우리 선생님
identifying non-verbal expressions that are typical or expected in communication in different cultures, for example, eye contact, bowing, nodding, pointing
