Korean: 7–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Recognise textual structures and features characteristic of familiar personal, informative and imaginative texts, noticing how they contribute to the making of particular meaning
Elaborations
identifying the purpose, intended audience and key language features of short texts such as road signs or instructions, for example, 천천히; 미세요/당기세요
identifying text-type conventions from familiar types of text such as letters, emails,or greeting/invitation cards, and comparing them with English, for example, salutations, the order of elements in an address, and format of the date, for example, …에게, …로부터, 4월 3일 금요일
understanding how to create textual cohesion, using elements such as conjunctions to sequence and link ideas and maintain the flow of expression, for example, 그리고, 그러나, and making politeness levels consistent in a text through the use of the informal polite ending –어/아요 across sentences
listening, viewing and reading for gist, context and purpose, drawing on knowledge of types of text, context and language features to predict and confirm meaning, for example, the use of imperative verb forms (–(으)세요) and specialised vocabulary in an in-flight safety demonstration (안전띠, 구명 조끼, 비상구, 산소마스크, …)
