Korean: F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Role of language and culture
Content description
Understand that language and culture are interrelated and reflect on how they shape and are shaped by each other
Elaborations
recognising that language and culture are intertwined in texts and together convey cultural perspectives, concepts and values
analysing how the Korean language may reflect cultural perspectives and values such as collectivism, harmony, humility and the importance of ties between family members, for example, arange of kinship terms extending to remote relations, using kinship terms rather than first names to address members ofthe family and norms such as showing deference and saving face, for example, 네, 괜찮아요
investigating the origins of particular expressions or words, developing awareness of the origins of meanings and how these may or may not change over time
reflecting on own experiences of moving between cultures in the school, local and virtual communities and on their different roles played in different intercultural exchanges as a learner and user of Korean
recognising the historical, political and cultural functions and values of language, researching how the Korean language played a role in maintaining the Korean people’s culture and everyday life under the cultural and linguistic oppression during the early 19th century colonial period and how Korean culture and language lived it out, flourish and are recognised in the contemporary world
