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• VCKOU209

  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

  VCKOU209 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCKOU208

  Explore how language shapes thoughts and world views and mobilises action

  Elaborations

  • collecting examples that show the reciprocal relationship between language and culture, drawing on areas of interest including other learning areas
  • comparing and discussing the examples collected and relating them to Korean language and culture, for example, how the creation of Hangeul in the 15th century has continued to impact on Korean language and culture up until now
  • reflecting on how world views of a culture are reflected in and shaped by the way people use everyday language, for example, different ways to answer negative questions between Korean and English (숙제를 안 했어요? 아니요, 했어요 / 네, 안 했어요), or different perspectives involved in the use of 가다 /오다 and ‘go/come’ (파티에갈 거예요. 나하고 같이 가겠어요?; 빨리 올래요? 지금 가요!)
  • understanding how language influences people’s actions and beliefs, for example, by analysing language used in community appeals in response to natural disasters

  VCKOU208 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• Languages | Korean: Learning in Korean

  Korean language learning

  Korean is spoken by around 80 million people in the Korean Peninsula and worldwide. With the rapidly growing popularity of and interest in Korean culture across the world, the number of people learning Korean is also growing fast in many countries in Asia, Oceania, the...

  Overview material | Korean

• Languages | Korean: Structure

  Sequences of learning

  The Korean curriculum recognises that there are different entry points into language learning across F–10, which reflects current language teaching practice.

  There are two possible learning sequences:

  • F–10 sequence for students who begin to learn the language...

  Overview material | Korean

• VCKOC159

  Compose and perform a variety of creative texts based on a stimulus concept or theme, sharing them face-to-face and online to present to different audiences

  Elaborations

  • composing texts for own and others’ enjoyment and interest, for example, a description of an imaginary character, animal or event
  • creating texts to share with others face-to-face or online, for example, a commercial for a new product, a short film, video clip or rap, or a poster for an imagined event
  • creating and performing alternative versions of known songs or raps by creating lyrics with support of language model or scaffolding
  • creating a poem, rap or song, experimenting with rhyme and rhythm, for example, writing a shape poem, an acrostic poem or 삼행시

  VCKOC159 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Creating

• Korean - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 description

  Students expand their knowledge of Korean vocabulary, grammar and honorific elements. They are aware of some patterns of sound changes at syllable boundaries such as 연음법칙, 비음화 and 구개음화 in familiar words and expressions. They express past tense and use some verb phrases in complex structures as...

  Level description | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence

• Languages | Korean: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  Students acquire communication skills in Korean. They develop  understanding about the role of language and culture in communication. Their reflections on  language use and language learning are applied in other learning contexts.

  Learning languages broadens students’ horizons...

  Overview material | Korean

• VCKOC178

  Create and present imaginative texts including digital and interactive texts to entertain others, involving imagined characters and contexts

  Elaborations

  • creating stories with self as the main character in imaginative settings in the past, future or virtual reality, incorporating communicative styles and social behaviours observed in Korean texts (for example, 저는 화성에서 왔어요 …, 지구에 정들었어요)
  • illustrating imaginative stories in visual forms such as cartoons or captioned photo stories
  • producing performances to present imaginative stories, for example, role-plays, skits, raps, using expressive language for sounds and shapes/movements (똑똑, 첨벙첨벙, 콜콜, …)
  • creating alternative versions of stories such as a Korean tale or film script with a new character and an alternative ending

  VCKOC178 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Creating

• Korean - 7–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 description

  Students become familiar with the sounds of Korean and approximate pronunciation of Korean syllables in words and short phrases, noting meaningful sounds in Korean and their differences from English sounds. They are introduced to Hangeul, recognising its alphabetical nature and different shapes...

  Level description | Languages | Korean | 7–10 Sequence

• VCKOC030

  Reflect on own identity and on how it is affected by the experience of Korean language learning

  Elaborations

  • gathering examples of language/s used by various people in different contexts, including the Korean language spoken by Koreans in different social/age groups and in different places, and discussing how the examples reveal aspects of identity
  • discussing challenges and rewards they feel during intercultural interactions and how the experience of learning and using Korean challenges preconceptions or stereotypes and helps them to revise own attitudes
  • recounting personal stories, in oral, written or digital forms, about significant encounters, explaining why they consider them significant
  • monitoring own language use and sense of identity across a range of intercultural interactions, such as by using a blog or journal, and considering personal experience, perspectives and values about being a learner and user of Korean
  • sharing with others the ongoing influence of Korean language learning on the shaping of their identity

  VCKOC030 | Languages | Korean | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCKOC182

  Create spoken, written or multimodal texts that reflect significant experiences related to the experience of learning Korean language and culture

  Elaborations

  • mapping their own linguistic and cultural profiles, for example, by creating a chart/timeline/webprofile to highlight formative elements such as family languages, key relationships and intercultural experiences
  • describing their significant past encounters with Korean language and culture involving people, places and events, and the influence these encounters have had in shaping own identity, recording their experiences by, for example, keeping a digital/online journal in blogs or wikis
  • reflecting on own identity, relating it to own past experience involving Korean language and culture,and considering how others’ experience impacts on their identity
  • sharing and comparing, face-to-face and online, cultural and intercultural experiences and language capabilities, and exchanging views on the benefits of speaking more than one language, such as having a larger vocabulary to draw on, new insights and perspectives, and opportunities for new experiences

  VCKOC182 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCKOC010

  Engage with Korean speakers and resources in the school and wider community through various media, including online technologies, noticing how interaction involves culture as well as language

  Elaborations

  • observing interactions between Korean speakers in different contexts in their immediate environments or from resources such as video clips or films, noticing cultural aspects and recording their similarities and differences in interactions in similar contexts in their own culture/s
  • describing in spoken or written mode, or using digital technologies, a significant person relating to Korea or Korean language whom they have encountered, discussing their personal qualities, why that person is important to them, and how they are similar to or different from that person, for example, 저도 …–고 싶어요. 요리를 잘 해요. 가수가 되고 싶어요. 나/저에게중요해요
  • reflecting on significant past encounters with Korean language and culture (and other languages and cultures that have shaped their thinking) such as by creating timelines of their lives, including visual representations
  • describing and sharing encounters with Korean culture (for example, 설날, 한복, 세배, 첫돌, 연날리기), comparing them to traditional games, festivals or celebrations in their own culture, and reflecting on how these connections are important to their identity
  • participating in guided discussion of the nature and role of ‘culture’ and its relationship with language, with reference to Korean, English and other known languages

  VCKOC010 | Languages | Korean | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCKOU012

  Recognise features of the Korean sound and writing systems including Hangeul, making connections between spoken and written Korean texts

  Elaborations

  • listening to and reproducing the sounds of Korean, noticing sound-symbol correspondence, for example, in consonants (발 versus 팔, 갈 versus칼), in diphthongs transcribed as combinations of vowel letters (반가워요, 와요, 왜, 의사, 가위) and in tense consonants transcribed by double-consonant letters (살 versus 쌀, 자요 versus 짜요, 고리 versus 꼬리, 방 versus빵)
  • recognising the differences in intonation between statements, questions, requests and commands, for example, 가요; 가요?; 가요; 가요!
  • constructing syllable blocks in different shapes, where a consonant and a vertical vowel are positioned side by side (for example, 가), a horizontalvowel is positioned underneath a consonant (for example, 누), or a consonant or a consonant cluster is added as asyllable-final consonant (받침) under the first two types of syllable blocks, for example, 각, 눈, 닭
  • combining syllable blocks to write a word and applying spacing rules (띄어쓰기) and basic phonological rules (for example, 친구가 교실에서 책을 읽어요) when reading and writing

  VCKOU012 | Languages | Korean | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Understanding | Systems of language