AC9LK8C04 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor interpret and adjust non-verbal, spoken and written language to convey meaning in Korean language in familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration making appropriate language choices with awareness of social situations such as using 선생님 to address a person older than themselves respectfully, and limited use of second- and third-person pronouns 너/당신 and 그/그녀 to refer to others
• • Elaboration identifying culture-specific words and expressions such as 세배하다, 성묘하다, 추석, 새해 복 많이 받으세요, 수고했어요 when translating texts, choosing ‘best fit’ words or omitting words where necessary
• • Elaboration translating existing texts or texts produced by self and others into Korean and English, using and evaluating translation resources such as online translation tools and print or online dictionaries
• • Elaboration paraphrasing or annotating words or expressions where equivalence is not possible, discussing their original meanings and how to convey them, for example, 정들었어요, ‘mufti day’, 답답해요, 눈치가 없어요, 애교, 어이없어
• • Elaboration comparing different versions of translations, reflecting on the differences in translation of the same text and identifying possible reasons for differences
• • Elaboration investigating and comparing the original and new uses of loan words that have been incorporated into the Korean language, for example, 아이돌, 미팅, 다이어트