AC9LK8EU04 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor recognise how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values

Elaborations

• • Elaboration participating in guided discussion of the roles of and relationships between culture and language, with reference to Korean, English and other known languages
• • Elaboration viewing interactions in Korean between peers or in multimodal texts such as a movie segment, noticing and recording cultural similarities and differences between interactions in Korean and in their own culture(s), for example, comparing similarities and differences between cultures using a Venn diagram
• • Elaboration identifying words which have similar meanings and pronunciation across different languages, reflecting on the possible origins and cultural associations of such words, for example, 엄마, ‘mum’, ‘mama …’
• • Elaboration examining, in Korean or English, how First Nations Australians’ languages have strong connections to Country/Place locations and how these can be compared with language variations across Korean-speaking communities
• • Elaboration identifying non-verbal expressions taken for granted in communication in different cultures, for example, making or avoiding eye contact depending on the social context, bowing to an older person, nodding to show agreement, pointing and beckoning with appropriate hand gestures
• • Elaboration reflecting on the cultural associations of individual Korean words which may be interpreted differently by people who do not know Korean culture, for example, 우리 ‘our’ can be used for 우리 선생님 ‘my teacher’, 우리 나라 ‘my country’, and kinship terms such as 형, 오빠, 누나, 언니 are often used to address other people
• • Elaboration discussing, questioning and explaining understanding of other cultures, including Korean culture, without stereotyping

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• • Elaboration understanding the significance of social conventions and cultural concepts, for example, using 식사를 하셨어요? as a greeting
• • Elaboration exploring how politeness is expressed differently in Korean and English language, for example, the importance of age and levels of formality