AC9LK8U04 Year 7 Languages

AC9LK8U04 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values

Elaborations

• sharing and comparing cultural and intercultural experiences and language capabilities, face-to-face and in a secure online environment, 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
• reflecting on culturally appropriate body language, for example, noting how own cultural etiquette and behaviour may be interpreted when interacting with speakers of Korean, noticing own body language and modifying gestures such as beckoning with the palm facing upwards, and making or avoiding eye contact depending on the social context
• identifying elements of successful intercultural communication when using Korean or other languages, such as awareness of differences, flexibility, and respect for other perspectives and traditions
• examining, in Korean or English, how First Nations Australians’ languages have strong connections to Country/Place locations, and how these can be compared to language variations across Korean-speaking communities
• recognising the importance of the invention of hangeul as a writing system suitable for Korean oral language, and discussing the role of script in aspects of culture and everyday life
• exploring how globalisation has accelerated the use of English words and expressions in spoken and written Korean language, and discussing the advantages/disadvantages of these influences on languages, for example, technological terminology 인터넷, 키워드, or mixing Korean and English as lyrics in contemporary Korean music
• discussing attitudes towards diversity, including the use of stereotypes and generalisations, and considering how these affect communication

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• investigating and using language associated with significant cultural practices and events or celebrations, for example, 열두띠, 선후배 관계, 한복, 돌잔치
• reflecting on own cultural identities and how they are expressed differently in settings such as home, school and other social domains, and considering how these might be interpreted and responded to by people from different cultures

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANKORF10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students initiate and maintain interactions in Korean language in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use Korean to collaborate and problem-solve, and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences between languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting and reorganising responses. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures and expressions to create texts. Students apply the conventions of spoken Korean to develop fluency. They demonstrate understanding that spoken, written and multimodal texts use different language conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They comment on structures and features of Korean text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how the Korean language, culture and identity are interconnected, and compare this with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.