AC9LK10EU04

Elaborations

• AC9LK10EU04_E1interacting with Korean-speaking people, noticing social norms and practices such as the social use of kinship terms, personal space, gender roles, respect for people older than themselves, boyfriend or girlfriend relationships, same-sex hand-holding, and acceptable topics of conversation, for example, 몇 살이에요? and considering own reactions to these practices
• AC9LK10EU04_E2describing their experience of in person or secure virtual interaction involving Korean language and culture, for example, face-to-face interaction with community members through excursions or at Korean festivals, web-chatting or other forms of social networking
• AC9LK10EU04_E3monitoring, recording and reflecting on intercultural experiences, examining aspects that were expected or unexpected, comfortable or uncomfortable, successful or unsuccessful, and considering possible reasons for their own reactions, for example, students reflect on how they feel when they bow as a greeting
• AC9LK10EU04_E4reflecting on and explaining the protocols required to authentically co-create an Acknowledgement of Country/Place with a First Nations Australian, to present in Korean to a group of Korean-speaking visitors at a school assembly
• AC9LK10EU04_E5recognising that social values such as politeness can be expressed differently in different cultures, and understanding features of Korean etiquette that may not be confined to language, for example, avoiding direct refusal, waiting to be invited to eat or drink and expressing gratitude through actions rather than words, for example, limited use of 고맙습니다 and 감사합니다
• AC9LK10EU04_E6gathering examples of language(s) used by various people in different contexts, including the Korean language spoken in different social/age groups and in different places, and discussing how the examples reveal aspects of identity
• AC9LK10EU04_E7discussing the challenges and rewards they experience during intercultural interactions and how learning and using Korean has challenged their own preconceptions or stereotypes and helped them to revise their own attitudes
• AC9LK10EU04_E8understanding how the creation of hangeul in 15th century Korea responded to the need for a writing system reflecting the sound system of spoken Korean, and reflecting on how the invention of hangeul script has had an impact on Korean language and culture and people’s everyday lives up until now
• AC9LK10EU04_E9discussing possible reasons for changes in Korean language use, such as globalisation, exposure to other languages, changing contexts of use and the development of digital technology
• AC9LK10EU04_E10discussing how the Korean language uses or adapts words from other languages, and considering the advantages and disadvantages of blending languages