Elaborations

• finding examples of the significance of gestures across cultures, for example, (not) making eye contact when talking to older people, and reflecting on these
• comparing interactions between Korean speakers and interactions in similar Australian contexts by observing them in their immediate environments or from resources such as video clips or films (for example, students and teachers, or people interacting on the street or in shops, identifying who bows at the beginning and end of the interaction, who uses –요 at the end of sentences or how they shake hands)
• recognising and exploring cultural aspects embedded in or accompanying language use, for example, the use of honorifics and different terms of address
• noticing the impact of their own assumptions about Korean people and culture when engaging with texts, and considering what assumptions Koreans might hold about Australian people and culture