Elaborations

• recognising the importance of politeness explicitly expressed in Korean and comparing this with English, for example, 만나서 반가워요 versus‘Nice to meet you’
• understanding that language carries information about the people who use it and that common expressions often reflect cultural values important to that language community
• reflecting on individual words which may be interpreted differently by people who do not know Korean culture, for example, 우리 집, 우리 선생님
• identifying non-verbal expressions that are typical or expected in communication in different cultures, for example, eye contact, bowing, nodding, pointing