Year 4 SyllabusTest
Year 4 Syllabus
Year Level Description
Year 4 Korean: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Korean language developed in Year 3 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills.
In Year 4, students communicate in Korean, interacting with their teacher and peers to exchange information about aspects of their personal worlds, including their daily routines at home and school, their important days, and their interests. They participate in individual and collaborative tasks that involve asking for help, clarification and permission, solving problems and sharing decisions. Students locate and process factual information in texts, and gather and convey information and short descriptions from familiar texts related to their personal and social worlds. They participate in and respond to a range of imaginative texts, discuss messages and make statements about characters or themes. Students create and perform short imaginative texts that allow for exploration and enjoyment of language and cultural expression, using familiar expressions and modelled language.
Students become familiar with the systems of the Korean language, discriminating the characteristics of Korean pronunciation and intonation patterns of different letters and letter combination sounds. They develop knowledge of Sino-Korean numbering and notice and use context-related vocabulary and elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts, such as the Korean subject + object + verb structure, to generate language for purposeful interaction. Students develop a metalanguage in Korean for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English.
Students understand that Korean is an important global language used by communities in many countries around the world and make connections between culture and language use.
In Year 4, students continue to be encouraged to use Korean as much as possible for social interactions and in learning tasks.
Communicating
Socialising
Interact with teacher and peers orally and in writing to exchange information about aspects of their personal worlds, including their daily routines at home and school, their important days and their interests; for example,저는 화요일 아침에 달리기를 해요.; 점심에 밥을 먹어요.; 저녁에 잠을 자요.; 저는 생일이 2월 8일이에요. 수영장 파티를 해요.
Participate in individual and collaborative tasks that involve asking for help, clarification and permission, solving problems and sharing decisions; for example,creating a display, conducting a role play or scenario, science experiments, cooking or craft activities, such as Korean calligraphy (문방사우,
서예)
Informing
Locate and process factual information in a range of written, spoken, digital and multimodal texts related to their personal and social worlds
Gather and convey factual information, simple statements and short descriptions from familiar texts related to their personal and social worlds
Creating
Participate in and respond to imaginative texts, including Korean traditional tales, discussing messages and using modelled language to make statements about characters or themes
Create and perform short imaginative texts that allow for exploration and enjoyment of language, cultural expression and performance, using familiar expressions, simple statements and modelled language
Translating
Translate words, phrases and expressions in simple texts (for example, Korean translation of the
배고픈애벌레 and The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Korean translation of 갈색 곰아, 갈색 곰아,
무엇을 보고 있니? and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?) to compare meanings and share understandings about aspects of Korean language and culture that are different from English
Use visual, print or online dictionaries, word lists and pictures to translate simple familiar texts
Reflecting
Notice and describe how language reflects cultural practices and norms
Understanding
Systems of language
Recognise characteristics of Korean pronunciation and intonation patterns; for example, discriminating between lenis, aspirated and fortis sounds in Korean, such as 가/카/까
Recognise the alphabetical nature of Hangeul and the structural features of individual syllable blocks, including batchim
Recognise that there are combined vowels and consonants that derive from the basic characters by adding extra strokes; for example, ㄲ, ㅒ, ㅔ
Begin to read and write simple words using Hangeul in familiar contexts
Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by recognising and using context-related vocabulary and elements of the Korean grammatical system, including:
- recognising word order in sentences, such as subject + object + verb; for example, 숀이 밥을
먹어요 - using some adverbs as part of formulaic language; for example, 잘 했어요.;
아침/점심/저녁에 뭐 해요? - recognising and using the particle ‘에’ as an indicator of location of things, including abstract things like times; for example, 아침에 노래해요.
- developing knowledge in the Sino-Korean numbering system and applying it to appropriate contexts, such as date
- continuing the use of number expressions with appropriate counters; for example, 한 개, 두 마리
- developing knowledge in and using basic verbs with the -어/아요 ending in sentences; for example, 읽어요.; 놀아요.
- using basic, common action and descriptive verbs to describe their daily lives or preferences; for example, 가요.; 일어나요.; 먹어요.
- using vocabulary related to the calendar, such as the days of the week, month and date
- using vocabulary related to school, home, sports and leisure activities
Develop a metalanguage in Korean for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
Notice differences in familiar texts, such as personal, informative and imaginative texts, and explain how particular features of such texts help to achieve their purpose
Language variation and change
Understand that different ways of using Korean language reflect different regions and countries, different relationships and different ways of making meaning
Role of language and culture
Understand that Korean is an important global language used by communities in many countries around the world and that it has connections with several other languages
Make connections between language and culture use by identifying vocabulary and expressions that reflect different cultural values, traditions or practices
Achievement standard
At standard, students use simple familiar language, with occasional guidance, when participating in spoken and written interactions, to exchange information about their daily routines at home and school, their important days and their interests. They participate in most tasks that involve asking for help, clarification and permission, solving problems and sharing decisions. Students locate, process and convey some factual information and simple statements from familiar texts related to their personal and social worlds. They respond to imaginative texts, using modelled language, to make statements about characters or themes. Students create and perform short imaginative texts, using familiar expressions, simple statements and modelled language. They use dictionaries with guidance, word lists and pictures to translate simple familiar texts. Students share meanings and understandings about aspects of Korean language and culture that are different from English.
Students become familiar with the Korean sound and writing systems, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, using vocabulary and applying elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts related to their daily routines at home and school and their interests. They begin to describe how the Korean language works, using terms similar to those used in English with guidance. Students make some simple comparisons between features of familiar texts. They state that Korean is an important global language and list connections with several other languages. Students make some connections between language and culture use by identifying vocabulary and expressions that reflect different cultural values, traditions or practices.
Year Level Description
Year 4 Korean: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Korean language developed in Year 3 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills.
In Year 4, students communicate in Korean, interacting with their teacher and peers to exchange information about aspects of their personal worlds, including their daily routines at home and school, their important days, and their interests. They participate in individual and collaborative tasks that involve asking for help, clarification and permission, solving problems and sharing decisions. Students locate and process factual information in texts, and gather and convey information and short descriptions from familiar texts related to their personal and social worlds. They participate in and respond to a range of imaginative texts, discuss messages and make statements about characters or themes. Students create and perform short imaginative texts that allow for exploration and enjoyment of language and cultural expression, using familiar expressions and modelled language.
Students become familiar with the systems of the Korean language, discriminating the characteristics of Korean pronunciation and intonation patterns of different letters and letter combination sounds. They develop knowledge of Sino-Korean numbering and notice and use context-related vocabulary and elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts, such as the Korean subject + object + verb structure, to generate language for purposeful interaction. Students develop a metalanguage in Korean for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English.
Students understand that Korean is an important global language used by communities in many countries around the world and make connections between culture and language use.
In Year 4, students continue to be encouraged to use Korean as much as possible for social interactions and in learning tasks.