Year 6 SyllabusTest
Year 6 Syllabus
Year Level Description
Year 6 Korean: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Korean language developed in Year 5 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills and their understanding of Korean language and culture. Students gain greater independence and become more conscious of their peers and social context. As they gain a greater awareness of the world around them, they also become more aware of the similarities and differences between Korean language and culture and their own.
In Year 6, students communicate in Korean, initiating interactions with their teacher and peers to exchange information and relate experiences about free time and scheduling activities. They engage in individual and collaborative tasks with peers to plan events or activities to showcase their progress in learning and using Korean. Students gather, compare and respond to information and supporting details from texts related to their personal and social worlds. They convey information, ideas and opinions, and use them in new ways. Students share and compare responses to imaginative texts. They create or reinterpret, present or perform alternative versions of imaginative texts for different audiences and to suit a variety of modes or contexts.
Students become more familiar with the systems of the Korean language, explaining and applying features of intonation, pronunciation and writing conventions used in different contexts and types of texts. They read and write simple sentences and phrases using Hanguel and notice spacing and spelling rules in their reading and writing. Students generate language for purposeful interaction in spoken and written texts using context-related vocabulary and elements of grammar, including expressing events in present and future tenses and in sequence. They build a metalanguage in Korean to describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures.
Students understand that the Korean language is constantly changing due to contact with other languages and the impact of new technologies and knowledge. They also understand that language and culture are integral to the nature of identity and communication.
In Year 6, students continue to widen their social networks, experiences and communication repertoires in both their first language and Korean. They are encouraged to use Korean as much as possible for interactions, structured learning tasks and language experimentation and practice.
Communicating
Socialising
Initiate interactions with teacher and peers orally and in writing to exchange information, relate experiences about free time and schedule activities; for example, 숙제하고 게임을 해요.; 일요일 9:30
분에 축구를 갈 거예요.
Participate in routine exchanges to express feelings, opinions and personal preferences; for example,
선생님이 되고 싶어요.; 의사가 될 거예요.;
저는 강아지를 좋아해요.; 저는 버섯을 싫어해요.
Engage in individual and collaborative tasks to plan events or activities to showcase their progress in learning and using Korean, developing projects or budgeting for a shared event
Informing
Gather, compare and respond to information and supporting details from a range of written, spoken, digital and multimodal texts related to their personal and social worlds
Convey information, ideas and opinions related to their personal and social worlds, selecting appropriate written, spoken, digital and multimodal texts to suit specific audiences and contexts
Creating
Share and compare responses to characters, events and ideas, and identify cultural elements in imaginative texts
Create or reinterpret, present or perform alternative versions of imaginative texts for different audiences, adapting stimulus, theme, characters, places, ideas and events to suit different modes or contexts
Translating
Translate and interpret short texts from Korean to English and vice versa, recognising that words and meanings do not always correspond across languages and expanding descriptions or giving examples where necessary to assist meaning
Experiment with bilingual dictionaries and/or online translators, considering the relative advantages and limitations of each resource
Reflecting
Engage in intercultural experiences, describing aspects of language and culture that are unfamiliar and discussing their own reactions and adjustments
Understanding
Systems of language
Pronounce high-frequency words following basic pronunciation rules; for example, pronouncing
한국어 and 같이 as 항구거 and 가치
Notice spacing and spelling rules in reading and writing
Apply basic principles of stroke order to write Hangeul
Read and write simple sentences and phrases using Hangeul
Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by using context-related vocabulary and elements of the Korean grammatical system, including:
- understanding and differentiating the use of formal, polite endings and intimate endings; for example, 안녕/안녕하세요
- expressing simple events occurring in the future using -고 싶어요.; -거예요.
- expressing events occurring in sequence by using conjunctive adverbs such as 그리고
- making simple negation using 안 and 못
- responding to question words about states or opinions; for example, … 생각해요.
- using basic adverbs to describe ways in which a certain action takes place and to indicate time
- applying knowledge of the two Korean numbering systems to appropriate contexts, such as time
- identifying and using distinctive features of different types of spoken and written texts in Korean, such as salutations, in different contexts
- using vocabulary related to basic hobbies, activities, interests and experiences
Build a metalanguage in Korean to describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures
Understand how Korean texts use language in ways that create different effects and suit different audiences
Language variation and change
Understand that the Korean language is used differently in different contexts and situations
Recognise the dynamic nature of languages and cultures, and the changing and influential relationships that exist between languages
Role of language and culture
Understand that the Korean language is constantly changing due to contact with other languages and to the impact of new technologies and knowledge
Understand that language and culture are integral to the nature of identity and communication
Achievement standard
At standard, students use familiar language when participating in, and sometimes initiating, spoken and written interactions to exchange information and relate experiences about free time. Students collaborate with peers in guided tasks to plan events or activities to showcase their progress in learning and using Korean. They gather, compare and respond to most information and some supporting details from texts related to their personal and social worlds, and they convey simple information, ideas and opinions, selecting texts to suit audience and context. Students share and compare, with some guidance, responses to characters, events and ideas and identify several cultural elements in imaginative texts. They create or present, occasionally with guidance, simple alternative versions of imaginative texts, adapting elements for different modes or contexts. Students translate short texts from Korean to English and vice versa, explaining or providing a description, with guidance, to some familiar words or expressions that do not directly translate between languages. Students experiment with and discuss the usefulness of various forms of dictionaries. They engage in intercultural experiences, describing some aspects of language and culture that are unfamiliar, and discuss their own reactions and adjustments.
Students are becoming more familiar with the Korean sound and writing systems, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, using vocabulary and expressions related to experiences about free time, and applying knowledge of grammatical elements, in simple spoken and written texts. Students talk about how the Korean language works, describing patterns, grammatical rules, and variations in language structures. They describe how Korean texts use language in ways that create different effects and suit different audiences. Students explain how language and culture are integral to the nature of identity and communication.
Year Level Description
Year 6 Korean: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Korean language developed in Year 5 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills and their understanding of Korean language and culture. Students gain greater independence and become more conscious of their peers and social context. As they gain a greater awareness of the world around them, they also become more aware of the similarities and differences between Korean language and culture and their own.
In Year 6, students communicate in Korean, initiating interactions with their teacher and peers to exchange information and relate experiences about free time and scheduling activities. They engage in individual and collaborative tasks with peers to plan events or activities to showcase their progress in learning and using Korean. Students gather, compare and respond to information and supporting details from texts related to their personal and social worlds. They convey information, ideas and opinions, and use them in new ways. Students share and compare responses to imaginative texts. They create or reinterpret, present or perform alternative versions of imaginative texts for different audiences and to suit a variety of modes or contexts.
Students become more familiar with the systems of the Korean language, explaining and applying features of intonation, pronunciation and writing conventions used in different contexts and types of texts. They read and write simple sentences and phrases using Hanguel and notice spacing and spelling rules in their reading and writing. Students generate language for purposeful interaction in spoken and written texts using context-related vocabulary and elements of grammar, including expressing events in present and future tenses and in sequence. They build a metalanguage in Korean to describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures.
Students understand that the Korean language is constantly changing due to contact with other languages and the impact of new technologies and knowledge. They also understand that language and culture are integral to the nature of identity and communication.
In Year 6, students continue to widen their social networks, experiences and communication repertoires in both their first language and Korean. They are encouraged to use Korean as much as possible for interactions, structured learning tasks and language experimentation and practice.