The document discusses strategies for teaching Korean language and culture to students. The teacher aims to create an environment where students feel comfortable using the language authentically. Some strategies discussed are increasing elaborated input by giving simple instructions in Korean, singing songs, and having students recognize words without translation. The teacher also prepares fun activities like arts and crafts, games, and stories to make learning enjoyable. Examples provided include making origami and playing counting games. The next steps mentioned are gathering more evidence of learning, sharing experiences with other teachers, and focusing more on pronunciation, writing, and creating authentic situations for language use.

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Teaching inquiry
S O R A C H U N

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THE INQUIRY CONTEXT
M y F o c u s
- Delivering Korean culture and
language to students where they can
use the language authentically
- Create a safe environment for
students to give them confidence
which will allow them to have
conversations in Korean

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THE INQUIRY CONTEXT
this will look / sound / feel like…
Teacher Talking < Students Talking
Less repetition but increase in
students having conversations
FUN! And interactive also LOUD!
Students feel comfortable and
not afraid of making mistakes
Teacher and students speaking
in Korean > English

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s t r a t e g i e s
Increase elaborated input
In order for students to become more
familiarise with language and figure
out when to use the certain phrases
- Giving simple instructions in Korean
(Stand up, Sit down, Be quiet etc)
- Singing Korean children song
(Students started to sing along few words)
C u r r e n t l y

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Increase elaborated input
- At first, students were confused
and found it hard to follow
- At the end, students successfully
made the origami
- They were able to recognise some
of the words/phrase without
teaching them the meaning
- Now, students use the
words/phrase in the same accent
as mine in correct situations
- For example, “Give it to me please”
- “Please be quiet” “Look at me”
- They asked few times for me to
speak/explain in English
* Used only Korean when making
an origami Hanbok
[korean traditional dress]
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Increase elaborated input
* Used only Korean when making
an origami Hanbok
[korean traditional dress]
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Increase elaborated input
* For a months Students are asked to say & practice good words
such as 멋있어 (cool), 귀여워(cute), 예뻐(pretty), 똑똑해(smart),
착해(kind), 고마워요 (thank you) and 사랑해요(love you)
everyday to the smiley bottle and ignore the sad-face bottle
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Increase elaborated input
* Singing Korean children song s
(‘the Monkey Song’
Students are singing Korean vowels out loud)

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s t r a t e g i e s
prepare fun activities
In order for students to enjoy learning
and feel comfortable using the
language during the lesson
- Arts and craft activities related to the topic
(Korean flag, traditional dress etc)
- Playing Korean traditional games
(Je Gi Cha GI, Gang Gang Sul Lae etc)
- Deliever Korean traditional stories
C u r r e n t l y

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- Making a carnation flower for Parent’s day (8th of May in Korea)
- Students were asked to write a simple letter to their parents on
flower’s leaves (Mum, Dad I love you / thank you etc)
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- Students love doing arts & craft, games or listening to Korean
traditional stories however the lessons may end up with a lot of
mess & loud noises
- Sometimes, it is a bit burden for me to prepare good activities for
each lesson.
- Students had fun playing the game and wanted to come up and play
with me in front of the class even though they were not sure about
counting in Korean. This shows that they are not afraid of making
mistakes and know that they are in a safe learning environment.
* Played a ‘thumb game’
to practice counting 1 to 10
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prepare fun activities

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* Played a ‘thumb game’
to practice counting 1 to 10
prepare fun activities

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Next step to go
f o r w a r d
Gather more evidences
(Student voice, pictures, interviews)
Share lesson plans / experiences
with other teachers
Prepare 2 years lesson plan
ahead for next year
Create posters for words/phrases
to help students to remember
Focus on teaching vowels, consonants
and grammars (writing & reading)
Think of how to create
authentic situations for
students to use the language