Teaching and Learning Resources

Links to HSC Online, Hot Potatoes activities, Korean language web sites, books, and other resources for the teaching of Korean, including some materials suitable for downloading for use in the classroom.

HSC Online

Hot Potatoes Activities

Listen and match the Korean food names with English descriptions of them. These activities have been created on Hot Potatoes Version 6. You will find that they have different capabilities on different operating systems.

Listening resources will be available online at the later time. Or, contact Sook Hee McRoberts on (02) 9886 7173 or via email Sookhee.McRoberts@det.nsw.edu.au

Match the Korean food names with English descriptions of them.

Listening resources will be available online at the later time. Or, contact Sook Hee McRoberts on (02) 9886 7173 or via email Sookhee.McRoberts@det.nsw.edu.au

Korean and numeracy

Pie graph Stages 3 -4 (pdf - 29kb)

Students perform a class survey and then summarise their results on a pie graph

Train timetables and journey lengths Stage 4 (pdf - 63kb)

An information gap activity which develops skills in reading timetables and understanding 24 hour time

Currency conversion Stages 3 - 4(pdf - 28kb)

A simple exercise on converting Korean won to Australian dollars

Train timetables and journey lengths Stages 5 - 6 (pdf - 58kb) (pdf - (pdf - 57 KB)

Currency conversion Stagaes 5 - 6 (pdf - 43kb) (pdf - 42 KB)

Bar graph Stage 3 (pdf - 27kb) (pdf - 26 KB)

Using the bar graph from the survey on students favourite animals.

Bar graph Stages 4 - 5 (pdf - 31kb) (pdf - 30 KB)

Using bar graph from the survey on students favourite animals.

Mountains in Korea Stages 3 - 4 (pdf - 28kb)- (pdf - 27 KB)

Students study Korea's major mountains and their heights.

Mountains in Korea Stages 5 - 6 (pdf - 42kb) (pdf - 41 KB)

Students study Korea's major mountains and their heights.

Eating out at a Korean restaurant Stages 3 - 6 (pdf - 118kb) (pdf - 117 KB)

Students study by reading the menu and using the Korean currency.

Measuring distances Stages 3 - 4 (pdf - 38kb) (pdf - 38 KB)

Measuring distancers between cities in Korea.

Measuring distances Stages 5 - 6 (pdf - 48kb) (pdf - 47 KB)

Measuring distances between cities in Korea.

Korean language web sites

Korean Online

http://www.johnwasham.com/koreanonline/

This website includes useful information about Hangeul, Korean grammar, and Korean history and culture. There is an online dictionary included and tips on how to view Korean characters on your computer. It is very useful for both Language and HSIE teachers.

http://bulldog2.redlands.edu/dept/AsianStudiesDept/korea-language.html

English-Korean online dictionary, “How do you say President Roh’s name?” – Korean Romanisation, Korean keyboard resources; Korean software, installation & use; learning Hangeul & Korean.

http://www.ectaco.com/online/

Online dictionaries.Type “Korean” in the box, choose “English to Korean or Korean to English.” Free demo version of English-Korean software for handheld and desktop computers: Download the Language Teacher English<>Korean for Pocket PC.

http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/korea/internet.htm

An excellent and extensive collection of website links related to Korea, put together and maintained by the staff at the University of Hawai at Manoa Library. Categories include dictionaries and encyclopedias, news, archaeology, arts and culture, history, language, literature, philosophy and religion, and so on. The links are to websites in both English and Korean.

http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm

Let’s learn Korean, Radio Korea International, KBS 한국방송공사

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