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[KCO] Announcement the winner of the 2014 Korean Book Review Competition

29/7/2014

Dear all teachers and parents,

Congratulations! On behalf of the Korean Cultural Office, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2014 Korean Book Review Competition. Please find the attachment of the winner of the 2014 Korean Book Review Competition.

The Award Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, 27th August at 1:30 pm at the Korean Cultural Office. All winners need to come to the Korean Cultural Office by 12:30 pm for the rehearsal. Also we mostly welcome all teachers, winners' family members and friends to celebrate the award. We are glad and sincerely appreciate the participation of all students.

If you have any inquires please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Kate Minji
02 8267 3488

Congratulations to all participating students and winners.
See below for the list of winners of the 2014 Book Review Competition

[YouTube] Family names in Korean

28/7/2014

Two interesting video clips from 'TalkToMeInKorea' on YouTube

Two more videos you might be interested

Crunch Korean fried chicken (Dakganjeong: 닭강정)

24/7/2014

Crunch Korean fried chicken (Dakganjeong: 닭강정) by Mrs Maangchi. This is one of Koreans favouite dishes anytime anywhere!
I remember that I used her website links for the Stage 4 Korean Woori Noori 우리누리 resources in 2010. She is still cheerful and makes me mouth-watering :-)

Road to refuge online resources

23/7/2014

New Road to Refuge resource provided by Refugee Student Progra are available HERE: www.roads-to-refuge.com.au
Some links or lesson ideas can be adapted for the Korean lessons about 'Cultural identity - Australian and Korean perspectives on lifestyle and culture (Korean BS course)' and 'The individual as a global citizen (Heritage Korean course)'.

[BOSTES] Teachers to continue to use NSW Languages syllabuses

23/7/2014

The recently released Australian curriculum for Chinese, French, Indonesian and Italian have not been endorsed for use in NSW schools......[omit]...... Schools and teachers can be assured that BOSTES will only implement new syllabuses after extensive consultation, including consultation on any implementation timetable.

For further details, visit the BOSTES link HERE.

[BOSTES] Professional Development Workshops in Term 3, 2014

22/7/2014

Term 3 Workshops provided by BOSTES are (1) HSC Best Practice Workshop
(2) K-6 Consistency of Teacher Judgement (3) 7-11 Consistency of Teacher Judgement (4) BOSTES Information Workshop.
For further details or registration, follow this link.

Three ways to use iPads in the languages classroom

18/7/2014

Follow the links below to read more about the use of iPad in the language classroom.
iPads (or other tablet PCs, mobile phones) can an excellent tool, but not a replacement for the language teacher at all.

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/may/19/three-ways-use-ipad-languages-classroom-tech-teaching

Three ways to use iPads in the languages classroom | Teacher Network | Guardian Professional via kwout

[AEF] Upcoming study programmes to Asia for educators

17/7/2014

Korea Studies Workshop – 1 to 9 October 2014
Gain the skills to include studies of South Korea in the school curriculum. This programme is funded by the Korea Foundation and is aimed at senior policy officers, curriculum developers and secondary school educators.

http://asiaeducation.edu.au/teachers/study_programs/korea_study_programs.html

Korea study programmes | Asia Education Foundation via kwout

Korean Immersion Day at UNSW

16/7/2014

Save the date 11 September 2014

for Korean Immersion Day for Years 7 and 8 students in NSW schools.
This program will, in conjuction with Korean Cultural Office, be held.
More information will be available soon to high schools where offer Korean programs in NSW.

Art of Korea

16/7/2014

http://studiesofasia.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/art-of-korea.html

Studies of Asia: Art Of Korea via kwout

The 'Studies of Asia' Blog site has a collection of
links for teachers which deal with the Art of Korea. It includes 'Korean Art on Pinterest', 'Comprehensive Teacher Pack on Korean Art from the Met.', 'Korean Art Resources Asian Art Museum', 'Korean Historical periods', 'History of Maps', and 'Learning from Asian Art-Korea'. Visit the Blog to surf around the links and resources.

Many thanks to Barbara ssn to update the Korean resources on the Studies of Asia site.