South 중학교 2학년 Korean Language

1. Listening and speaking

Inferring a speaker's intent and viewpoint · Analysing persuasion strategies · Speaking styles across communities · Empathetic listening · Planning an interview · Organised presentations with materials · Group discussion to solve problems · Debate with sound arguments · Resolving conflict through honest talk · Avoiding verbal abuse · Checking your own speaking and listening

• Presentation Skills: Speaking to an Audience – A good presentation is planned for its audience and purpose, has a clear opening, body and closing, uses simple slides that support (not replace) the speaker, and is delivered with a clear voice, eye contact and good timing. Practice turns nerves into confidence.
• Debate Skills: How to Argue Clearly, Fairly and Well – A debate is a timed, rule-based contest of ideas on a motion. One side argues for it, the other against it, and a chair keeps order. A good argument has a claim, a reason, evidence and a link to the motion. Research makes evidence strong: reliable, recent and relevant. Rebuttal answers the other side's weakest points; cross-examination uses short questions to expose them. Good debaters attack arguments, not people, and listen as carefully as they speak.
• Metacognition: Thinking About Your Own Thinking – Metacognition is knowing how you think and learn, and steering it. It has two parts: knowing (about yourself, the task and strategies) and controlling (plan, monitor, evaluate). Plan a goal, a strategy and a time. Monitor your understanding as you go and use fix-up strategies when lost. Evaluate by comparing what you expected with what happened. The same habit helps in reading, speaking, listening, presentations and debates.

2. Reading

Reading as meaning-making in context · Summarising by text structure · Inferring hidden information · Evaluating multimodal texts · Explanation and argument methods · Reading several texts on one topic · Reading for careers and interests · Choosing texts and monitoring reading

• Making Inferences: Reading and Listening Between the Lines – An inference is a smart guess based on clues in a text plus what you already know. Good readers and listeners infer people's feelings and mood, a speaker's or writer's intent and purpose, their tone and attitude, the meaning of new words from context, and information the text leaves out. Every inference must be supported by evidence.
• Media Literacy – Media literacy is the skill of reading, questioning and creating media: news, ads, videos, posts, films and games. Every media text is made by someone, for a purpose, for an audience, using forms, conventions and techniques that shape how we feel. A media-literate person checks the source, evidence, other coverage and the original before believing or sharing, notices bias and filter bubbles, and makes their own media responsibly.
• Metacognition: Thinking About Your Own Thinking – Metacognition is knowing how you think and learn, and steering it. It has two parts: knowing (about yourself, the task and strategies) and controlling (plan, monitor, evaluate). Plan a goal, a strategy and a time. Monitor your understanding as you go and use fix-up strategies when lost. Evaluate by comparing what you expected with what happened. The same habit helps in reading, speaking, listening, presentations and debates.

3. Writing

Explanatory writing · Informational writing from several sources · Argument with valid reasons · Writing on disputed issues · Expressive personal writing · Using varied expression · Writing with multimodal materials · Writing process and reader awareness · Ethical writing

• Media Literacy – Media literacy is the skill of reading, questioning and creating media: news, ads, videos, posts, films and games. Every media text is made by someone, for a purpose, for an audience, using forms, conventions and techniques that shape how we feel. A media-literate person checks the source, evidence, other coverage and the original before believing or sharing, notices bias and filter bubbles, and makes their own media responsibly.

4. Grammar

Korean sound and writing systems · Word structure and new words · Parts of speech · Sentence structure · Passive and quotation forms · Spelling rules · Vocabulary by generation, field, medium · Critically reviewing language use

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5. Literature

Rhythm, figures of speech, symbols · Conflict and its resolution in stories · Coming-of-age works · Narrator and point of view · Social and cultural context of works · Creative writing from experience · Links between works · Interpreting with evidence · Understanding others through literature

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6. Media

Mass media vs personal streaming · Interactive media communication · Making and sharing video · Rights and responsibilities in media · Analysing ads and promotions · Judging fairness of media

• Media Literacy – Media literacy is the skill of reading, questioning and creating media: news, ads, videos, posts, films and games. Every media text is made by someone, for a purpose, for an audience, using forms, conventions and techniques that shape how we feel. A media-literate person checks the source, evidence, other coverage and the original before believing or sharing, notices bias and filter bubbles, and makes their own media responsibly.
• Media Production: How a Media Product Is Made – Media production is making a media product, such as a video, podcast, poster, website or magazine, for a purpose and an audience. It starts with a brief: what the client wants, for whom, by when and on what budget. Producers research their target audience (age, interests, where they spend time) and choose the platforms that reach them. Production happens in stages. Pre-production: idea, research, script, storyboard or mock-up, shot list, schedule, permissions. Production: filming, recording or photographing, using shot sizes, angles, lighting and sound with purpose. Post-production: editing, adding music, graphics and captions, and checking quality. Distribution: publishing on the right platforms, often as a cross-media campaign where products link to each other. Finally, producers evaluate using audience feedback. Good media is legal and ethical: respect copyright, get consent, avoid stereotypes and be honest.
• Digital Footprints and Netiquette – A digital footprint is the trail of data we leave online. Active footprints are shared on purpose (posts, comments, forms); passive footprints are collected without us noticing (cookies, browsing history, location, IP address). Footprints are hard to erase and can be seen by others later. We live in a digital society where learning, banking, shopping and government services are online; a responsible user of it is a digital citizen (netizen). Net etiquette means being ethical (respect copyright, share reliable information), respectful (privacy, diversity, no bullying) and responsible (avoid oversharing, don't feed trolls). Communication etiquette asks us to be precise, polite and credible; social media etiquette asks us to choose passwords and privacy settings wisely, think before uploading, and verify before sharing.