Intercultural communication

A comparison with Korea…

© NSW Department of Education and Communities, 2013 Funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations through the National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program.

Greetings

세배 , by JY Kim CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Remember to view YouTube videos in full-screen mode!

CLICK here to watch ‘Annyeong-haseyo’ CLICK here to learn the Korean greeting ‘Annyeong-haseyo’ CLICK here to watch the ‘Korean car bowing’ video clip (view the first 56 seconds only)

Click here to watch a video made by some students in Korea. It explains the Korean custom of bowing.

Bathrooms and toilets

Although most places in Korea now have Western-style toilets, don’t be alarmed if you see something like this: http://www.planetesl.com/toilets.php

However, public toilets will always have at least one Western-style toilet.

To use the traditional toilet, place your feet either side and face towards the ‘hood’. Then squat down and go!

You can regulate water pressure, water temperature and seat temperature.

Can you guess what these buttons mean?

P1010195.JPG and Korean Bathroom, by João Trindae CC BY 2.0

Slippers at the bathroom door. Notice the bathroom floor is lower than the floor in the rest of the house.

DSC05530_korea-bathroom, by Kevin Buehler CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Courtesy of onourownpath.com

Population density

Crowded, by Craig Nagy CC BY-SA 2.0

Courtesy of Ki-yeon Park how’s the serenity, by hojusaram CC BY-SA 2.0

Remember to view YouTube videos in full-screen mode!

CLICK here to watch ‘Crowded Korean subways’ CLICK here to watch ‘Korea smart parking car 2’ CLICK here to watch ‘Crazy Korean car garage’ Metro, by Matthijs Gall CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Korean food

Traditional Korean meal, by Andrew Green CC BY 2.0

Analysis of a Korean meal, by mendhak CC BY-SA 2.0

Family Dinner, Korean Foods, by Parker Michael Knight CC BY 2.0

Click on each box to learn more about Korean food:

Bibimbap

Move the mouse over each dish to see what it’s called in English and Korean.

(Image courtesy of Noorsoi) Click on “What’s for dinner?” Remember to view YouTube videos in full-screen mode!

Too much Korean food!

Beef and Kimchi Udon - Oriental Spoon 1, by alpha CC BY-SA 2.0

Korean people use a spoon to eat soup and rice.

Hollow metal chopsticks, spoon, by alpha CC BY-SA 2.0

new sujeo set, by leeno CC BY-NC 2.0

Click here to learn about the correct use of the Korean spoon and chopsticks

Korean dry saunas

(jjim-jil-bang – JJB)

찜질방 별로 좋아하지 않는 , by daphniehan CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Courtesy of Amanda Mendralla

Courtesy of Vittorio Atsman