WACE Korean Background Language ATAR case studies
WACE Korean Background Language ATAR · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The WACE Korean: Background Language ATAR is a Western Australian senior-secondary course and external examination intended for students who already use Korean in everyday life, typically through family or community background rather than through classroom study as a foreign language. It rewards genuine fluency while testing the academic skills built during the course: understanding spoken and written Korean in a range of registers, responding accurately and appropriately, and producing well-organised Korean for real purposes. The WACE Korean Background Language ATAR case studies are 5 cases and about 1,776 words.
1Honorifics and register in a formal complaint call
You are listening to a recorded phone call for a practice listening task. A university student calls a department office to complain that a scholarship payment has not arrived.
393 words, about 2 min2Inferring the writer's purpose from a short online review
A reading passage is a 200-word online review of a Korean restaurant in Perth written by a second-generation Korean-Australian. The review praises the 반찬 refills and the service but criticises the 된장찌개 as '너무 짜고, 뭔가 좀 아쉬워요.' It ends: '여기는 진짜 한국 사람이 운영하는 곳이라서 그런지 정이 느껴져요.
339 words, about 2 min3Choosing register and structure in a formal email vs a message to a friend
You must write two short texts on the same content: you are declining an invitation to a 동아리 (club) end-of-semester dinner because of a family commitment. Text A is a formal email to the club president (a senior student you have never met personally).
374 words, about 2 min4Handling a topic shift and a personal question in the oral conversation
In the conversation section of the oral exam, the examiner asks about your hobbies, then abruptly shifts: '그런데 한국에 있는 가족과는 얼마나 자주 연락하세요?' You have a complicated family situation and do not want to discuss it in detail. You have about 30 seconds before the examiner moves on.
328 words, about 2 min5Distinguishing fact, inference, and opinion in a listening news clip
A listening passage is a 90-second radio news item about a rise in delivery-robot use in Seoul. The anchor states statistics (e.g.
342 words, about 2 min