Korean Cultural Office, Australia http://koreanculture.org.au Ground Floor, 255 Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW 2000, PH: (02) 8267 3400, FAX: (02) 8267 3401

2014 KOREAN BOOK REVIEW COMPETITION

The Korean Book Review Competition is an annual Korean book review writing competition for schools in Australia, hosted by the Korean Cultural Office, Australia.

The competition is open to all students from Kindergarten to Year 12, who would like to discover the joys of reading Korean stories to improve their Korean language and cultural skills. The entrants will be divided into one of the following four categories.

Division A – Korean as a heritage or a background language - Category I: Primary School students who learn Korean as a community language. - Category II: High School students who learn Korean as a community language.

Division B – Korean as a second language or a foreign language - Category III: Primary School students, the student’s or their parent’s first language

should not be Korean. - Category IV: High School students, the student’s or their parent’s first language

should not be Korean. Each category is given different requirements for submitting the book review. Entries can be coordinated as a group and submitted by the Korean language teacher.

Gift vouchers and other special prizes will be awarded to each winner in each category by Korean Cultural Office, the Korean Consulate and the Korean Embassy. Grand Prizes, signed by the Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Korea and the Minister of NSW Department of Education and Communities, will be awarded for the first winner of each Division. Certificates will be awarded for the first, second, third places and encouragement prize for each category. All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.

The entries are judged by a panel consisting of representatives from the Korean language teachers’ communities, academics, and the Korean Consulate, Sydney. The winners will be invited to the 2014 Korean Book Review Competition Award Ceremony at Korean Cultural Office in June 25, 2014. They will also have the opportunity to read their winning entry on the Korean Cultural Office podcast.

Entries MUST be student’s original work. The book reviews must address a Korean fiction or non-fiction book that fits into the theme for each category. A Cover Page form and a Permission to use students’ work form must be submitted for each entry.

Entries should be received by Friday 9 May 2014 and addressed to Korean Cultural Office

school@koreanculture.org.auGround Floor, 255 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000 NSW, or by email,

COVER PAGE 2014 KOREAN Book Review

Korean Book Title:

Publication Details (Publisher, Publication Date and ISBN):

Student’s Full name:

Student Grade/School Year:

Student’s contact detail:

School name:

School address:

Teacher’s name:

Teacher’s contact details:

Tick the Division and Category in which you are submitting your book review writing.

Tick Division Category Themes Requirements

A I Friendship, Courage, or Laugh

between 150-200 words in KOREAN

A II Dream, Discover, or Explore

between 300-400 words in KOREAN

B III Friendship, Courage, or Laugh

between 200-250 words in ENGLISH*

B IV Dream, Discover, or Explore

between 350-450 words in ENGLISH*

*NOTE 1: A book review written in ENGLISH MUST include at least one paragraph or 10% of its

content written in KOREAN.

*NOTE 2: Preferred font size and type are Times New Roman, 13 point with double spacing.

Closing date – Friday 9 May 2014 Only entries received by the due date will be accepted.

This ‘Cover Page’ form MUST be attached to each entry. A Permission to use students’ work

form must also be submitted for each student. Entries will not be returned.

Further enquiries can be directed to Kate Jung at school@koreanculture.org.au

Permission to Publish Form 2014 KOREAN Book Review

I declare that the work contained in this Korean book review is my own work, and

has not been copied in part, or in whole, or otherwise plagiarized the work of others.

I understand any form of plagiarism means my award will be disqualified.

I also agree that my Korean book review in this competition may be displayed and

reproduced by the Korean Cultural Office, and/or published on Korean Cultural

Office’s web pages, or in outside media.

·Student’s full name:

·Student Grade/School Year:

·School name:

·Korean Book Title:

Student Name (print)

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Student Signature

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Date ……………………………………

Parent/Legal Guardian Name (print)

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Parent Signature

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Date ……………………………………….