Intensive Korean Course Syllabus
Step-by-Goal and Course Contents
Beginners Ø Learning Korean characters, phonetic value and characteristics of
(Elementary1A) syllable structure.
Ø Understanding of basic words and simple sentences and improving
Transcript: Intro
the ability to express oneself.
Ø Learning Korean characters, phonetic value, and syllable structure
characteristics.
Elementary 1 Ø Learning basic words and configuration, basic sentence structures
that are essential in everyday life.
Transcript: Level 1
Ø Acquiring the ability of greeting, self-introduction, and shopping,
ordering food, expressing date and time and other conversations
that are necessary in basic life.
Ø Acquiring and correcting exact pronunciation and learning to
distinguish phonological changes.
Ø Acquiring essential connections and word endings, as well as passive
Elementary 2
form sentences, causative form sentences, and indirect speech
Transcript: Level 2 grammar.
Ø Acquiring a little more complicated conversation for everyday life
such as making phone calls, reservations, using the post office and
bank.
Ø Learning basic vocabulary needed to perform everyday tasks such
as general phenomena of society, as well as using public facilities.
Ø Learning complicated postpositions, connections and word endings,
Intermediate 1
as well as supporting words.
Transcript: Level 3 Ø Learning to make a conversation about familiar social material and
to understand advertisements, interviews, and weather forecasts.
Ø Acquiring language features of description, advising, and refusing,
necessary to maintain social relationships.
Ø Acquiring onomatopoeic, mimetic word, proverb, basic current event
Intermediate 2 vocabulary, metaphysical vocabulary and current event terminology
that are frequently used.
Transcript: Level 4
Ø Complete complicated postpositions, word ending conjugation
systems and learn various meanings as well as their use.
Ø Understanding Korean culture through general current events in the
newspaper and on TV.
Ø Learn to judge comprehensively and logically opinions toward social
problems.
Ø Acquire various idioms and loan words, and learn social
phenomenon, related metaphysical vocabulary, and current event
vocabulary.
Advanced 1 Ø Learning to preview materials concerning politics, the economy,
society, and culture and learn relatively easy literature.
Transcript: Level 5
Ø Covers a wide range of the overall problems related to politics,
economy, society, and culture through discussion.
Ø Acquiring the language features of summarizing, demonstrating,
convincing, and needed for tasks.
Ø Learning extensive vocabulary, slang, argot, and abbreviations of
professional fields.
Ø Acquiring the ability to understand abstract information of not only
Advanced 2 politics, the economy, and society but also philosophy, literature, and
history.
Transcript: Level 6
Ø Improving speaking ability fluently and accurately, in relation to the
professional field, to be able to enter a school and gain employment.
Ø Write a treatise after researching reference materials and finding
information about a topic.
Ø Preparing to enter University or graduate school, and getting a job,
setting a native speaker proficiency goal, acquiring the ability to
Immersion Class study not only cultural subjects but also academic classes.
Ø Learning in-depth vocabulary and grammar, translation and reading
Transcript: Level 7
of cultural books, listening activity through multi-media and power
point production practice, key learning of composition through
various topics of writing covered during that day.