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Modern Language Centre

Evening l Intensive Evening |


Saturday l Summer Language
Courses
Course Description

Korean Level 3
How long does the course last?
45 hours of tuition - 3 parts of 15 hours each
Part 1: 15 hours
Part 2: 16-30 hours
Part 3: 31-45 hours
The length of each part depends on the type of language course.

Evening Language Courses: Lessons take place once a week over 10 weeks and last 1.5 hours each.
Intensive Evening Language Courses: Lessons take place once a week over 5 weeks and last 3 hours each.
Saturday Language Courses & Evening Fast-track Language Courses: Lessons take place once a week over 5
weeks and last 3 hours each.
Summer Fast-track Language Courses: Lessons take place twice a week over 2.5 weeks and last 3 hours each.
Summer Intensive Language Courses: Lessons take place 5 times a week and last 3 hours each.

Who is the course for?


The course is aimed at a wide range of students with a general interest in Korean with one of the following:
• Level 2 of the MLC Evening / Saturday / Summer Language Courses
• approximately 90-120 hours’ tuition
• A1/A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
• a recent GCSE/O-level grade A*
• level 1 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)
• Preliminary level of the Asset Languages qualifications

What are the objectives of the course?


To develop existing language skills further and to achieve the equivalent of A2/B1 level of the CEFR, level 2 of
the RQF.
By the end of the course you will:
• be able to understand authentic passages on familiar issues and communicate on a variety of subjects using
accurate pronunciation and intonation and a range of language and structure
• be able to read and summarize a limited number of authentic texts
• be able to write more complex texts on familiar issues
• have developed intercultural competence further
How is the course taught?
A communicative approach is used. All four skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing) are practised, with the
main emphasis on speaking.
Students engage in interactive language activities, participating in group and pair work according to a syllabus
based on systematic grammatical progression.
Students will also be offered guidance in self-study and set optional homework tasks.
Students will have access to KEATS, King’s e-learning platform.

What course can I do next?


After completing all three parts of this course, students should be ready to join a Korean Level 4 course at the
MLC.

Course outline
Part 1
Topics
Greetings
Daily habits
Korean life
An interview with a Korean teacher
Meeting someone by chance
Feelings

Functions
Asking for a favour
Giving reasons for being unavailable
Talking about past activities
Describing feelings (fear, enjoyment etc.)
Discussing past events

Grammar
Expressing one’s intentions: Verb S. + (으) 게요 / 가르쳐 드릴게요

Giving and offering: using Verb S. + 아/어 드리다

The progressive form / continuing action: Verb S. + 고 있다

Expression of time: when or while verb S + 을 때


Expressions of time: after doing (verb) or after something happens
Expressions of time: before doing

Part 2
Topics
Birthday
Travel & transport / traffic jams
Invitations
Korean table manners

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Functions
Talking about likes and dislikes
Asking for traffic information
Asking & giving directions
Giving one’s opinion
Making suggestions – expressing refusal
Setting up a meeting / appointment
Discussing Korean table manners and its taboos
Asking for and giving permission
Talking about cultural differences

Grammar
The noun modifying form [verb – 는] + Noun

To promise to do something – 기로 했다

Condition expressions –려면

Expressing an action in progress before a change of actions occurs – 다가

Suggestions or propositions using – 읍시다

Giving permission to do something – 아/어도 되다

Refusal, permission or preventing someone from doing something – 으면 안 되다

Part 3
Topics
Shopping: colours –clothes / shoes
Meals
Recommendations
An opening ceremony – the rice cake ceremony

Functions
Taking a message
Describing incidents
Naming articles of clothing
Leaving and taking messages
Reporting what she /he says / said
Describing taste – bland, spicy, oily, sour, bitter

Grammar
The honorific marker (으) 시 + 겠어요?
Indirect speech - verbs: Future, Present, Past tenses
Indirect speech - adjectives
Counting – 첫번째, 두번째, 마지막으로
Using the expression “about/regarding”
Providing background information using + 은데/는데

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Learning resources
Textbook and exercise book
• Songang New Korean Student’s book 2A, Korean Language Education Centre, Sogang University Press.
ISBN 978-89-92491-26-6
• Sogang New Korean Workbook 2A, Korean Language Education Centre, Sogang University Press.
ISBN 978-89-92491-30-3

Students are expected to purchase their own textbook. An exercise book may also be recommended. The teacher
will supply additional material, both tailor-made and taken from other sources (textbooks, newspapers and new
media).

Recommended additional material


• Integrated Korean beginning 2. (2nd ED). University of Hawai’i Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-3515
• Kim, I. and Pyun, D. (2010) Colloquial Korean, Routledge USA, ISBN 978-0-415-44478-1

Online language learning resources


https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/modern-language-centre/language-resources-centre.aspx#ad-image-0

Independent study
Research indicates that successful language learners revise new material and review their progress on a regular
basis. The Language Resources Centre (LRC), situated in room K-1.072 in level minus one of the Strand
Building, houses a wide collection of learning material including text and grammar books, magazines and
newspapers, CDs, DVDs, and self-access e-learning language programmes.
During term time the LRC facilitates free speaking practice sessions as well as a range of workshops on language
learning. For a list of topics and all dates and times, including the opening hours of the LRC, please go to the
website: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/modern-language-centre/language-resources-centre.aspx#ad-image-0

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