Korean Beginner 2

Gain practical speaking, reading and writing skills in Korean. Beginner 2 is ideal if you have a basic command of Korean vocabulary and grammar, and have been introduced to Hangul.

Build your vocabulary and grammar skills through live, interactive classes, audio recordings and videos as you learn about culture and life in modern Korea. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to understand basic spoken Korean, and read and write simple texts about everyday situations.

Some of the lessons covered in this course include:

• Inquiring about someone’s hometown and family
• Asking and telling about quantity/counting
• Using numbers and noun counters
• Asking alternative questions
• Saying good-bye
• Asking and telling about destination and purpose
• Coming and going
• Asking and telling about time

Course outline

This is not a prescriptive list. Exact course outlines are determined by the instructor to best meet the needs of the class. This is meant to serve as a guideline and suggest what may be covered at this level. It is often necessary to repeat levels in order to become completely comfortable with the skills at each stage with a different teacher and style.

Communicative and linguistic objectives

• Inquiring about hometown and family
• Asking and telling about quantity/counting
• Numbers and noun counters
• Alternative questions
• Saying good-bye
• Asking and telling about destination and purpose
• Coming and going
• Asking and telling about time
• The locative particles
• The basic sentence pattern
• Taking about how much time something takes
• Talking about daily activities, as well as habitual and past activities
• Asking reasons
• Irregular predicates
• Talking about past events
• The negative adverb
• Talking about weekend plans, likes and dislikes 
• Probability
• Question words
• The casual connective
• Negative questions

Expected Effort

You can expect to spend about three hours per week attending live, virtual classes and completing course work on your own time. Expect double this amount during the intensive summer term.

Textbook

This course covers lessons 4–7 of Integrated Korean: Beginning 1, Third Edition (2019). You can purchase this required textbook from the UBC Bookstore.

Course Format

This course is offered online and/or in-person. See Available Sessions for details on the course format.

Our online conversational courses offer a virtual classroom experience where you can see and interact with your teacher and classmates over Zoom. Log in at a set time to participate in individual, pair and group work, ask questions and receive feedback from your instructor.

Outside of class time, access course materials online at your own pace for up to three weeks after the course ends.

In-person classes are offered at UBC Robson Square in downtown Vancouver. 

Learn more about online learning at Extended Learning.

How am I assessed?

This is a non-credit course without letter or numerical grades. You receive verbal feedback on your conversation and grammar skills from your instructor during class. Written homework is typically corrected in class. Some lesson modules may include quizzes.

Record of completion

A record of completion will be emailed to students who participate and satisfy the course requirements within two weeks of the course end date. Course completion means 80% attendance and/or 80% completion of mandatory assignments.

Technology requirements

For all languages classes, you’ll need access to the internet, a personal email account and an up-to-date web browser.

For online classes, you will also need a video camera and a microphone on your device.

The day before your course starts, you will receive an email with instructions on how to access the course.