Korean Beginner 2

Continue to develop practical speaking and listening skills while deepening your familiarity with the Korean alphabet. Beginner 2 is ideal if you can greet others, introduce yourself and others, and describe basic items using simple vocabulary and sentence structures.

Expand 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, form simple sentences with appropriate vocabulary, and read and write short texts about everyday situations.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:

• Ask and answer questions about what you or others are doing
• Talk about where you or others come from or are going to
• Ask and answer questions about that state of something or someone
• Count large numbers using noun counters
• Talk about past events
• Propose future events
• Describe the location of someone or something

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 objectives

• Asking and answering questions about present actions
• Talking about today’s schedule
• Purchasing items
• Describing the state of someone or something
• Counting with numbers and counters
• Talking about daily life
• Talking about past events
• Making plans
• Asking and answering questions about locations

Linguistic objectives

• Particle 1: subject and object particles
• Particle 2: locative particles
• Particle 3: auxiliary particle
• Conjugation 1: present polite ending
• Conjugation 2: past polite ending
• Conjugation 3: polite ending for suggestion
• Irregular conjugations
• Adverbs for negation
• Connective (conjunctive) endings

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

Students who have successfully completed a course can access completion documents two weeks after the course ends. 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.