- Online
- $460
Build on the grammar and vocabulary learned in Beginner 1 and 2by expanding your skills to form longer and more complex sentences and use them in everyday conversations. This course is suitable for learners who can already use basic vocabulary and simple sentences in Korean to describe the state of someone or something, or to explain what someone else is doing or has done.
By the end of this course, you will have a greater appreciation and mastery of concepts covered in Korean Beginner 1 and 2 and will also be able to:
- ask and answer questions about family
- introduce family members
- suggest things that others should try
- talk about objects and people in your surroundings
- make weekend plans
- talk about your experiences
- talk about what you do well or not so well
- talk about what you want to do
- ask and answer questions about hobbies
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
- Inquiring and introducing one’s hometown and family
- Going shopping
- Talking about travel plans
- Talking about travel experiences
- Talking about weekend activities
- Talking about hobbies
Linguistic objectives
- Use appropriate honorifics for different social contexts
- Conjugate irregular predicates
- Main-auxiliary verb constructions
- Link simple sentences using clausal connectives and conjunctions
- Negate predicates using negative adverbs and counterparts
- Modify nouns with adjectives and verbs
- Provide the purpose or intention of an action
- Switch tenses between the past, present and future
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
Integrated Korean: Beginning 2, Third Edition (2020) is recommended but not required. You can purchase this 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.