- Online
- $445
In Korean Beginner 4, students apply the grammatical knowledge from their previous coursework to develop communicative skills for an increasingly complex variety of spoken and written situations. The course features a selection of idioms, proverbs and stories for a deeper look at and understanding of Korean culture and history.
By the end of this course, you will have a greater appreciation and mastery of concepts covered in Korean Beginner 1,2 and 3 and will also be able to:
- Add pre-nouns in inquiries
- Build demonstrative expressions
- Conjugate irregular predicates
- Describe general directions and means of transportation
- Indicate the sender and recipient of an item or message
- Link simple sentences using clausal connectives and conjunctions
- Modify nouns with adjectives and verbs
- Negate predicates using negative adverbs and counterparts
- Provide the purpose or intention of an action
- Switch tenses between the past, present and future
- Use appropriate honourifics for different social contexts
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 uses Integrated Korean: Beginning 1, Third Edition (2019). You can purchase this required textbook from the UBC Bookstore.
Additionally, 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
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.