Korean Level 2 - Elementary

The Level 2 Korean Elementary course takes you to the next stage in your beginners’ journey to help you progress in Korean.

On the course you will learn a wide variety of grammar and vocabulary to enhance your skills across the four principal areas: reading, writing, listening and speaking. This will allow you to hold conversations in Korean with native speakers.

The content of the programme will help you to reach A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Who is it for?

The course is designed for those who have a basic knowledge of the Korean language and want to advance to the next level. Ideally, it is best suited to those who have completed City St George’s Korean Beginner's course or equivalent.

Timetable

The Elementary Korean course includes 60 hours of online learning and is taught across three modules.

Benefits

• Delivered by a qualified Korean speaker
• Interactive and varied learning techniques
• Awarded a City St George’s, University of London certificate.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• make plans and arrangement
• express obligation and prohibition
• talk about illness
• understand telephone conversation and text messages
• express reasons
• request and offer help
• describe someone’s appearance
• express wanting to do something.

Grammatical structures

• Honorific form (으)시
• Possessive 의
• Be good at /not good at with 잘하다/ 못하다
• From – to  부터- 까지
• Does/is and then  -아서/어서
• Future tense -을 거예요
• ㅡ irregular verb
• Negative command ‘Don’t’  –지 마세요
• Isn’t it?  with  n+(이)지요?
• Continuous form  -고 있다
• Cannot ‘못’
• Because –아서/어서
• Intend to –(으)려고 하다
• From (a place) to (a place) -에서-까지
• Do something for me -아/어 주다
• Instrumental ‘ by’ (으)로
• Adjectives (ii)
• ㄹ irregular verb
• noun modifiers 은/ㄴ for adjectives
• to (a person) 한테/께
• Try do –아/어 보세요
• If/when  (으)면
• Noun modifier for verb 는
• Want to –고 싶다 & -고 싶어하다
• Adverbs
• Can/cannot (으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다
• I will  -(으)ㄹ게요
• Go/come in order to -(으)러 가다/오다
• While -(으)면서

You will receive a Certificate of Completion from City St George’s, University of London, along with a digital badge for your LinkedIn profile.

To qualify, you must attend at least 70% of classes.

Teaching

Classes are highly interactive and include:

• Small group work and role-play
• Listening to audio materials (e.g. radio clips)
• Reading articles and texts
• Watching video content
• Digital learning tools to support your progress

You’ll also explore Korean culture, current affairs and traditions alongside language learning.

It is the right level if you have either:

• completed our Korean Beginner's course or equivalent
• studied formally for 60 hours or more.

You should already be able to:

• greet people
• understand prices
• know the times and dates
• name a selection of items
• talk about travel experiences
• talk about the weather.

Please do reach out to our team if you’re not sure which level is right for you.

Additional requirements

To enrol onto the Elementary Language course, you must:

• be age 18 or over
• have basic IT skills and a reliable internet connection to access lessons and course materials.

English requirements

You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.