Communicate confidently with Korean beginners course. Delve deep into the Korean language and culture and improve your understanding over six modules.
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Korean Beginners - Level 1 Course overview
Study Korean with our online beginners course for a comprehensive introduction to this captivating language.
Through a series of online evening classes, you’ll master the basics of reading, writing and speaking Korean. We’ll introduce you to the Korean alphabet, Hangul, and basic grammar, including adjectives, the SOV sentence structure (subject, object verb) and everyday verbs in past and present tense.
When you learn the Korean language at City St George’s, you will mostly focus on practical and real-life situations, from greetings and introductions to discussing past experiences or events. You’ll also explore aspects of Korean culture and etiquette.
We’ve designed our online Korean lessons to be interactive and informal and you’ll get plenty of practice by working in small groups. Start learning with these enjoyable evening classes.
Who is it for?
This Korean course is for complete beginners.
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Timetable
The Korean beginners course includes 72 hours of online learning and is taught across six modules.
Benefits
- Taught by qualified Korean tutors
- Interactive and varied learning techniques
- Learn topics needed for everyday interactions
- Awarded a certificate from an esteemed London university
What will I learn?
Throughout the year, you’ll learn to
- greet people and introduce yourself
- talk about daily routines, locations and current activities
- talk about weekly activities and past experiences
- talk about the weather and seasons
- make suggestions about leisure activities
Grammatical structures
- Informal and formal style of speech for present and past tense
- Sentence structure and subject, object and location markers/particles
- Numbers and counting unit
- connective ending for ‘and’ -고 and ‘but’ -지만
- suggestions with 을까요?
Assessment and certificates
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.
Eligibility
This course is aimed at those who are completely new to Korean.
If you have a little experience, or you are willing to do some self-study to catch up, you can join us on one of the later Beginners modules.
Please reach out to our team if you're not sure which level is right for you.
Additional requirements
To enrol onto the Beginners Korean 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.
Tutor
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Jaehee Cho
Jaehee Cho graduated from Korea University in Seoul with a BA in Korean language and literature education in 1987. She went on to study for an M.A. in Phonetics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in 1997. Her interest is in learning and teaching languages, especially the sound of languages and how to teach a language more effectively using both structural and communicative approach. Jaehee has more than 25 years of experience in teaching Korean.
She wrote some books ‘Korean Listening Skills’ for Beginners and Intermediate learners. Currently she is also teaching Korean at King’s College London and FCO Language Centre.
