The introductory course immerses you in the essentials of the Korean language, unraveling the intricacies of Hangeul, the Korean alphabet. This course navigates the creation and principles of Hangeul, honing your ability to construct syllable blocks and master pronunciation. It ends with basic expressions that are useful in daily conversation and classroom settings. By the end of the course, you will be able to read, write, and pronounce any Korean phoneme.

Prerequisite: None

Instructor: TBD

Textbook: Anytime Korean Beginning 1 (Preview here)

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This course provides you with a foundation in Korean communication. You will learn vocabulary and grammar that can be used for a basic conversation about one’s nationality, grade level, hobbies, academic majors, and occupations. You will learn to exchange greetings, ask and answer “what is” questions with “is” and “is not” verb conjugations, and construct a variety of present tense sentences using the S-O-V order. By the end of the course, you will be able to introduce yourself, ask basic questions to get acquainted to your fellow classmates, and invite someone to do an activity together.

Prerequisite: Ability to read and write Hangeul 한글

Instructor: TBD

Textbook: Anytime Korean Beginning 1 (Preview text here)

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This course builds on our Beginner 1 class, exploring essential language tools for everyday interactions. The course covers asking and answering “how” and “what” questions, basic commands, honorifics, topic and subject markers, and counting classifiers. New vocabulary includes Korean-Sino and Korean numbers, household items, and family members. By the end of the course, you will be able to discuss one’s housing situation, exchange phone numbers, order food and drinks, talk about one’s family members, and count objects and people.

Prerequisite: Beginner 1 course or demonstrated equivalency on the placement exam

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Textbook: Anytime Korean Beginning 1 (Preview text here)

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This course expands the breadth of your communication ability. You will be introduced to the past tense and past perfect tense as you learn to talk about daily schedules, creating plans, weather, Korean food and recipes. You will practice applying Korean numbers in a variety of everyday uses such as temperature, months, dates, days of the week, and time. By the end of the course, you will be able to talk about one’s daily agenda, weather and temperature, Korean food and more.

Prerequisite: Beginner 2 class or demonstrated equivalency on the placement exam

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Textbook: Anytime Korean Beginning 2 (Preview text here)

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This course aims to expand your communication skills to different occasions and audiences. You will be introduced to non-honorifics and further develop honorifics. Grammar includes suggestions, asking for permission, future tense, negations, and conjunction endings. These grammatical concepts are practiced through new vocabulary covering active verbs, adjectives, and hobbies.

Prerequisite: Beginner 3 course or demonstrated equivalency on the placement exam

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Textbook: Anytime Korean Beginning 2 (Preview text here)

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This course is for learners who have already gained a solid foundation of Korean and is suitable for preparing for the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK). This course covers Korean university culture, sharing one’s Korean travel experiences, and traditional Korean holidays and customs. You will learn sentence patterns to express reported statements that others have made (“~다고/~라고 하다”) and new realizations (“I found out/realized that~”, “I did not know that~”). You will also be introduced to speaking in casual, non-honorific speech styles.

Prerequisite: Beginner 4 course or demonstrated equivalency on the placement exam

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Textbook: Anytime Korean Intermediate 1 (Preview text here)

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This course introduces a variety of new sentence patterns and expressions that will allow you to express more complex thoughts and situations. This course covers topics such as modes of transportation, popular sports, one’s favorite dramas and movies, and different types of housing. You will learn “to be thinking of ~ing”, reporting question “~냐고 하다”, “because of ~ing” (~느라고), “to not know whether…have to~” “~아야 할지 모르다”

Prerequisite: Intermediate 1 course or demonstrated equivalency on the placement exam

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Textbook: Anytime Korean Intermediate 1(Preview text here)

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This course covers discussing about health problems, preparing for an interview using the formal speech style, inviting guests to a party and understanding Korean moving and housewarming culture. This course covers I heard that ~, so…/~다던데“, “One should not~/~으면 안 되다”, “Using an indirect speech/~는지/~은지/~ㄴ지” and “as a result of ~는 바람에”

Prerequisite: Intermediate 2 course or demonstrated equivalency on the placement exam

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Textbook: Anytime Korean Intermediate 2 (Preview text here)

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Thursday 8:00pm EST

This course covers Korean leisure activities, describing past experiences, exchanging opinions and making suggestions, and making formal requests to seniors. You will learn expressions “indeed~/~기는 하다””Expression what you did and what you realized/~았(었)더니”, “to be worth ~ing/~을(ㄹ) 만하다", “Expressing that an action is performed for future use or advantage” and “I wish that~/~았(었)으면 좋겠다”

Prerequisite: Intermediate 3 course or demonstrated equivalency on the placement exam

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Textbook: Anytime Korean Intermediate 2 (Preview text here)

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At this course, you can learn advanced level expressions, a variety of sentence patterns with practicing text book activities.The textbook arranges lessons with authentic materials that focus on real daily situations. Helps learners to be familiarized with grammar structures or vocabulary by giving simple explanations and offering fun various activities. Enables learners to communicate their thoughts in real situations naturally. At the class, you will have practiced writing sentences and short paragraphs in Korean and you can improve your spelling and writing accuracy.

Prerequisite: Intermediate 4 course or demonstrated equivalency on the placement exam

Instructor: Insil Choi

Textbook: Fun! Fun! Korean 3 (Preview text here)

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Advanced Korean 2 (Reading and Discussion) courses are for students who can speak Korean fluently without excessive mistakes. Students will expand their vocabulary, learn and deploy colloquial expressions and idioms, and understand common grammar rules in Korean. In the class, students will use reading materials such as short stories and news articles as a basis for discussion and exploration. Some reading materials will be provided by the instructor.

Prerequisite: Advanced 1 course or demonstrated equivalency on the placement exam

Instructor: Insil Choi

Textbook: Fun! Fun! Korean 3 (Preview text here)

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