Korean Intermediate 3
UndergraduateCUR-KOR2002025
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Build on your basic Korean language skills. You’ll work on accurate pronunciation and explore past, present and future tense. Look a bit deeper into Korean culture and grow your confidence with the language.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Enrol by
- 23 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $611
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Korean Intermediate 3
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- apply grammatical structures appropriately to communicate about themselves, family, personal relationships and general aspects of Korean society at a lower intermediate level of proficiency
- comprehend the main ideas or significant information from spoken Korean and from written passages relating to Korean culture and society
- demonstrate an ability to speak Korean with accurate pronunciation so as to be understood by a native speaker
- produce lower intermediate-level passages on their own interests, and aspects of Korean workplace, society and culture, and express opinions and ideas in the past, present and future tense
- compare and contrast selected aspects of Korean language and culture with their own culture and linguistic structures
- evaluate how different speech registers relate to social situations in Korea, and use the correct form in relevant social contexts
- Finding out about other people: Talking about past experiences
- Finding your way: Requesting for information, and giving directions and explanations
- Arranging plans: Expressing future intention and rejection
- Finding out other people’s views: Giving permission, denying requests, and asking for permission
- Shopping
- Business meals and restaurant etiquette, indirect speech
- Phone etiquette: indirect speech
- Introducing and describing people and events
- Guessing
- Informal speech and making recommendations
This subject is an intermediate level subject suitable for students who have successfully completed Korean for Beginners 2, or who have an equivalent level of competency, such as ATAR Korean. Taught through interactive and self-directed engaging learning approaches and materials, this subject will enable students to progress their Korean language competency and cultural literacy in various aspects of Korean society and culture to prepare them to live and work in Korea.
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to both read and produce low-intermediate level materials in Korean and gain further confidence in using Korean language in everyday and workplace settings.
On successful completion of Korean Intermediate 3 and 4 students will reach a level of competency equivalent to TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean) scale of proficiency upper 2/ lower 3.
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- Weekly practice submission (20%)
- 2 online tests (Invigilated) (50%)
- Spoken (oral) demonstration (30%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Others
Students with Korean language proficiency equivalent to Korean Beginners 2 may enrol in this unit upon successful placement test. Please contact Unit Coordinator for more information.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Arts (Korean Studies)
UndergraduateCUR-KOR-DEG
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