2025 SNU International Summer Institute

Korean Language – Level 1

Course Duration June 30 ~ July 23, 2025
Class Hours Monday~Thursday, 02:10pm ~ 04:00pm

1. Course Description
This 30 hour course focuses on teaching students without any prior knowledge of the Korean language to read, write,
and converse in Korean by providing basic vocabulary and grammar structure used in everyday situation. The goal
of this course is to facilitate students in learning basic communication expressions commonly used in real life situations
by practicing reading, writing, and listening example set of conversations outlined with different everyday life topics.

2. Course Objective
- To learn how to read and write Hangeul, the Korean alphabet
- To understand basic vocabulary and expressions used in daily conversations
- To understand basic Korean grammar structure
- To learn how to greet, introduce oneself, and to carry on a basic daily conversation such as talking about one's
hobbies or daily activities

3. Course Materials
[I Love Korean 1] & [I Love Korean Workbook 1]
by Language Education Institute of Seoul National University, Seoul National University Press

4. Course Requirement
Students are required to:
- hand in daily assignment
- take a quiz after finishing each unit
- present a role-play after finishing each unit

5. Course Evaluation
Attendance Assignments Written Tests (Quizzes) Oral Tests (Role-plays)

10% 10% 40% 40%

* A: 90~100 / B: 80~89 / C: 70~79 / D: 60~69 / F: 0~59

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Seoul National University

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6. Course Schedule
Remarks Homework
Week Date Lecture (Workbook)
* Hangeul I(1), p. 12-16
Mon. June 30 Unit 1
* Hangeul I(2)

* Hangeul II(3) p.18-23

Tue. July 1 Unit 2
*Classroom Korean and Greetings
Week 1 p.24-26
* Introducing your name
Wed. July 2 Unit 3-1
* Introducing your nationality

p.27-33
*Introducing another person
Thur. July 3 Unit 3-2
*Asking and answering personal questions

Quiz, (Unit3) p.34-36

*Asking names of objects and responding
Mon. July 7 Unit 4-1
*Talking about possessions

Role-play p.37-43
* Using appropriate demonstratives according to certain situations
Tue. July 8 Unit 4-2 (Unit3)
*Asking and answering questions about ownership
Week 2
*Making requests Quiz, (Unit4) p.44-46
Wed. July 9 Unit 5-1 *Counting numbers
*Ordering food(1)
Role-play p.47-53
*Expressing quantities using unit nouns
Thur. July 10 Unit 5-2 (Unit4)
* Ordering food(2)

Quiz, (Unit5) p.54-56

*Expressing an action in the present tense
Mon. July 14 Unit 6-1
*Expressing the object of an action

Role-play p.57-63
*Expressing destination of movement
Tue. July 15 Unit 6-2 (Unit5)
*Expressing where actions occur

Week 3
*Describing Quiz, (Unit6) 64-66
Wed. July 16 Unit 7-1 *Expressing negatives
*Buying things
Role-play 67-73
*Asking and answering about prices
Thur. July 17 Unit 7-2 (Unit6)
*Buying things

Quiz, (Unit7) 74-76

*Asking and answering about time
Mon. July 21 Unit 8-1
*Asking and answering about days of the week

Role-play 77-83
*Asking and answering about the date
Tue. July 22 Unit 8-2 (Unit7)
Week 4 *Expressing length of time

*Asking and answering about the weather Quiz, (Unit8)

Unit 9-1 *Making suggestions
Wed. July 23
Unit 9-2 *Asking and answering about location
*Giving direction

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