Inner Circle Course | Level 4
About this course
Just when you thought it couldn’t get better, our newly released level 4 truly delivers! Together, we delve into more of the subtleties of Korean speaking.
The skills you learn here will help you to become a polished presenter in the way you communicate. Whether it be in the office, the classroom, the streets, or your own home, your language skills will become more and more natural! Armed with this knowledge, you’ll bring your Korean level to new heights.
To start, you'll focus on the fundamentals of Korean. As you gain confidence in your skills, you'll be able to do more specific things like understand K-Dramas without subtitles, sing along with your favorite K-Pop songs, talk with family members, or interact with the locals on your next trip to Korea. You'll have a lot more options in terms of the conversations you'll be having and the people you'll be having them with!
By the end of Level 4, you’ll be able to:
- Understand and Use Complex Grammar Structures: You'll really improve at understanding and using tricky grammar in conversations.
- Talk About Habits and Conditions: Describe personal tendencies and states, making your conversations more detailed.
- Change Up Sentences and Talk About Causes: Learn to restructure sentences to talk about passive actions and why things happen, which helps you tell better stories.
- Contrast and Combine Information: Easily compare different things and mix background info with main points, making your stories more interesting.
- Deal with Uncertainty and Guesses: Get good at talking about things you're not sure about or making guesses, useful in conversations where you're thinking about possibilities.
- Ask Politely and Report What Others Say: Learn how to ask for things respectfully and tell people what someone else said, important for being polite in conversations.
- Share What You Know, and Your Hopes, and Talk About Time: Talk about what you understand, what you wish for, and time-related stuff, making your chats deeper.
- Improve Reading and Writing: Get better at reading and writing Korean, really helpful for everyday communication.
- Learn About Korean Culture and Stories: Understand Korean fairy tales and cultural words, which helps you get to know Korean culture better.
- Make Your Korean More Personal: Use special expressions and talk about personalities to express yourself clearly.
- Have Different Kinds of Conversations: Talk about everything from cultural differences to hobbies and personal stories, making your Korean chats more varied and fun.
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Here are the benefits of this course and what you'll be able to do...
Learning all the formalities.
The Korean language has a ton of formalities, and learning them all can be challenging due to their complexity and variations in usage.
Here’s what you can do:
Break down formalities into manageable categories, prioritize commonly used ones, and gradually incorporate them into interactions.
Lack of feedback.
Not getting sufficient feedback makes it difficult to gauge progress and identify areas for improvement in learning Korean.
Here’s what you can do:
Join language exchange groups or online platforms to interact with native speakers who can provide valuable feedback on your language usage.
Memorizing over 400 verb endings without being able to use any in a conversation.
Memorizing all the verb endings without being able to use them in a conversation can feel overwhelming and disconnected from practical communication.
Here’s what you can do:
Focus on learning verb endings in context by using them in sentences during language practice to enable a practical understanding of their usage.
Getting stuck with Korean grammar markers.
Korean grammar markers can be confusing, especially since their order and usage can significantly alter the entire meaning of the sentence.
Here’s what you can do:
Study grammar markers step by step and use resources like videos and interactive exercises, and engage with sentences that showcase marker usage. But remember, you don’t need to master all Korean grammar markers to be able to have a conversation with a native.
Losing motivation after using the wrong words.
Losing motivation after using the wrong words can be disheartening, leading to a sense of discouragement in the learning process.
Here’s what you can do:
Embrace mistakes as part of the learning process, celebrate small achievements, and set realistic goals to sustain your enthusiasm for language learning.
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