Korean (Beginners 1)

Would you like to learn Korean in a no-stress, exciting environment? This course is designed for beginners who are interested in Korean culture and wish to start learning the basics of Korean language.

Course fee

This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, their partners on work visas or visitor visas, and refugees. To qualify, registrants should be over the age of 16 years and not currently enrolled in a secondary school.

We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship, residency or refugee status if requested. A condition of accepting a course fee subsidy is that you commit to at least 80% attendance of your course. The subsidised course fee is $50.

About the course

Korean language for beginners aims to introduce true beginners of the Korean language to basic spoken and written skills in modern Korean. Students will begin to learn Hangul (the Korean alphabet) vowels, and consonants, and spelling. Cecilia will also incorporate relevant cultural information to help students understand the context of the language.

This introductory-level course will cover:

• The Korean alphabet 
• Reading simple words  
• Basic greetings, honorific speech 
• Basic sentences : statement using the verb To Be, questions and answers with yes and no
• How to introduce  yourself

Cecilia's Korean Language programme:

• Korean Beginners 1 (runs over eight classes)
• Korean Beginners 2 (runs over eight classes). This course is suitable for those who may already know a little Korean.
• Korean Level 3 (runs over sixteen classes/two terms)
• Korean Level 4 (runs over sixteen classes/two terms)

If you already speak some Korean, please contact the office and we'll put you in touch with Cecilia to assess which class is best suited to your level of Korean.