Korean Language Program

Korean Language Program offers all four levels of Korean from Elementary (First Year) to Advanced level (Fourth Year). In all levels, the four fundamental language skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing will be enhanced, although the lower levels (elementary and Intermediate) will gear more toward speaking and listening skills, and the upper levels (advanced-intermediate and advanced) will gear more towrd reading and writing skills. The courses in the lower levels consist of lectures (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and drill sections (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays). For the goals and purposes of each course, see Korean language courses.

Placement/Proficiency Test

Placement test
If you have not taken a Korean language course at IU, you have to take a placement test in order to enroll for Korean language courses at IU. The placement test is regularly offered each semester on Wednesday of the week before the next semester begins. This is only for those who would like to take courses in the following semester.

The placement test is based on the textbooks and the material used at Indiana University; this is necessary because all the courses assume that the students are familiar with the material covered in the previous level. So those who have taken Korean language courses else where are recommened to go over the material used at IU, which is available on the web. For your information, IU uses the following textbooks.

• K101(Elementary Korean 1): Integrated Korean: Beginning 1(textbooks and workbooks), University of Hawaii Press.
• K102 (Elementary Korean 2): Integrated Korean: Beginning 2 (textbooks and workbooks), University of Hawaii Press.
• K201 (Second Year Korean 1): Integrated Korean: Intermediate 1 (textbooks and workbooks), University of Hawaii Press.
• K202 (Second Year Korean 1): Integrated Korean: Intermediate 2 (textbooks and workbooks), University of Hawaii Press.
• K301-302 (Third Year Korean): Modern Korean: An Intermediat Reader, University of Hawaii Press
• K401 (Fourth Year Korean 1): Integrated Korean: Advanced-Intermediate 1, University of Hawaii Press (textbooks and workbooks)
• K402 (Fourth Year Korean 1): Integrated Korean: Advanced-Intermediate 2, University of Hawaii Press (textbooks and workbooks)

For more detailed information, contact the program coordinator Hyo Sang Lee.

Proficiency test
If you simply want to be certified for your proficiency level, contact the program coordinator Hyo Sang Lee to arrange a test date. Since the proficiency test can be done any time during the semester, please be advised NOT to come on the placement test date before the semester. For expedite administrative procedures, please provide the following information before taking the test:

• Were you born in the United States?
  If not, how old were you when you came?
  
  
• Have you studies Korean language before?
  If so, when, where, for how long, and in what level?
  
  
• Which language is more comfortable for you, Korean or English?
  
  
• What language do you speak to your parents?
  
  
• Have you attended any school in Korea?
  If you have, in what grades and for how long?

Student Organizations and Activities

Korean Tea Time: every other Monday from 7:30-9:30 at the International Center.
Meet Korean students and enjoy Korean food and snacks, movies, and games.

Korean Coversation Club: to be organzied in Spring 2003.
Meet and share your experience and practice Korean with your fellow students who are learning Korean.

Korean Student Association (KSA)
Students and community organization among Korean students and Bloomington residents.

Korean-American Student Association (KASA)
Students organization among Korean-American students.

Korean Undergraduate Student Association (KUSA)
Students organization among Korean undergraduate students who came from Korea.