혹시, 한국어 공부에 어려움을 겪고 있으신가요? 서울대학교의 외국인 학생들을 대상으로 조사한 설문에서, 많은 외국인 학생들이 한국어 학습에 어려움을 겪고 있다는 것이 밝혀졌습니다. 비록 수업이 영어로 진행된다 하더라도, 부족한 한국어 실력 때문에 일상생활에서 어려움을 겪거나 친구들과 의사소통에 어려움이 있던 경험이 분명이 있었을 것입니다. 그러나 한국어를 배우고 싶어도 어디서 배워야 할지, 어떻게 배워야 할지 모르는 사람들이 많습니다. 그런 분들에게 서울대학교 언어교육원 한국어교육센터의 프로그램을 추천합니다!

52년의 역사를 가진 한국어교육센터는 한국어를 배우고자 하는 외국인에게 한국어와 한국 문화를 교육하여, 유창하고 정확한 한국어를 구사하고 한국을 이해할 수 있게 하는 것을 목표로 합니다. 한국어교육센터의 한국어교육 프로그램은 다양한 학습활동을 통한 통합적 언어능력 향상에 중점을 두고 있고, 개개인의 특성에 맞는 최적의 교수법을 적용하여 한국어 의사소통 능력 향상을 도모하고 있습니다. 또한 학생들에게 다양한 문화체험의 기회를 제공하고 있습니다.

프로그램 설명

한국교육센터의 프로그램에는 정규과정와 특별과정이 있습니다. 정규수업의 경우 1년에 봄, 여름, 가을, 겨울 4학기로 운영되며, 한국어 수준에 따라 1급에서 6급, 그리고 연구반으로 나뉘어 수업을 받게 됩니다. 한국어에 대한 지식이 전혀 없는 학생을 대상으로 한 1급부터 유창한 한국어 실력을 갖춘 외국인들에게 대학 및 대학원 수업에서 필요한 고급 한국어 능력을 가르치는 연구반까지 다양한 레벨이 존재하기 때문에, 학생들은 한국어 실력에 대한 걱정 없이 레벨테스트를 보고 자신의 실력에 맞는 수업을 들을 수 있습니다.

레벨 설명

level

Level Description
1
Students with no prior knowledge of Korean learn how to manage basic everyday situations in Korea.
- Students learn how to read Korean characters (hangul) accurately.
- Students learn basic structure of Korean language to understand and use short sentences.
- Students will learn Korean with a focus on language functions and tasks needed in everyday life such as greeting, introducing themselves, ordering food, buying things, making telephone calls, using public transportation, and inviting guests.
- Students will learn basic Korean culture needed in everyday life such as Korean food and titles.
2
Students with 200 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the conversation skills necessary for everyday.
- Students practice phonetic rules of Hangul to read and say sentences more naturally.
- Students understand and use relatively longer sentences connected and expanded by short sentences.
- Students ask and answer about familiar topics such as family, hobbies, sports, seasons, trips and experience.
- Students will learn honorifics such as plain speech and polite speech so that they can use the correct forms according to the discourse situation.
- Students experience and learn interesting details about Korean culture such as the New Year’s food and the Korean traditional percussion quartet.
3
Students with 400 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the communication skills necessary for everyday life.
- Students learn enough vocabulary of everyday life, Chinese characters and idiomatic expressions and conduct everyday conversations freely.
- Students learn and express various topics such as looking for a room, moving, getting a broken television fixed, planning for a holiday, traveling and acting.
- Students learn Korean culture through Korean cooking, field trips to Korean cultural centers and appreciation of Korean poetry.
4
Students with 600 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the communication skills needed to carry out various social activities. Experiencing traditional Korean culture is an important component of this class.
- Students acquire language skills necessary for research and employment.
- Students read and discuss various articles on society, culture, history and novels.
- Students improve their skills in expressing their thoughts relatively long and logically.
- Students understand Korean culture through field trips or Korean myths, traditional tales and folk songs.
5
Students with 800 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire communication skills needed to flawlessly handle daily situations. At this level, students expand their knowledge of Korean history and culture.
- Students acquire concrete language skills necessary for research and employment.
- Students participate in discussions on social topics of interest such as politics, society, economy and culture.
- Students cultivate technical knowledge and discussion skills through formal essay writing and research paper presentation on various topics.
6
Students with 1,000 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency learn to use Korean fluently in social activities. This course incorporates a comprehensive study of Korean history and culture.
- Students cultivate language skills necessary for participating in university lectures and performing duties on the job.
- Students improve their skills in expressing their ideas logically on formal occasions such as discussions and presentations.
- Students conduct listening, reading and discussion comprehension exercises using real-life data including broadcasts.
- Students learn Korean history through multimedia such as a broadcasted documentary.
Advanced Academic Class
Students with 1,200 hours of Korean language instruction (level 6 in the regular program or above), or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency learn to acquire Korean language skills necessary for research and employment. This course incorporates a comprehensive study of Korean history and culture.
- Students cultivate language skills necessary for university and graduate school courses and employment.
- Students learn how to write formal reports and other writings necessary for university and graduate school courses.
- Students acquire skills necessary to find materials and data through the use of books, dissertations and the Internet.
- Students learn expressions in Korean language necessary to understand cultural backgrounds on the job.
- Students cultivate their skills in understanding writing as a whole critically through readings of various sources and making presentations and discussions accordingly.
Students understand newspapers and broadcasted materials dealing with some of the main issues in society and exercise in expressing their opinions on the corresponding topic with fluency and accuracy.

정규과정의 경우 한 학기는 10주, 총 200시간 수업으로 구성되며 오전반의 경우 오전 9시~오후 1시까지 수업이 진행되고, 오후반의 경우 오후 1시 30분~오후 5시 20분까지 수업이 진행됩니다. 특별과정의 경우 시간 등 여러 제약으로 정규과정을 듣지 못하는 학생들을 대상으로 제공됩니다. 늦은 시간대에 열리는 저녁반이나, 여름 방학을 이용하여 한국어와 한국 문화를 익힐 수 있는 여름 5주단기연수과정, 또 집중적으로 한국어를 공부하고 싶을 때 수강할 수 있는 온라인 3주 집중 연수과정도 있습니다.

또한 오전반 수강생들은 선택과정으로 필요에 따라 발음반, TOPIK 준비반, 한자반을 무료로 수강할 수 있습니다. 이처럼 한국어교육센터는 외국인 학생들의 수요를 충족하는 다양한 프로그램을 제공하고 있습니다. 한국어교육센터는 외국인 학생들에게 한국어 수업뿐만 아니라 다양한 문화체험을 제공하고 있는데, 다도 시연 및 전통 민요 배우기, 사물놀이, 한지공예, 한국 요리 체험, 판문점 견학 등 직접 한국의 문화를 체험해보고 한국 문화를 이해할 수 있습니다.

선택과정

Class Description
Pronunciation Clinic (발음반)
Students correct and improve their Korean pronunciation through one-to-one instruction
- Students record and correct their pronunciation through use of laboratory facilities.
- Students’ pronunciation is analyzed accurately through use of contrastive analytical data per language group.
TOPIK Preparation Class (TOPIK 준비반)
Students will practice problem patterns so that they can get good scores on the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK).
1) Intermediate Class
- Students in level-3 and 4 classes at the KLEC will learn the grammar needed for the intermediate-level TOPIK.
- Students will learn problem patterns in vocabulary and grammar, writing, listening comprehension, and reading.
- Students will learn words including antonyms, synonyms, and polysemous (multisense) words.

2) Advanced Class
- Students in level-5 and 6 classes at the KLEC will learn the grammar needed for the advanced-level TOPIK.
- Students will learn problem patterns in vocabulary and grammar, writing, listening comprehension, and reading.
Chinese Character Class(한자반)
1) Beginner Class
Students learn to read and write the basic Chinese characters required for learning Korean.
- Students learn the sounds and meanings of basic Chinese characters related to nature, human and location.
- Students practice in writing of characters correctly.
- Students read basic texts written in Korean and Chinese characters.

2) Intermediate Class
Students receive extensive training in reading and writing the Chinese characters required for learning Korean.
- Students learn the basic components of Chinese characters.
- Students learn the structure of Chinese characters.
- Students learn to use Chinese-character dictionaries.
- Students read the characters applied to newspapers and texts written in both Korean and Chinese characters.

등록금

tuition

등록금은 정규 오전반은 173만원, 정규 오후반 158만원입니다. 비싸게 느껴질 수도 있지만 언어 교육 전문가들로 이루어진 교수진, 풍성한 커리큘럼, 그리고 새로운 친구들을 만날 수 있다는 점에서 매우 좋은 기회일 것입니다. 또한 저희의 설문에 따르면, KLEC 프로그램에 참여했던 학생들이 프로그램이 굉장히 도움이 되었으며 다른 학생들에게 추천하고 싶다고 응답했습니다.

12월 현재 신청 가능한 프로그램은 2022 봄학기 KLEC 프로그램입니다. 서류접수 마감은 12월 27일이니, 관심 있는 학생은 꼭 신청하길 바랍니다. 더 자세한 정보는 KLEC 홈페이지를 참고해주시면 감사하겠습니다.