Sunchon National University

Overview

Education Courses

Level 1 : Student with no prior knowledge of korean learn how to manage basic everyday situations in Korea
Students learn how to read Korean caracters (hangul) accurately
Students learn basic structure of Korean language to understand and use short sentences
Students will learn basic Korean culture needed in everyday life such as Koran food and titles

Level2:Student 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 will learn honorifics such as plain speech and polite speech so that they can use the correct forms according to the discourse situation
Students can ask and answer about familiar topics such as family, hobbies, trips and experience

Level3 : Students with 400 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the conversation skills necessary for everyday life
Students learn enough vocabulary of everyday life
Students can understand detailed contexts in forecast, notice, and advertisement Students learn various ex-pressions such as description, explaination

Level4 : Students with 600 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the conversation skills necessary for understanding Korean culture
Students understand idiomatic ex-pressions, and korean culture
Students improve their skills in expressing their ideas arn ex-pressions in specific situations such as problem solving, express opinion

Level5Students with 800 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the conversation skills necessary for understanding Politics, Economy, Society and Culture
Students learn professional and abstract sentence
Students participate in discussions on social topics of interest such as politics, society, economy and culture

Level6 :Students with 1,000 hours of Korean language instruction, or those with a corresponding level of Korean proficiency acquire the conversation skills necessary for everyday life and get knowledge of Korean history and culture
Students learn and use professional words, idioms and proverbs
Students read and express their opinion from essay, news, write formal reports and writings

Dormitory

• The dormitory fee varies slightly depending on the length of stay in each semester, and you can choose whether or not to eat dormitory meals.
• Amenities: bed, closet, telephone, laundry room, TV room, shower room, cafeteria, computer room, kitchen for foreign students, prayer room for Muslims, etc.
• In principle, trainees at the Korean Language Institute live in a dormitory, but if their immediate family members, excluding grandparents, live in the area under the jurisdiction of the Yeosu Immigration Office, they can live together outside the dormitory.

Scholarships