30th TOPIK Beginner Level (한국어 능력 시험 제30회 초급) Click to Download 30thTOPIK Intermediate Level (한국어 능력 시험 제30회 중급) Click to Download 30th TOPIK Advanced Level (한국어 능력 시험 제30회 고급) Click to Download 30th TOPIK LISTENING AUDIO FILES **Using Internet Explorer is highly recommended for downloading audio files BEGINNER LEVEL (초급 듣기 파일) [...]
TOPIK Advanced Essay Writing Guide (한국어능력시험 고급 쓰기 가이드)

In this post, we had a look at how the evaluation system of TOPIK essay section works. Then in this post, we had three beginner level model essays which were written by three different students in 25th TOPIK and we saw how the examiners evaluated and graded those papers. Then in this recent post we [...]
Download 29th TOPIK Test Papers (제29회 한국어능력시험 기출 문제)
29th TOPIK Beginner Level (한국어 능력 시험 제29회 초급) Click to Download 29thTOPIK Intermediate Level (한국어 능력 시험 제29회 중급) Click to Download 29th TOPIK Advanced Level (한국어 능력 시험 제29회 고급) Click to Download 29th TOPIK LISTENING AUDIO FILES Download from HERE How to download Just Right click on the link and [...]
TOPIK 2013 [2013년도 한국어능력시험 안내]
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TOPIK Advanced Grammar Frequency List

This list has been taken from the research paper “중국인 고급 TOPIK 응시자를 위한 문법 교육 방안 연구(2012)” by Li Ting, Busan University of Foreign Studies. It contains advanced level grammar patterns that appeared in 16th~25th TOPIK examinations. *It would be great if you could help adding explanations and example sentences of these grammar patterns. You [...]
Useful Korean Slang and Phrases
Which Form of language to use in TOPIK exam – Formal, Plain or Informal?
This morning I received a question from our reader Will Bowins on the post TOPIK – Exam Hall Tips . Question:- Are you SURE we should be using the plain form on this writing test? When I’ve been doing my practice tests, I give it to my (Korean) girlfriend to grade for me… she always says it sounds [...]
What is more important in learning Korean: Grammar or Vocabulary

This question is as old as the field of language education itself. There has always been a fierce debate among language researchers over what is more important in learning a foreign language- Grammar or Vocabulary? And there has come no proved conclusions yet. Recently I have been a reading a few papers and books on [...]
TOPIK Essay Writing Guide (쓰기 가이드)
The readers of TOPIK GUIDE have frequently been writing to me for some guidance on the Essay writing part of TOPIK 쓰기 section. So Here I am putting this detailed article about this. Most of the questions in TOPIK are multiple choice and objective type where there is, clearly, only one correct answer. You don’t [...]
