Download 30th TOPIK Test Papers (제30회 한국어능력시험 기출 문제)

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) [...]

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]

For those who are planning to take TOPIK in the next year here are all the details about the TOPIK (Test of proficiency in Korean) test schedule in year 2013. As usual, TOPIK will be held four times in year 2013:- 29th TOPIK, 30th TOPIK, 31st TOPIK and 32nd TOPIK. For other details on this [...]

Download 28th TOPIK Test Papers (제28회 한국어능력시험 기출 문제)

28th TOPIK Beginner Level (한국어 능력 시험 제28회 초급) Click to Download  28thTOPIK Intermediate Level (한국어 능력 시험 제28회 중급)

Complete TOPIK Grammar List – Beginner Level – with Explanations

Katerina Vezhnovets

It’s really great to let you know that a TOPIK GUIDE reader and Facebook friend of mine Katerina Vezhnovets from Belarus has added the English explanations to all the grammar patterns in the list ‘Complete TOPIK Grammar List – Beginner Level (한국어능력시험 초급 기출 문법 리스트)‘ and sent it to me. She has been kind enough to allow me to [...]

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 [...]

TOPIK Beginner Level Vocabulary List – With Meanings

A few days back I had posted the  Complete TOPIK Vocabulary List – Beginner Level (한국어능력시험 초급 어휘 리스트) and asked if any of TOPIK GUIDE readers could add the English meanings to the list and send back. And Today I got a message from a   TOPIK GUIDE reader and Facebook friend of mine that [...]

Complete TOPIK Grammar List – Beginner Level (한국어능력시험 초급 기출 문법 리스트)

Complete-TOPIK-Grammar-List

I hope you already got a printout of Complete TOPIK Vocabulary List – Beginner Level (한국어능력시험 초급 어휘 리스트). Here I am presenting a list of TOPIK grammar patterns taken from the 2011 research paper by Angela Lee-Smith and Danielle Ooyoung Pyun – “An analysis of theTest of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) focusing on beginning-level vocabulary and grammar items”. This [...]

Complete TOPIK Vocabulary List – Beginner Level (한국어능력시험 초급 어휘 리스트)

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Here I am presenting a list of TOPIK vocabulary taken from the 2011 research paper by Angela Lee-Smith and Danielle Ooyoung Pyun – “An analysis of the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) focusing on beginning-level vocabulary and grammar items”. This is a wonderful research paper and I think that the TOPIK Vocabulary  list that it presents [...]

What is more important in learning Korean: Grammar or Vocabulary

Korean Grammar vs 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 [...]