Register for 29th TOPIK

The Applications for 29th TOPIK test are being accepted from 13th of December, 2012 and will continue till Dec. 26,  2012. 29th TOPIK is being held on 20th January, 2013 ONLY IN KOREA.

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 27th TOPIK Test Papers with answers (한국어능력시험 초/중/고급)

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27th TOPIK Beginner Level (한국어 능력 시험 제27회 초급) Click to Download  27thTOPIK Intermediate Level (한국어 능력 시험 제27회 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 [...]

28th TOPIK Exam Locations

As you know 28th TOPIK tests will be conducted in Korea as well as in many other countries all over the world in October this year. Below is the list of the countries where 28th TOPIK will be held with the details of the institutions that will conduct the Test.

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 [...]

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

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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 [...]

How to Improve your Korean Vocabulary

Knuckle mnemonic

In the first article in the series on Korean vocabulary we discussed that vocabulary is of crucial importance for learning Korean (or any other language) as well as for getting success in Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK). In the last article I listed 8 common myths that most of us have about foreign language [...]

8 Common Myths about Foreign Language Vocabulary

Common Vocabulary Myths

In the last two articles we discussed why vocabulary is not any less important than grammar. In this article I am going to share some very common myths about learning and teaching foreign language vocabulary that most of language teachers and learners have. These myths were listed and debunked by eminent language reseacher Keith S. Folse in his [...]