Update: Register for the Next TOPIK Test in Your Country Register for the Next TOPIK Test in Korea Do a lot active writing The more you read, the faster your writing skills will improve. But it is important to do active reading rather than just reading. By Active reading we mean you should not read… Continue Reading …
New TOPIK II Writing: 중-고급 [Expert Feedback]
As you know, TOPIK-I has two sub levels – 1 & 2 while TOPIK-II has 4 sub-levels – 3, 4, 5 and 6. As far as the difficulty level of the TOPIK test is concerned, the beginner level test, i.e. TOPIK-I is much easier because it just has comprehension based questions – Listening and Reading, but the TOPIK-II is quite difficult… Continue Reading …
TOPIK Advanced Essay Writing Guide (한국어능력시험 고급 쓰기 가이드)
In the first post in TOPIK Essay Writing Series, we looked at how the evaluation system of TOPIK essay section works. Then in the next post, we analysed the evaluation and marking of three beginner level model essays which were written by three different students. Then in this recent post we analyzed the Intermediate level… Continue Reading …
TOPIK Intermediate Essay Writing Guide (한국어능력시험 중급 쓰기 가이드)
In the first post in TOPIK Essay Writing Series, we looked at how the evaluation system of TOPIK essay section works. Then in the next post, we analysed the evaluation and marking of three beginner level model essays which were written by three different students. Today we have 3 sample INTERMEDIATE level (중급) essays and… Continue Reading …
Which Form of language to use in TOPIK exam – Formal, Plain or Informal?
This morning we 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… Continue Reading …
TOPIK Essay Writing Guide (쓰기 가이드)- Beginner Level
In the previous post, we looked at the evaluation system of TOPIK essay section. If you remember I had left you with three model essays which were written by three different students in 25th TOPIK. Here in this post, we will see how the examiners evaluated and graded those papers. Analyze the evaluation charts properly… Continue Reading …
TOPIK Essay Writing Guide – Evaluation and Marking Scheme
The readers of TOPIK GUIDE have frequently been writing to us for some guidance on the Essay part of TOPIK Writing (쓰기) section. So Here We are 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… Continue Reading …
