- Multiple levels
- Small class size – max. 12 students
- Native-speaking & experienced instructors
- Affordable tuition – $380 per level
- 4 terms per year – each 10 weeks long
- Convenient downtown location or online
Learn Korean at the International Language Institute in Washington, DC, or online
Study the Korean Language at ILI offering four 10-week terms throughout the year. We offer 6 different beginner levels. Our Korean classes take place once a week in the evenings. Our teachers are all native-speaking and experienced. The Korean Language Program integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing. We maintain small class sizes to enable adequate time for conversation in every class. To find your level, please refer to the level description or use our self-evaluation guide. If you have further questions, please call Jane Edwards, ILI’s Foreign Language Coordinator, at 202-686-5610 extension 105. Enroll now!
Live, Instructor-led In-Person or Online Korean Classes.
Learn Korean in person or online from a live instructor using Zoom. All online classes are instructor-led, in real-time, allowing for the same live interaction as our in-person classes. Some of our classes are a combination of in-person and online students. We have 360-degree cameras in the rooms enabling online participants to feel part of the class. This hybrid class environment allows students to engage with each other and the instructor and to practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking the Korean Language.
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2025 Term: | Session Dates: | Registration Deadline: |
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Winter | Jan. 13-Mar. 22, 2025 | Monday, Dec. 29, 2024 |
Spring | Apr. 7-Jun. 14, 2025 | Monday, Mar. 24, 2025 |
Summer | Jun. 30-Sep. 6, 2025 | Monday, Jun. 16, 2025 |
Fall | Sep. 22-Dec. 6, 2025 | Monday, Sep. 8, 2025 |
Korean Level Description
Offered on: Mondays: 6:15 - 8:45 pm. Enroll now!
Objective: Students will learn the basics of the Korean language and perform appropriate spoken and written communication, and learn useful daily expressions. The objective is to enable the student to obtain the necessary survival skills in order to communicate in basic humble Korean.
Learning Outcome: Students will obtain a solid foundation on the basics of the Korean language. They will have been introduced to the “Han’gul” writing system. Students will be able to obtain a good grasp of just what kind of language Korean is while learning basic conversation through proper greetings based on social hierarchy and terms of address.
Topics: Writing, pronunciation, and grammar are introduced through exercises and dialogues on topics involving, greetings, address and telephone numbers, days and times, etc. Grammatical topics include demonstratives, honorifics and the humble form, pronouns, interrogatives, negation, descriptive and action verbs, conjunctions.
Textbook: Integrated Korean Beginning 1 Textbook & Workbook, 3rd edition, total $60
Lessons: Textbook-Introduction-Lesson 2; Workbook-Introduction-Lesson 2
Offered on: Wednesdays: 6:15 – 8:45 pm. Enroll now!
Objective: To continue to develop and enhance students’ introductory level of reading and writings of “Han’gul”, and continue to expand the basic grammar through more intricate verb tenses and lengthier speaking, writing, and reading assignments.
Learning Outcome: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to use more complicated Korean vocabulary in dialogues and written work. Students will learn the particle usage and basic sentence patterns.
Topics: Writing, pronunciation, and grammar are introduced through more exercises and dialogues on topics involving, the use of express possessions, alternate questions, object and locative particles, numbers, irregular verbs.
Textbook: Integrated Korean Beginning 1 Textbook & Workbook, 3rd edition, total $60
Lessons: Textbook-lessons 3-5; Workbook-lessons 3-5
Offered on: Thursdays: 6:15 – 8:45 pm. Enroll now!
Objective: To work toward a higher level of comprehension and speaking with increasingly more complex subject matter and style. To continue one’s ability to speak in slightly more complex situations in different verb tenses and acquire a solid foundation of the language.
Learning Outcome: Upon completion of this level students will be able to engage in conversations and be involved with reading about a broader range of topics with greater confidence and precision. Students will have acquired a solid foundation of the language and will be ready for higher level study.
Topics: Writing, pronunciation, and grammar continue to be developed through topics such as, vowel contraction, negative adverb, past and future verb tenses, negations, subject honorific, demonstrative expressions, clausal connective.
Textbook: Integrated Korean Beginning 1 Textbook & Workbook, 3rd edition, total $60
Lessons: Textbook-lessons 6-8; Workbook-lessons 6-8
Offered on: Tuesdays: 6:15 – 8:45 pm. Enroll now!
Objective: To work toward a higher level of comprehension and speaking with increasingly more complex subject matter and style. To continue one’s ability to speak in slightly more complex situations in different verb tenses and acquire a solid foundation of the language.
Learning Outcome: Upon completion of this level students will be able to engage in conversations and be involved with reading about a broader range of topics with greater confidence and precision. Students will have acquired a solid foundation of the language and will be ready for higher level study.
Topics: Writing, pronunciation, and grammar continue to be developed through topics such as, noun-modifying forms, conjunctions, progressive verb form, irregular predicates, honorific expressions, and clausal connectives.
Textbook: Integrated Korean Beginning 2 Textbook & Workbook, 2nd edition, total $60
Lessons: Textbook-lessons 9-11; Workbook-lessons 9-11
Offered on: Wednesdays: 6:15 – 8:45 pm. Enroll now!
Objective: To work toward a higher level of comprehension and speaking with increasingly more complex subject matter and style. To continue one’s ability to speak in slightly more complex situations in different verb tenses and acquire a solid foundation of the language.
Learning Outcome: Upon completion of this level students will be able to engage in conversations and be involved with reading about a broader range of topics with greater confidence and precision. Students will have acquired a solid foundation of the language and will be ready for higher level study.
Topics: Writing, pronunciation, and grammar continue to be developed through topics such as, benefactive expression, expressing obligation or necessity, humble verb form, irregular predicates, adverbial form, negative commands, honorific expressions, and clausal connectives.
Textbook: Integrated Korean Beginning 2 Textbook & Workbook, 2nd edition, total $60
Lessons: Textbook-lessons 12-14; Workbook-lessons 12-14
Offered on: Thursdays: 6:15 pm - 8:45 pm. Enroll now!
Objective: To work toward a higher level of comprehension and speaking with increasingly more complex subject matter and style. To continue one’s ability to speak in slightly more complex situations in different verb tenses and acquire a solid foundation of the language.
Learning Outcome: Upon completion of this level students will be able to engage in conversations and be involved with reading about a broader range of topics with greater confidence and precision. Students will have acquired a solid basic working knowledge of the language and will be ready for low intermediate level study.
Topics: Writing, pronunciation, and grammar continue to be developed through topics such as, giving and offering, compound verb tenses, the conditional tense, honorific expressions, and clausal connectives.
Textbook: Integrated Korean Beginning 2 Textbook & Workbook, 2nd edition, total $60
Lessons: Textbook-lessons 15-17; Workbook-lessons 15-17
Program Details
We do not offer placement tests.
ILI is closed for the following holidays: Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day. Group classes will not meet on these holidays and the missed class(es) will be made up at the end of the term.