#korean language intermediate

How I study for TOPIK II Exam. 한국어능력시험II를 위해 공부하는법

Hello guys so another blog post from me. I would first of all say thank you so much for the support and I will be using this blog for my application for university this year, so please keep supporting me! Thanks you to you guys I will be able to study Korean language at university and go to Korea university.

Anyway, I am currently studying for TOPIK II exam, since I dropped computer science (My school told me to drop it because I study too much, apparently going home at 5pm and studying until 5am isn’t healthy) I decided to take up the TOPIK II exam to prove my language ability to the university. I am currently working with my Korean language tutor who is also my engineering tutor, to get a Level 4 on my TOPIK II exam. I have been studying alot and actually been using my own blog as a form of revision. 

In the picture above you see two books. On the left is the book that i got for my birthday from my girlfriend, its a brand new book from EBS and you can only get it in Korea. On the right you have the EBS Korean entrance examination(수능) Korean textbook that i got when i was in Korea. Even though I am not a native fluent speaker, it is still a good way to study Korean. Lets take a look inside.

Here we have the 수능 textbook. The textbook asks me to read the paragraph and answer the questions on the back. This paragraph is on technology because it says 기술 in Korean which also means technology (and also a skill). I would read it all once first, then read it again sentence by sentence highlighting words and phrases i don’t know. Since the TOPIK II is from intermediate to fluency, these phrases could come up in the exam! 

And then i answer the questions. Now i am only working for Level 4 but my teacher said we should always aim higher to be on the safe side, so that is why i am studying the 수능 textbooks. I also study Korean geography!

So after i answer these, I check in the answer book provided and i read the explanations. This requires me to use Naver dictionary app A LOT! 

There will be some questions I get right, and some that are wrong, what can i say?I am not fluent yet! :D

Above is now the TOPIK II Textbook! This has English translation so it is good for any level that are using TOPIK II.

Here it speaks for itself, I just write down the words i don;t know and answer the text questions.

Here is another 수능 textbook i study from, and it is Korean Geography which i mentioned earlier. 

This one is quite very difficult to understand. So this one I really have to study the vocab hard! tbh it hurts my head alot. I’m not studying for 수능 I am studying for Topik.

Here is what the questions look like in the book