Would you like to learn Korean in a no-stress, exciting environment? This course is designed for beginners who are interested in Korean culture and wish to start learning the basics of Korean language. Course fee $50 - $155.
Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, their partners on work visas or visitor visas, and refugees. To qualify, registrants should be over the age of 16 years and not currently enrolled in a secondary school. We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship, residency or refugee status. A condition of accepting a course fee subsidy is that you commit to at least 80% attendance of your course. The subsidised course fee is $50.
Korean language for beginners aims to introduce true beginners of the Korean language to basic spoken and written skills in modern Korean. Students will begin to learn Hangul (the Korean alphabet) vowels, and consonants, and spelling. Cecilia will also incorporate relevant cultural information to help students understand the context of the language.
This introductory level course will cover:
Cecilia's Korean Language programme:
If you already speak some Korean, please contact the office and we'll put you in touch with Cecilia to assess which class is best suited to your level of Korean.
Cecilia Kim is a Korean-qualified teacher who has lived in New Zealand for more than 20 years. Teaching is her passion. As well as language, Cecilia teaches Korean cooking courses at Selwyn Community Education. Her warm and humorous teaching style has earned her a devoted following. Cecilia loves to share the history, culture and food of her homeland. A lifelong learner, Cecilia is currently undertaking formal studies to further her teaching of Korean as a second language. Cecilia's hobbies including cooking, karaoke, gardening, and painting.
Open Hours
Term Time: Monday - Wednesday 9:00am - 9:00pm
Thursday - Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm
School Holidays: When courses are running the office is open 9:00am - 4:00pm