SACE Stage 2 Korean (beginners) study plan
SACE Stage 2 Korean (beginners) · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
School assessment
Read and write all 24 Hangul letters (14 consonants, 10 vowels) from memory without a chart
Produce the five basic syllable-block shapes (CV, CVC, and stacked-vowel forms) in handwriting
Pronounce the seven final-consonant (batchim) sound groups correctly in isolation
Build a personal vocabulary list of 60 high-frequency school and daily-life words with Hangul only, no romanisation
Your checkpoint
A handwritten 60-word vocabulary notebook written entirely in Hangul, plus a self-recorded 2-minute reading of a short passage checked against a pronunciation guide
School assessment
Conjugate 30 common verbs and adjectives into the polite informal (해요) present tense
Form negative sentences using both 안 + verb and 못 + verb constructions
Ask and answer 10 personal-information questions (name, age, school, subjects, hobbies)
Distinguish and apply the subject markers 이/가 and topic markers 은/는 in 20 written sentences
Your checkpoint
A 20-sentence self-introduction script in 해요 style, handwritten and then spoken aloud in a 3-minute recording
School assessment
Use past tense (았/었어요) and future/intention forms (-(으)ㄹ 거예요) across 25 sentences
Apply 15 counting expressions with correct native and Sino-Korean number systems in context
Write 8 short dialogues (4 turns each) set in school, shop, and restaurant situations
Identify and correct particle errors in a 30-sentence exercise you write yourself
Your checkpoint
An eight-dialogue portfolio with a one-page self-correction log listing every particle and tense error found and fixed
School assessment & External assessment
Complete one full timed practice of the external-style reading and listening sections under exam conditions
Summarise the main idea of six short authentic texts (notices, timetables, messages) in one Korean sentence each
List and drill 40 exam-frequent connective and grammar patterns (e.g. -는데, -아서/어서, -(으)면)
Draft a 150-word personal response to a school-life prompt using at least five target patterns
Your checkpoint
A marked mock paper with an error-analysis table classifying each mistake as vocabulary, grammar, or comprehension, plus the 150-word draft
External assessment
Write two 200-word structured texts (one informal message, one short report) with clear paragraphing
Apply formal written register (-습니다/ㅂ니다) consistently across both texts
Use 10 discourse connectors correctly to link ideas between sentences and paragraphs
Self-edit both texts against a checklist of tense, particle, and spelling items
Your checkpoint
Two polished 200-word texts, each with a first draft, a marked-up revision, and a final version showing tracked changes
External assessment
Deliver a 3-minute prepared monologue on a familiar topic with accurate pronunciation and natural pacing
Sustain a 5-minute simulated conversation covering at least eight follow-up questions
Practise repair strategies (asking for repetition, paraphrasing) in 10 recorded exchanges
Transcribe your own recordings and mark every pronunciation or grammar slip
Your checkpoint
A recording package of one 3-minute monologue and one 5-minute conversation, each accompanied by a transcript and annotated error list
School assessment & External assessment
Complete two full timed mock exams (one per session) and score them against a marking rubric
Reduce repeated error types from the week-4 log by at least half
Rehearse 20 likely oral prompts and record a 90-second answer to each
Build a one-page personal cheat sheet of the 25 patterns you most often miss
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams with a before-and-after error comparison chart and the completed one-page cheat sheet
School assessment & External assessment
Review the cheat sheet and vocabulary notebook daily, retiring every item you can produce correctly three times
Complete one final timed mock under strict conditions and self-mark within 24 hours
Record a final 3-minute monologue and 5-minute conversation and compare them to week 6
Write a one-page exam-day strategy covering time allocation per section and a checking routine
Your checkpoint
A final evidence pack containing the last scored mock, the week-6 versus week-8 recording comparison, and the one-page exam-day strategy
Milestones
Week 2: Read a 100-word unseen passage aloud with correct batchim and produce a 10-sentence self-introduction without notes
Week 4: Score at least 60% on the first full timed mock and show a written error-analysis table for every missed item
Week 6: Sustain a 5-minute conversation with no more than five breakdowns, and submit two 200-word texts that pass the self-edit checklist
Week 8: Score at least 75% on the final timed mock and demonstrate measurable improvement in fluency and accuracy against the week-6 recordings