Grammar, vocabulary & TOPIK

Mr. Gaon

Gaon · Age 37

A calm teacher who has led grammar and TOPIK classes at a university language institute. She likes to put similar-looking expressions side by side and compare them.

How we teach

Logical but warm, with comparisons and summaries

Favorites

Chalk, charts neatly drawn in colored pens, and a student's "Ah, now I get it!"

Mr. Gaon's lesson (38)

• Introducing Yourself: N이에요/예요 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• This, That, That Over There: 이/그/저 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Topic and Subject Particles: 은/는 and 이/가 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• The Object Particle 을/를 and 하다 Verbs · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• The Polite Present Tense: -아요/어요 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Native Korean Numbers and Counters · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Sino-Korean Numbers: Money, Dates and Phone Numbers · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Telling Time, Days and Dates · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• There Is / There Isn’t: 있어요, 없어요 and Locations · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Going Places and Doing Things There: 에 and 에서 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• The Past Tense: -았어요/었어요 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• The Future: -(으)ㄹ 거예요 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Saying No: 안, 못 and -지 않아요 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• I Want to…: -고 싶어요 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Polite Requests: -(으)세요 and -아/어 주세요 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• And, But, So: 그리고, 그런데, -고, -지만 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Family Members and How Koreans Address Them · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Can and Can’t: -(으)ㄹ 수 있어요/없어요 · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• TOPIK I: What It Is and How to Prepare · TOPIK I · Levels 1–2
• Giving Reasons: -아서/어서 vs -(으)니까 · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Setting the Scene: -는데/-(으)ㄴ데 · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• If and When: -(으)면 · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Describing Nouns: -는, -(으)ㄴ, -(으)ㄹ · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Have You Ever…?: -아/어 본 적이 있어요 · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Actions in Progress and States: -고 있어요, -아/어 있어요 · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Purpose and Intention: -(으)러 and -(으)려고 · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Must, May and Must Not: -아/어야 해요, -아/어도 돼요, -(으)면 안 돼요 · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Guessing and Seeming: -(으)ㄹ 것 같아요, -나 봐요 · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Reported Speech: -다고 했어요 · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Passive Verbs: -이/히/리/기- · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Making Someone Do Something: Causative Verbs · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Before, After, While, As Soon As · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• TOPIK II: Reading and Writing Strategies · TOPIK II · Levels 3–4
• Understanding Korean News · TOPIK II · Levels 5–6
• Presentations and Formal Speeches · TOPIK II · Levels 5–6
• Subtle Endings: -거든요, -잖아요, -더라고요, -네요 · TOPIK II · Levels 5–6
• Academic and Essay Writing · TOPIK II · Levels 5–6
• Korean at Work · Real-life Korean

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