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Level 5 · Unit 5

Anna's application

Two red pens in an empty classroom after the advanced class

After the advanced class, Anna and Hoya swap red pens over her study plan and his mock-exam answer.

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What you’ll learn

  • V-고서 · V-고서야 · V-고서는And then · only after … · without … you can't — -고서 and its two strong forms
  • V/A-(으)ㄹ뿐더러 · N일뿐더러 · V/A-거니와Not only … but also — two written ways to add a second point
  • V-기 나름이다 · N 나름이다It depends on how you … — the result is in someone's hands
  • V/A-아/어야(만) · N이어야/여야(만)Only if … — a condition that has to be met

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Academic writing: defining, quoting, summarising
  • -고서, -고 나서, -아/어서 — three kinds of 'and then'
  • Papers, theories and fields: -서 (書), -론 (論), -학 (學)

The scene opens

  1. A

    Anna

    호야 씨, 수업 끝나고 시간 있어요? 대학원 지원서에 넣을 학업계획서 좀 읽어 줄 수 있어요? 마감이 다음 주예요.

    Hoya, have you got time after class? Could you read the study plan for my grad-school application? The deadline's next week.

  2. Hoya

    좋아요. 대신 안나 씨도 제 모의시험 답안 좀 봐 줘요. 빨간 펜 두 자루 여기 있어요.

    Sure. In return, could you look at my mock-exam answer too? Here are two red pens.

  3. Hoya

    음… ‘저는 한국 교육에 관심이 많습니다.’ 첫 문장이 좀 평범하지 않아요? 직접 겪은 이야기가 있어야 읽는 사람이 기억할 것 같아요.

    Hmm… ‘I am very interested in Korean education.’ Isn't the first sentence a bit ordinary? I think the reader will only remember you if there's something you went through yourself.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
  3. 3
    Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
  4. 4
    Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
  5. 5
    Words37 words, which go into your spaced review
  6. 6
    PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
  7. 7
    Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
  8. 8
    Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
  9. 9
    Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card