Upper-Intermediate (C1)
Debates, negotiations and formal discussions, with Sino-Korean vocabulary, proverbs and 사자성어.
- 160 lessons
- About 19 lines each
- All decks: 3.7 MB
By the end of Upper-Intermediate you will
- Understand debates, interviews, negotiations and expert explanations, even when they are long and fast.
- Follow formal registers next to casual ones, and dense Sino-Korean vocabulary.
- Catch proverbs and 사자성어 used naturally, and see how an argument is built.
All Upper-Intermediate lessons
- Day 1 Parking Lot Instead of a Playground
- Day 2 Daycare Becomes a Senior Centre
- Day 3 Grandma's Mock Job Interview
- Day 4 Critics Loved It, Audiences Didn't
- Day 5 A Proposal, Not a Promise
- Day 6 Is Slang Ruining Korean?
- Day 7 Interviewing Mom for Homework
- Day 8 Grandpa at the 1988 Olympics
- Day 9 Where the Dinosaur Hall Was
- Day 10 Self-Help Books in the Back Seat
- Day 11 Cabbage Prices Before Kimjang
- Day 12 The Art of the Secondhand Haggle
- Day 13 Should Grandma Move In With Us?
- Day 14 Glasses at Seven
- Day 15 The Landlord Goes Off the Record
- Day 16 Why the Menu Has Five Dishes
- Day 17 Padding the Sick Note
- Day 18 The Record That Rebuilt Hwaseong
- Day 19 A Contract for My First Phone
- Day 20 A 300-Won Deposit on Every Cup
- Day 21 A Seat on the Children's Council
- Day 22 New Year Money Into Stocks
- Day 23 Did the AI Write Her Essay?
- Day 24 Cancelling the Supplement Contract
- Day 25 No Grandchildren for Mom Yet
- Day 26 1950s Letters in the Attic
- Day 27 The Cat Joined Mom's Video Meeting
- Day 28 Will Grandpa Give Up Driving?
- Day 29 Learning the Janggu at Seventy-Three
- Day 30 Who Names the Salary First?
- Day 31 A Bike Lane Outside the Office
- Day 32 Time Off for the Residents' Meeting
- Day 33 Would a Four-Day Week Work?
- Day 34 Can Trees Cool a City?
- Day 35 Grandma Spots the Film's Mistakes
- Day 36 No Job Titles at This Company
- Day 37 Indexing My Allowance to Inflation
- Day 38 Not a Heart Attack, Just Reflux
- Day 39 Our Noodle Shop Made the News
- Day 40 Graffiti on the Fortress Wall
- Day 41 Three Friends, One Travel Fund
- Day 42 My Brother Can't Say No
- Day 43 Interview in the Hanjeongsik Kitchen
- Day 44 Nobody Finished Toji
- Day 45 The Supplier Missed the Deadline
- Day 46 Haggling Over a Camping Tent
- Day 47 Old Front Pages at the Museum
- Day 48 Can an AI Be an Author?
- Day 49 Leaving on Time in Week One
- Day 50 Grilled About His Grades
- Day 51 Our Wedding Fund in Crypto?
- Day 52 Why the Manager Rushes Home
- Day 53 The Campus Paper's Cafeteria Scoop
- Day 54 Coffee Is Good, Then Bad
- Day 55 A One-Star Review in Class
- Day 56 Tech Neck at Twenty-Five
- Day 57 A Novel Sold Back Unloved
- Day 58 Mom's Pitch to the Department Store
- Day 59 Recording a Haenyeo's Sea Songs
- Day 60 A Riverside Park Without Shade
- Day 61 A Video to Save Our School
- Day 62 Voting on the District's Budget
- Day 63 Feeding the Complex's Stray Cats
- Day 64 Phones Collected at the School Gate
- Day 65 A Drawing and a Half-Full Glass
- Day 66 Sixteen Thousand Won for Naengmyeon
- Day 67 Introducing the Film Club Screening
- Day 68 Grandpa Was One of Seven
- Day 69 Too Heated at Debate Practice
- Day 70 Our Son Stopped Saying Hello
- Day 71 Cancelling a Phone Plan at Sixteen
- Day 72 The Redevelopment Notice on Our Door
- Day 73 Adopting an Older Shelter Dog
- Day 74 Dad's Friend's Can't-Lose Investment
- Day 75 The Stone Marker in Our Alley
- Day 76 The Taxi Driver's Own Book
- Day 77 Pricing Grandpa's Apples Online
- Day 78 The Superconductor That Wasn't
- Day 79 Life as a Councillor's Aide
- Day 80 Prediabetes at the Health Checkup
- Day 81 Pitch Rehearsal on the Subway
- Day 82 Stuck at the Café Kiosk
- Day 83 The Pediatrics Residency Interview
- Day 84 The Ad Dressed as an Article
- Day 85 Smiling Through a Rude Customer
- Day 86 Press Release for the Palace Nights
- Day 87 Free Subway Rides at Sixty-Five
- Day 88 Why Pluto Lost Its Planet Status
- Day 89 Grandpa Teaches Me Hanji
- Day 90 Selling Peppers at the Five-Day Market
- Day 91 A March First Walking Tour
- Day 92 Worn Once, Returned Once
- Day 93 Who Pays for the Ceiling Leak?
- Day 94 The No-Kids Zone Debate
- Day 95 Anaemia and a Waiting-Room Vow
- Day 96 Fast Journal or Famous Journal
- Day 97 Petition Against the Car-Free Street
- Day 98 Smaller Bags, Same Price
- Day 99 Leaving the Old Neighbourhood
- Day 100 Waiting for the Final Interview
- Day 101 Grandma's Book Club Verdict
- Day 102 The Barista Who Reads Stock Charts
- Day 103 Throwing Out Pans Over One Headline
- Day 104 Taking Over Dad's Print Shop
- Day 105 Volunteer Hours at the Nursing Home
- Day 106 Why Can't I Have a Brother?
- Day 107 Misquoted in My Friend's Article
- Day 108 Great Reviews, Empty Theatres
- Day 109 Radio Panel on the MBTI Craze
- Day 110 Work Messages After Midnight
- Day 111 Grandmas Without Grandchildren
- Day 112 The Group Project I Did Alone
- Day 113 New Towers Blocking Grandma's Sun
- Day 114 Morning Show on Rising Rates
- Day 115 Spoilers at the Café Counter
- Day 116 Bargaining Over Chuseok Cooking
- Day 117 Explaining Mom's Thyroid Results
- Day 118 Choosing Between Two Final Candidates
- Day 119 Reviving Grandpa's Makgeolli Recipe
- Day 120 Fear of Flying Before Takeoff
- Day 121 Watching the Nuri Launch Together
- Day 122 Comparing Care for Our Mothers
- Day 123 Pitching to the Sponsor Company
- Day 124 Running for Apartment Council Chair
- Day 125 The Tenant Who Sublet Our Shop
- Day 126 Naming the Company in the Story
- Day 127 Banning Kids From Social Media?
- Day 128 Waiting for Mom in the Library
- Day 129 When the Experiment Fails
- Day 130 Grandma's Family in the North
- Day 131 The Customers Who Didn't Pay
- Day 132 The Classroom Cookie Stand Shares
- Day 133 A Walker for Grandpa
- Day 134 A Telescope for the Meteor Shower
- Day 135 Why Seoul's Birth Rate Is Lowest
- Day 136 A New Shellfish Allergy
- Day 137 A Tip Button at the Café
- Day 138 Arguing Over Azaleas
- Day 139 Finding a Wallet Full of Cash
- Day 140 The Bus Stop They're Moving
- Day 141 Grandpa's Stage-Fright Tricks
- Day 142 The Web Novel Becoming a Drama
- Day 143 Why Hangeul Day Is a Holiday
- Day 144 Fake News in the Class Chat
- Day 145 Bargaining for a Concert Trip
- Day 146 Grandma Weighs the Delivery App
- Day 147 Family Movie Night Standoff
- Day 148 Selling the Family Hanok
- Day 149 Raising the Latte Price Again
- Day 150 A Resignation Letter and the Landlord
- Day 151 Practising for an AI Interview
- Day 152 The Unpaid Training Clause
- Day 153 Buying an Apartment Before Thirty?
- Day 154 A Cardboard Model Neighbourhood
- Day 155 The Stationery Shop's Last Month
- Day 156 The Team Leader's Dinner Receipts
- Day 157 Pretending to Follow the Seminar
- Day 158 Overthinking a One-Word Reply
- Day 159 Can Cash Bonuses Raise Birth Rates?
- Day 160 Ringing Ears From Earphones
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