Monday, November 03, 2008

3급을 땄다

I finally got to know my TOPIK results after making an international call to the TOPIK customer hotline. I cannot contain my excitement when my results was read out over the phone. I was first told that my average is 70 marks (almost). It caused me to skip a heart-beat because that average is just enough for a Level 4 Pass. But shortly, I was told I obtained a Level 3 Pass. I kinda knew at that moment my Writing Section probably didn't make pass the 50-mark boundary. For verification sake, I requested for each section's marks to be read out. My hunch was confirmed. My Writing Section is one mark shy of 50 and I am also just one mark shy of Level 4 Pass. To obtain a Level 4 Pass, I need an average of 70 marks & above and each section must be 50 marks & above. Nevertheless, I am still feeling ecstatic from my high Level 3 Pass because last year this time, I was told I failed TOPIK Intermediate.

Comparing with last year results, I made improvement in all sections. My two best sections last year, Vocabulary & Grammar and Listening, improve by 7 marks each. My Writing Section improves by 11 marks but still remains the worst. The best improvement I made is in my Reading Section. It improves by a surprising 27 marks. I knew I am going to do well in this section but the extent of improvement still caught me by surprise. I recognise that I have made good improvement in this TOPIK but I am still far from good. There is a lot more to improve for both my writing and speaking. My speaking is probably the worst of all even though it was not tested. I think it is time to fix them.

It has always been satisfying to know that I am making progress continuously. From the first day, it has been a competition between me and myself that I want to win. I am glad that I am still "winning" over myself after 3 years. I have no doubt that I will continue to "win" next year. 마지막 하고 싶은 말: 고급 한국어를 공부하기가 다 준비 됐습니다! ^^

8 comments:

  1. congrats! i cleared TOPIK level 3 too. :) will definitely aim for a Level 4 next year! ;) now tt i know where my weaknesses are at. ㅋㅋ

    i'm sure that u'll definitely achieve yr goal. :D

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  2. 와 대단해! 첫번째 시험을 봐도 3급을 딸 수 있기에는 쉬운 건 아닌 것 같애. 진짜 잘 했어!

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  3. 하하.. 고맙다! 근대... 4급을 얻을 수 있었으면 좋겠다. ㅋㅋ. 육심이 많죠? 아무든 내년에 4급 꼭 합격해야 해!

    참! 내가 벌써 싱가포르에 돌아가는데 한국어를 계속 공부하고 싶으면 어떻하죠? 중급을 다시 복습해 도 괜찮지만 NUS에서 경희대에 온 선생심이 없을 것 같아... 이 이유 때문에 중급을 누가 가으치든지 잘 모르 겠다. SKS는 1주에 수업이 2번 있기 때문에 좀 곤란하는데...

    한국어 시력이 늘어가고 싶기는 하지만 싱가포르에서 좀 어렵다고 생각해.....

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  4. 후아~~~what a marvelous progress in a year..축하해요~~
    부럽다~~ wondering...will i able to do it too??

    혹시 그 topik시험을 어디에서 볼 수 있을까?시험료도 얼마에요?? *궁굼해요*

    이 시험은 필요한지 아닌지 아직도 몰라요...
    (is it correct expression to say : "i still don't know whether i need this test or not") 좀 가르쳐주셈^ ^~~

    이시험 하고싶지만 자신 없어요 ㅜㅜ 휴

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  5. Jean, 다른 경희대 선생심이 안 올 거라고? 그 사실이야? 사실이라면 진짜 아쉽네 ㅠㅠ

    그래도 할 수 없지 뭐. 한국어를 계속 공부하고 마음먹는다면 공부하는 방법을 찾아낼 수 있을 거야. 뭐 하든지 그만두면 안대.

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  6. Tata, the TOPIK test centre in Seoul is the Institute of International Education, Kyunghee University. Their phone number is 02-961-0081/2. In fact, there are many appointed TOPIK test centres all over the world and not just in Korea.

    I paid SGD80 (~KRW50,000 to 60,000) for the registration fee. Not too sure how much it cost exactly in KRW. You can know more about the test from the URL below:

    http://www.topik.or.kr/sub01/topik_en_01.html

    I think "이 시험은 필요한지 아직도 몰라요." is better. Or you can also write "이 시험은 필요가 있는지 없는지 아직도 몰라요." (I still don't know whether there is a need or no need for this test.)

    "아닌지" is usually used together with "인지" in form of "Noun + 인지 아닌지" - Is it this thing or is it not (you are not too sure).

    TOPIK 한번 해 보세요. 사실은 TOPIK 보는 일이 자신이 하나도 필요 없는데요.

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  7. This looks great ^^

    BTW the website didn't mention the addresses of the overseas centres, or did I miss it? I wanted to know the addresses for Singapore and KL at least.

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  8. yes, the website doesn't show the details of the overseas test centres. the topik test centre in singapore is the singapore korean school. as for kl, i have no idea. i try to google it but to no avail. you may want to give the korea embassy in kl a call to find out. i believe they should know something.

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