Weekday 10:00~19:00
Closed on Saturdays,
Sundays and Holidays
Certificate name 한국어교육능력검정시험
English name Test of Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language(TOTKA)
Related ministry Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism
Implementing agency
Type | Reception period | Submission of Document Period | Examination Schedule | Submission of Opinion Period | Announcement of Final Answer Period | Announcement of Examination Results |
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2017, the 12th examination |
2017.07.17~ 2017.07.26 |
2017.09.09 | 2017.09.09~ 2017.09.15 |
2017.10.18~ 2017.12.16 |
2017.10.18~ 2017.12.16 |
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2016, the 11th interview |
2017.07.17~ 2017.07.26 |
But, Those who aim at the certificate level 3 has to finish a teacher training course first and pass the examination.
Type | Slot | Subject | Scoring | Number of questions | Exam hour | Exam type |
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Written examination | 1class | 1. Korean linguistics | 90min | 60question | 100min (09:30~11:10) |
Multiple choice (choose one answer out of four options) answer and short-answer question |
2. general linguistics and applied linguistics | 30point | 20question | ||||
2class | 3. Korean culture | 30point | 20question | 150min (12:30~15:00) |
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4. Korean education theory as a foreign language | 150point | 98question (short-answer question) |
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Interview | Interview : ability for displaying expertise, Korean ability, aptitude for teaching and the view of teaching profession / Personality and knowledge |
Classification | Determine pass/fail |
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Writing test | Those who get above 40 score out of 100 and those who get above average 60 score for all subjects. |
Interview | Those who get above 60 score after adding up each score from each interviewer and converting the total score on the basis of 100. |