Language Proficiency Programs

KCB tasks itself with globalizing its curriculum and preparing its students as leaders both academically and practically. An essential part of this effort is language proficiency.

The Language Center recognized that a critical importance of language and is constantly expanding the languages that are taught and improving the curriculum that is used, and the assessment tools that we benchmark.

An essential component of a viable language program is the ability to accurately assess each student’s proficiency through a recognized global standard, and to provide appropriate information and advice on how to improve based on a benchmark provided through that global standard.

The Language Center offers a series of language proficiency programs in English, Chinese and Korean.

Language Center Course Offerings

1. 1. English Proficiency Courses Download
2. 2. Chinese Proficiency Courses Download
3. 3. Korean for Foreigners Course Download

Language Courses

Recognizing the critical importance of language proficiency in a globalized society, we put emphasis on globalizing its curriculum in preparing our students as global leaders. English, Chinese, and Korean for foreigners are offered as a series of language proficiency program. To offer these programs, we assess each student’s proficiency level through a recognized global standard namely the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI).
The OPI test is a necessary step for students to go overseas on exchange programs or to fulfill their graduation requirements. Students can make appointments to take the interview from the KAIST portal system after login. For more information regarding language courses or OPI testing, please contact hsl007@kaist.ac.kr

English Clinic Service

KCB Language Center is also offering the English Clinic Services through the reservation system at the KAIST portal. Language Professors help you with English writing, English presentation as a one on one service. To increase the efficiency of the reservation service, every semester, language center is providing clinic service slots on the portal along with the OPI Update slots.
How to use the English Clinic Reservation Service

• Long-on at portal (https://portal.kaist.ac.kr/portal)
• Go to the Reservation>Test>English Clinic Service
• Follow the instruction to reserve your slots
• Reserve or cancel your slots at least 24 hours before
• Maximum 2 slots can be reserved straight
• If you miss the cancellation time, please inform professor via phone/text message or email before your reserved time.
• Enquiries to Ms. Hyang-Sook Lee. (Office Phone: 3241)