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Presenting and Debating in Korean
The fixed frames of a formal talk and a discussion — and how to disagree without making it personal
Korean classes and meetings soon ask you to speak: a group presentation, a debate, questions from the floor. Both run on fixed frames, and holding the frames frees you to think about content. This week covers the presentation from greeting to roadmap, talking about a chart by its shape and meaning instead of reading numbers aloud, closing and handling questions — including saying you will check rather than inventing an answer — and then the debate: getting and giving the floor, interrupting politely, disagreeing with the claim rather than the person, and summarising the other side accurately before you rebut it. The last day is one short invented debate with a moderator and two sides, and the course takes neither side.
- Lessons
- 7
- Days
- 7
- Minutes
- 90
- Quiz items
- 49
- To pass
- 80%
Curriculum
Each lesson opens when the one before it is passed at 80%.
Week 1 · Frames for speaking in public
- 1Opening a presentationGreeting, topic and order — the first thirty secondsOpen a formal presentation with a greeting, a topic and a roadmap.
- Talking about slides and chartsPointing, describing a trend, and drawing a conclusion — without reading numbers aloudDescribe a chart's trend and what it means in presentation Korean.
- Closing, and handling questionsSummarise, thank, invite questions — and say so when you do not knowClose a presentation and answer questions honestly, including when you do not know.
- Getting the floorThe moderator's phrases, asking to speak, interrupting and handing overAsk for, take and give up the floor politely in a formal discussion.
- Disagreeing politelyAim at the claim, never at the personDisagree in a formal discussion without sounding personal or blunt.
- Summarise, then rebutSay the other side's point accurately before you answer itRestate an opposing argument fairly and respond to it with a reason.
- One debate, start to finishA short invented debate with a moderator and two sides — and what each line is doingFollow and analyse a complete short debate using every frame from the week.
Languages this course is written in
The lessons are explained in one language. Where a translation exists your screen uses it; where it does not, you see the original rather than a blank.