TOPIK I and TOPIK II

TOPIK, the Test of Proficiency in Korean, is two papers. TOPIK I awards levels 1 and 2; TOPIK II awards levels 3, 4, 5 and 6. The level comes from the paper's total score, with no minimum for a section.

	TOPIK I	TOPIK II
Levels	Level 1, Level 2	Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 6
Sections	Listening: questions 1–30, 40 minutes, 100 points Reading: questions 31–70, 60 minutes, 100 points	Listening: questions 1–50, 60 minutes, 100 points Writing: questions 51–54, 100 points Reading: questions 1–50, 70 minutes, 100 points
Questions	70	104
Time	100 minutes	180 minutes
Total score	200	300
Pass scores	Level 1: 80–139 Level 2: 140–200	Level 3: 120–149 Level 4: 150–189 Level 5: 190–229 Level 6: 230–300

The paper-based test. Levels and pass scores: NIIED. Sections, questions, time and points: the publisher's past papers on topik.go.kr, sessions 91, 96 and 102. No time of its own is given for writing: the sources give the paper's time in all.

The six levels in this course

Level	Paper	Pass score	World	Lessons	Words
Level 1	TOPIK I	80–139 of 200	The alley market	61	735
Level 2	TOPIK I	140–200 of 200	Grandma's restaurant	91	1,098
Level 3	TOPIK II	120–149 of 300	The intercity line	135	1,627
Level 4	TOPIK II	150–189 of 300	On set	180	2,168
Level 5	TOPIK II	190–229 of 300	The hanok foundation	192	2,306
Level 6	TOPIK II	230–300 of 300	The policy institute	213	2,564

TOPIK I, question by question

Listening: questions 1–30, 40 minutes, 100 points

Questions	Task	Points each
1–4	The answer to a question	3 or 4
5–6	The line that follows	3 or 4
7–10	Where the speakers are	3 or 4
11–14	What they are talking about	3 or 4
15–16	The picture that fits (picture options)	4
17–21	What matches the conversation	3
22–24	The woman's main idea	3
25–26	Two questions on one passage	3 or 4
27–28	Two questions on one passage	3 or 4
29–30	Two questions on one passage	3 or 4

Reading: questions 31–70, 60 minutes, 100 points

Questions	Task	Points each
31–33	What the text is about	2
34–39	The word for the blank	2 or 3
40–42	What does NOT match (a printed notice or ad)	3
43–45	What matches the text	2 or 3
46–48	The main idea	2 or 3
49–50	Two questions on one passage	2
51–52	Two questions on one passage	2 or 3
53–54	Two questions on one passage	2 or 3
55–56	Two questions on one passage	2 or 3
57–58	Sentences in order	2 or 3
59–60	Two questions on one passage	2 or 3
61–62	Two questions on one passage	2
63–64	Two questions on one passage (a printed notice or ad)	2 or 3
65–66	Two questions on one passage	2 or 3
67–68	Two questions on one passage	3
69–70	Two questions on one passage	3

TOPIK II, question by question

Listening: questions 1–50, 60 minutes, 100 points

Questions	Task	Points each
1–3	The picture or graph that fits (pictures or a graph)	2
4–8	The line that follows	2
9–12	What the woman does next	2
13–16	What matches what was heard	2
17–20	The man's main idea	2
21–22	Two questions on one passage	2
23–24	Two questions on one passage	2
25–26	Two questions on one passage	2
27–28	Two questions on one passage	2
29–30	Two questions on one passage	2
31–32	Two questions on one passage	2
33–34	Two questions on one passage	2
35–36	Two questions on one passage	2
37–38	Two questions on one passage	2
39–40	Two questions on one passage	2
41–42	Two questions on one passage	2
43–44	Two questions on one passage	2
45–46	Two questions on one passage	2
47–48	Two questions on one passage	2
49–50	Two questions on one passage	2

Writing: questions 51–54, 100 points

Questions	Task	Points each
51–52	One sentence for each blank	10
53	200–300 characters describing given information (a graph)	30
54	A 600–700 character essay on a social topic	50

Reading: questions 1–50, 70 minutes, 100 points

Questions	Task	Points each
1–2	The word for the blank	2
3–4	Closest in meaning to the underlined part	2
5–8	What the text is about (a printed notice or ad)	2
9–12	What matches the text or graph (a printed text or a graph)	2
13–15	Sentences in order	2
16–18	The words for the blank	2
19–20	Two questions on one passage	2
21–22	Two questions on one passage	2
23–24	Two questions on one passage	2
25–27	What a newspaper headline means	2
28–31	The words for the blank	2
32–34	What matches the text	2
35–38	The text's topic	2
39–41	Where a given sentence belongs	2
42–43	Two questions on one passage	2
44–45	Two questions on one passage	2
46–47	Two questions on one passage	2
48–50	Three questions on one passage	2

Every listening and reading question has four options and one answer.

TOPIK II writing: how it is marked

Question	Task	Marked on	Points
51	One sentence for each blank	First blank 5, Second blank 5	10
52	One sentence for each blank	First blank 5, Second blank 5	10
53	200–300 characters describing given information	Content and task 7, Structure 7, Language 8 × 2	30
54	A 600–700 character essay on a social topic	Content and task 12, Structure 12, Language 13 × 2	50

Whose word lists

TOPIK is set by NIIED, the National Institute for International Education. The word lists on these pages are not NIIED's: they are this course's, the words its lessons teach, and each level's words are that level of the National Institute of Korean Language's graded list (10,635 words in six levels).

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