In the article was analyzed the content of Korean language linguistic and sociocultural competence in speaking, it was proved that it consists of the following components: extralingual knowledge about the culture, daily life, environment of Koreans, knowledge of culturally marked language units, skills in using them in dialogic and monologic speech, knowledge of non-verbal means of communication and skills in their adequate application in various situations, knowledge cultural concepts; the ability to follow norms and rules of behavior depending on the communication situation.Knowledge, skills, and abilities determine the ability and willingness to produce monologues and dialogues on topics that reflect the culture, everyday life, and environment of Koreans, to use culturally marked units during monologic and dialogic speech, and the ability to communicate with native speakers.It is substantiated that for the formation of linguistic and sociocultural competence in speaking, it is necessary to select culturally marked lexical units, non-verbal means of communication, culturally marked sample dialogues and sample monologues.The criteria for the selection of culturally marked vocabulary are the criteria of cultural marking, frequency and sufficient quantity, thematicity, semantic value, compatibility, adequacy of the lexical material for the purposes of learning; criteria for selecting non-verbal means of communication are criteria of cultural focus, functionality, speech etiquette, status of communication partners.It was determined that the selection of sample monologues and sample dialogues should be carried out on the basis of the following criteria: saturation with country studies realities, culturally marked lexical units, thematic marking, correspondence to the life and speech experience of students, correlation of information with native linguistic culture, authenticity, criterion of presentation quality audio text, criterion of genre and typological diversity, criterion of ratio of verbal and non-verbal components of dialogue, criterion of situationality.