Learn to Speak Korean 1

I think a better example would be pointing out that there are numerous resources in Korea for foreigners to learn Korean. There are immersion classes, which I think mainly people doing the Korean government scholarship program take, and there are just regular classes for people to take to learn the language. And there are even free online resources. There’s several that are offered by Korean universities, even. She is just an embarrassment. She probably thought she would go to Korea and blow up on YouTube like Megan Bowen. But the thing is, Megan actually learned the language and is completely fluent now. And seeing her interact with her in-laws is adorable and basically the complete opposite of Deavan.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-speak-korean1

For absolute beginners Coursera's First Step Korean and Learn to Speak Korean 1 are great places to start. Both can be taken for free with complete access, but there is also an option to pay for a certificate upon completion.

I did this Coursera course about a year ago and I found it to be pretty useful.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-speak-korean1

As far as I remember it has some worksheets and short readings to practice. (if you haven't used coursera before it tells you when the course "starts" and it has deadlines and will prompt you to pay, but you can totally ignore all that, paying is optional and you can do the course at whatever pace you like)

Yonsei University has a couple of free courses on coursera right now: First Step Korean and Learn to Speak Korean 1. Perhaps one of those would be good.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-speak-korean1 https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-korean

Those two (above) are from Coursera and I highly recommend it.

Next is these two resources which I really use*

howtostudykorean.com talktomeinkorean.com

Here is the link to the course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-speak-korean1

It is free if you choose not to get an certificate though.

|| Everyone else in our class is decades younger.

I took a Korean class this spring, and yes, everyone was YOUNG, and most were BTS ARMY.

Now, I am continuing online with a free course from Yonsei (one of the SKY universities): https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-speak-korean1?

There's another one that teaches Hangeul:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-korean

Yonsei University is offering a free Coursera course. If you're not that familiar with 한글 try this one: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-korean?

and this course if you're already familiar with 한글 : https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-speak-korean1

both courses are for beginners.

I strongly recommend you to learn Hangul and watch content at the same time.

Start off with this online course called First Step Korean by Yonsei University on Coursera. Yonsei is one of the top universities in SK so you can trust their courses. This helped me a lot and I will be revisiting this course to brush up on my Hangul. Maintain a Hangul workbook and regularly practice your alphabets and pronunciation. It is important to do so. Practice your reading skills on Twicetagram posts. Take it easy with the course. Don't finish all the modules in one sitting and then pat yourself on the back. Do it as it is intended, week by week. Revise daily, even if it means spending a mere 15 minutes on it for the first week.

Since you mentioned that you want to pick up vocabulary through my technique of watching a lot of K-content but specifically something that has TWICE in it, I would suggest to watch their entire upload history on the V LIVE App. Start off with the TWICE TV in chronological season order. For the first watch, watch the episode with subtitles on. Then watch it again with subtitles off. When you are watching it again with subtitles off, try to keep track of their conversation and try to understand what they are saying. You will be able to pick up a few words they repeat because you have watched the episode one once with subtitles on and once with subtitles off. Keep doing this for anything TWICE related that has subtitles. Watch it twice, once with subtitles on and once with subtitles off. But concentrate on what is being spoken, don't get lost in their visuals or whatever it is that you like about them.

If you want to watch K-content other than TWICE, check out gooddrama.net. They have many Korean subbed movies and dramas.

After completing the First Step Korean online course, I suggest you enroll yourself in the Learn To Speak Korean 1 online course offered by Yonsei University on Coursera. Don't jump the gun and enroll until you have finished First Step Korean.

Contact your local Korean Consulate if you currently live in the capital city (or a major city) of your residing country. Ask them if they have any courses on learning Korean. Or try contacting them via mail. Consulates will be more than happy to help a foreigner who is showing interest in their language and culture. Simply ask them if there are any textbooks or beginner material that they can recommend to someone who wants to learn how to read, write and speak Hangul.

Subscribe to /r/languagelearning and explore the sub. Search for posts related to Hangul.

If you're really interested in learning Hangul and exploring Korean culture, I would recommend taking a gap year after your higher secondary studies are over and enrolling in the Yonsei KLI day course (not the evening one). If I had gotten into KPop as early as you have and had I found out about the Yonsei KLI course before my ill-fated undergraduate studies began, I would have definitely taken a gap year and left for SK to attend the course.

Good luck and Godspeed.

A list of free resources for learning Korean (some require you create a free account, but most don't)

Video lectures

• The Cyber University of Korea - Quick Korean

• Coursera: Yonsei - First Step Korean

• Coursera: Yonsei - Learn to Speak Korean 1

• Prof. Yoon’s Korean Language Class

Written lessons with audio

• Talk to Me in Korean

• How to study Korean

Dictionaries

• Naver dictionary

• Daum dictionary

Hangul and typing

• TTMIK's basic Hangul video

• seemile Hangul video

• How to type Korean

Spaced repetition flashcard programs

• Memrise

• Anki

Misc

• Korean verb conjugator

• AI translator Papago

Please add any you found helpful that are not on the list, but for this post stick to the ones that are free. Thanks! :)

Thanks! You too! :D

I'm not sure I have a right to recommend you something, since I basically didn't even start learning yet (just a little bit of Hangul), but here are the resources I'm planning to use once I'll have time:

1. Hangul by TenguGo
2. I'll check some YouTube channels: Korean Unnie (this one seems to be the most interesting to me rn, but again, I din't really start yet), Billy Go, Seemile
3. Billy Go - Korean made simple (books)
4. Learn Korean for Beginners The Ultimate 100-Lesson Course (this is actualy consits of some KoreanClass101 courses listed below)
5. LingoDeer app
6. How to study Korean (not sure about this one yet)
7. First Step Korean by Yonsei University
8. Learn to Speak Korean 1 by Yonsei University

9. Korean Class 101:

10. Level 1 Korean

11. Mastering the Korean Alphabet
12. How to Sound Like a Native: Korean Pronunciation
13. Extensive Reading in Korean for Absolute Beginners
14. Culture Class (they have different courses for those and it is not for complete beginners)
15. Listening Comprehension for Absolute Beginners
16. Free Hangul eBook (handwriting practice)

I think it's a good thing to learn Hangul by using several sources 'cause they all describe it differently. I found that native English speakers always add a vowel to describe consonant sound, while Koreans pronounce consonants without using additional vowels to explain the sound. I found English speakers variant a bit weird since in my native language we can learn sounds by themselves, not adding other sounds to understand it (jeez I hope you understand what I mean, I find it kinda hard to explain 😅)

You can also check this thread, it's a bit outdated, as far as I know they are planning to make an updated version