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Korean for Beginners: 12-Week Complete Course
Zero to survival Korean + casual speech (TOPIK Level 1)
About This Course
An intensive 12-week Korean course that takes you from absolute zero to everyday survival conversation — including casual speech and texting slang. (Completes TOPIK Level 1, enters Level 2.)
What you'll learn
- Week 1: Master Hangul — read real signs and menus yourself
- Weeks 2–3: Survival Korean — order coffee, shop, find your way
- Weeks 4–7: Grammar core — build your own sentences, talk about past and future
- Week 8: Vocabulary explosion with Sino-Korean word roots
- Week 9: Listening training at real native speed
- Weeks 10–12: Advanced grammar + casual speech, KakaoTalk slang, reactions, and final missions (a phone reservation and a 3-minute conversation with a Korean)
Who this course is for
- Complete beginners starting Korean from zero
- Learners who want real, everyday Korean — not textbook Korean
- Anyone who wants visible results in 12 weeks: reading, ordering, introducing yourself, holding a conversation
How each lesson works
Every lesson follows the same practical structure: objectives → review → core content → practice (with answer keys) → a real-world mission. Each chapter ends with a hands-on checkpoint where you actually use what you learned.
Daily commitment: about 30 minutes a day (review included), 5–6 lessons a week, for 12 weeks.
Curriculum8 chapters · 68 lessons
9 lessons marked [Preview] are free to watch.
Chapter 1. Hangul Mastery8 lessons
- ✓Lesson 1. Orientation: What You'll Be Able to Do in 12 WeeksPreview
- ✓Lesson 2. How Hangul Works: Consonants Draw Your Mouth, Vowels Draw the UniversePreview
- ✓Lesson 3. Basic Vowels + Early ㅐ/ㅔPreview
- ✓Lesson 4. The 14 Basic Consonants, Memorized by Mouth PositionPreview
- ✓Lesson 5. Building Syllable BlocksPreview
- ✓Lesson 6. Batchim: The 7 Final SoundsPreview
- ✓Lesson 7. Tense Consonants & Remaining Compound VowelsPreview
- ✓Lesson 8. 3 Pronunciation Rules + Real-World Reading TestPreview
Chapter 2. Survival Korean9 lessons
- ✓Lesson 9. All About GreetingsPreview
- ✓Lesson 10. Introducing YourselfLocked
- ✓Lesson 11. Sino-Korean Numbers: Prices, Phone Numbers, DatesLocked
- ✓Lesson 12. Native Korean Numbers: Age, Counting, TimeLocked
- ✓Lesson 13. Basic Particles: and, also, only, from~toLocked
- ✓Lesson 14. At the CafeLocked
- ✓Lesson 15. At the Restaurant: Order, Request, PayLocked
- ✓Lesson 16. Shopping & BargainingLocked
- ✓Lesson 17. Finding Your Way: Where Is It? Riding the SubwayLocked
Chapter 3. Grammar Core I: Building Sentences12 lessons
- ✓Lesson 18. Korean Sentence Structure — Why the Verb Comes LastLocked
- ✓Lesson 19. 은/는 vs 이/가 — Sorted Out in One LessonLocked
- ✓Lesson 20. Question Words — What, Where, Who, When, Why, How, How ManyLocked
- ✓Lesson 21. 을/를 — Marking the ObjectLocked
- ✓Lesson 22. 해요체 Conjugation — Mastering -아요/어요Locked
- ✓Lesson 23. The ㅡ Irregular — 바빠요, 아파요, 써요Locked
- ✓Lesson 24. The ㅂ, ㄷ, and 르 Irregulars — Just These ThreeLocked
- ✓Lesson 25. -(으)세요 — Polite Requests and CommandsLocked
- ✓Lesson 26. Talking About Location — 에 vs 에서Locked
- ✓Lesson 27. 있어요/없어요 — Existence and PossessionLocked
- ✓Lesson 28. Negation — 안 vs 못, and the Nuance Between ThemLocked
- ✓Lesson 29. Five Sentences With Only What You Know — Chapter 3 CheckpointLocked
Chapter 4. Grammar Core II: Tense & Connectives9 lessons
- ✓Lesson 30. Past Tense: -at/eot-eoyoLocked
- ✓Lesson 31. Future & Intention: -(eu)l geoyeyoLocked
- ✓Lesson 32. Expressing Desire: -go sipeoyoLocked
- ✓Lesson 33. Present Progressive: -go isseoyoLocked
- ✓Lesson 34. Connecting Sentences I: -go "and"Locked
- ✓Lesson 35. Connecting Sentences II: -aseo/eoseo "so/because"Locked
- ✓Lesson 36. Time Expressions RoundupLocked
- ✓Lesson 37. The 하다 Verb Family: 30 Verbs at OnceLocked
- ✓Lesson 38. Checkpoint: Talk About My Day for 1 MinuteLocked
Chapter 5. Vocabulary Boost: The Secret of Sino-Korean Words7 lessons
- ✓Lesson 39. 70% of Korean Words Are Sino-Korean — The Root MethodLocked
- ✓Lesson 40. Roots 학·교·생 — 20 School WordsLocked
- ✓Lesson 41. Roots 국·외·내 — Countries and PlacesLocked
- ✓Lesson 42. Roots 시·간·일 — Time ExpressionsLocked
- ✓Lesson 43. Roots 회·사·업 — Company and WorkLocked
- ✓Lesson 44. Roots 식·물·품 — Food and ThingsLocked
- ✓Lesson 45. Number Roots — Decode 일회용, 이인분, 삼거리Locked
Chapter 6. Listening Training6 lessons
- ✓Lesson 46. Why Can't I Hear It? — The Wall of Liaison & ContractionLocked
- ✓Lesson 47. How to Shadow — The 3-Step Training RoutineLocked
- ✓Lesson 48. Real Listening I — Cafe & Restaurant ConversationsLocked
- ✓Lesson 49. Real Listening II — Phone CallsLocked
- ✓Lesson 50. Real Listening III — Training with YouTube VlogsLocked
- ✓Lesson 51. Handling Fast Speech — 5 Ways to Ask Someone to RepeatLocked
Chapter 7. Grammar Expansion9 lessons
- ✓Lesson 52. Ability: Can / CannotLocked
- ✓Lesson 53. Conditions: If / WhenLocked
- ✓Lesson 54. Reasons: -(으)니까, and How It Differs from -아서Locked
- ✓Lesson 55. Contrast: But / AlthoughLocked
- ✓Lesson 56. Permission & ProhibitionLocked
- ✓Lesson 57. Obligation: Must / Have ToLocked
- ✓Lesson 58. Experience: Have You Ever...?Locked
- ✓Lesson 59. Comparison: More, Most, ThanLocked
- ✓Lesson 60. Checkpoint: 2-Minute Weekend Plan SpeechLocked
Chapter 8. Real Korean: Putting It All Together8 lessons
- ✓Lesson 61. The World of Banmal — When and to WhomLocked
- ✓Lesson 62. Banmal Forms — Just Drop the "yo"?Locked
- ✓Lesson 63. KakaoTalk Korean — Decoding ㅋㅋ, ㅇㅇ, ㄱㄱLocked
- ✓Lesson 64. Contractions & Spoken Style — The Truth About "뭐 해?"Locked
- ✓Lesson 65. The Art of Reactions — Really?, Awesome!, That's RightLocked
- ✓Lesson 66. Final Mission I — Restaurant Phone ReservationLocked
- ✓Lesson 67. Final Mission II — A 3-Minute Conversation with a KoreanLocked
- ✓Lesson 68. Graduation + Roadmap — Formal Speech, TOPIK, and BeyondLocked
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