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This app is a fantastic and structured introduction to Korean, featuring HD audio by native speakers. Users can learn using Hangul and Romanized letters, and it works offline.
Duolingo has become a leader in the language learning world and for good reason. It’s fast, fun, well designed, suitable for all ages, and turns learning a foreign language into a challenging and pretty addictive game.
Memrise is a really fast, fun, and free language learning app/website that is sure to get you hooked. There is a visual flashcard component that also incorporates audio from a community of native speakers. Memrise uses spaced repetition and is really effective at drilling vocabulary and phrases into your memory.
This simple but powerful app is entertaining, educational, and free. With a focus on visual learning and 5, minute lesson limits, this app is easy to integrate into your daily language learning regimen and is very effective.
This free app uses lessons, games, and pictures to teach foreign languages to beginners. Although Internet Polyglot is far from a standalone language learning tool, it is a useful supplement to help you to learn and retain vocabulary.
This free app is brought to you by the Talk to Me in Korean team and offers a wealth of fantastic Korean language lessons. The app allows you to easily and conveniently access the free lessons from TalkToMeInKoreans.com (grammar & PDF lesson files), along with additional audio and video instruction to help you learn Korean.
Simply enter a verb in its infinitive form into this Korean verb conjugation app and the results will show all of the different conjugations of the verb with explanations.
This app will teach you everything you need to know about how to read and write Hangul. It is organized into chapters with quizzes and flashcards for review and features audio examples from Korean speakers.
This app allows you to make your own flashcards or download a premade “deck” from a selection of over 80 million.
Korean English Dictionary & Translator, iTunes, Google Play, This free app works offline and provides detailed definitions, example sentences, and pronunciation guidance for Korean & English words, as well as flashcards for learning.
This Korean Dictionary is the app version of the very popular Naver online dictionary. The app provides fast and accurate results and puts words in context with sample sentences.
This is a fun and helpful set of videos to add to your regular Korean language learning regimen.
These YouTube videos are the work of a non, profit project which uses lighthearted street interviews as a method to teach languages. Each video has a topic and the host asks questions to native Korean speakers on the street based on the theme. Each video contains subtitles in both Korean and English.
The Talk to Me in Korean YouTube channel features hundreds of high, quality instructional videos to help you learn the Korean language for free.
Since 2010, the SEEMILE team has been creating quality Korean language learning video content with the goal of helping people all over the world to easily learn Korean. They have created well over a thousand educational videos which have been viewed over 100 million times, and many videos are also available for Japanese, Vietnamese and Chinese in addition to English speakers.
Mina Oh’s entertaining and educational YouTube channel offers Korean language lessons, travel tips, cultural insight and much more about Korea! She releases a new video every Wednesday.
Margarita has a fun and upbeat YouTube channel which centers around her love of all things Korean, including study and learning tips shared from her own personal perspective as a learner of Korean as a second language.
Bill is a native English speaker and fluent Korean speaker who lives in Korea. He creates great Korean language learning videos and since he is self, taught, he has a great perspective on independent language learning.
Suntai Kim’s YouTube channel offers a ton of really helpful and concise Korean language learning videos.
This is The Cyber University of Korea’s YouTube Channel which hosts videos for the entire Quick Korean Course as well as its Korean Culture Series. There is a wealth of very well produced, educational and inspiring Korean language learning material here.
“Let’s Speak Korean” is a language learning television program produced by Arirang TV, an English, language network based in Korea operated by the Korea International Broadcasting Foundation. It aired for five seasons, with hundreds of episodes, each 10 minutes in length, and aims to help students learn about Korean language and culture.
The Talking To Koreans YouTube channel is affiliated with the website by the same name that offers two free downloadable textbooks and corresponding learning materials created by In Jung Cho, Young A Cho, and their colleagues. This fantastic YouTube resource is accompanied by PDF practice guides that correlate with the and .
The Talking To Koreans YouTube channel is affiliated with the website by the same name that offers two free downloadable textbooks and corresponding learning materials created by In Jung Cho, Young A Cho, and their colleagues. This fantastic YouTube resource is accompanied by PDF practice guides that correlate with the and .
The Talking To Koreans YouTube channel is affiliated with the website by the same name that offers two free downloadable textbooks and corresponding learning materials created by In Jung Cho, Young A Cho, and their colleagues. This fantastic YouTube resource is accompanied by PDF practice guides that correlate with the and .
LangMedia provides language learning resources, including videos, audio, study guides, etc. LangMedia is run by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages and their mission is to share examples of linguistic and cultural diversity with language learners. In the “ ” section of the LangMedia website they provide videos which focus on practical aspects of everyday life (For Ex, Basic Communication, Shopping, Transportation, Culture and Social Life). The conversations often include colloquial language and all videos are accompanied by translations and transcripts.
LangMedia provides language learning resources, including videos, audio, study guides, etc. LangMedia is run by the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages and their mission is to share examples of linguistic and cultural diversity with language learners. In the “ ” section of the LangMedia website they provide videos which focus on practical aspects of everyday life (For Ex, Basic Communication, Shopping, Transportation, Culture and Social Life). The conversations often include colloquial language and all videos are accompanied by translations and transcripts.
Billy, an American who has lived in Korea for well over a decade and speaks Korean fluently, is dedicated to helping others to learn Korean through his video lessons. He has fantastic playlists like, and .
Billy, an American who has lived in Korea for well over a decade and speaks Korean fluently, is dedicated to helping others to learn Korean through his video lessons. He has fantastic playlists like, and .
Billy, an American who has lived in Korea for well over a decade and speaks Korean fluently, is dedicated to helping others to learn Korean through his video lessons. He has fantastic playlists like, and .
Billy, an American who has lived in Korea for well over a decade and speaks Korean fluently, is dedicated to helping others to learn Korean through his video lessons. He has fantastic playlists like, and .
Billy, an American who has lived in Korea for well over a decade and speaks Korean fluently, is dedicated to helping others to learn Korean through his video lessons. He has fantastic playlists like, and .
Billy, an American who has lived in Korea for well over a decade and speaks Korean fluently, is dedicated to helping others to learn Korean through his video lessons. He has fantastic playlists like, and .
Prof. Yoon offers thorough Korean instruction for beginner and intermediate level students. Students can begin with and and then move on to . Also, check out his and playlists.
Prof. Yoon offers thorough Korean instruction for beginner and intermediate level students. Students can begin with and and then move on to . Also, check out his and playlists.
Prof. Yoon offers thorough Korean instruction for beginner and intermediate level students. Students can begin with and and then move on to . Also, check out his and playlists.
Prof. Yoon offers thorough Korean instruction for beginner and intermediate level students. Students can begin with and and then move on to . Also, check out his and playlists.
Prof. Yoon offers thorough Korean instruction for beginner and intermediate level students. Students can begin with and and then move on to . Also, check out his and playlists.
Prof. Yoon offers thorough Korean instruction for beginner and intermediate level students. Students can begin with and and then move on to . Also, check out his and playlists.
This YouTube channel provides guidance and support for students learning Korean.
This Korean drama helps learners to acquire vocabulary and improve their language skills.
This Korean drama helps learners to acquire vocabulary and improve their language skills.
The Korean Talk, Talk, Talk video playlist touches on a variety of topics which are helpful to Korean language learners.
The Korean Talk, Talk, Talk video playlist touches on a variety of topics which are helpful to Korean language learners.
This is a fun and informative podcast to add to your regular Korean language learning regimen. Every lesson is free for a period of time, each new audio and video lesson (3, 5 lessons are published per week) is free to access for 3 weeks before being locked into their library, which can be accessed only with paid membership.
This podcast is produced by the Talk to Me in Korean team and offers a wealth of fantastic Korean language lessons.
Learn Korean by Complete Language Lessons, 13 free Korean lessons on Spotify.
Learn Korean The Easy Way by Language Superstar, This podcast on Spotify has many hours of Korean language instruction spread over 9 chapters.
This collection of audio files, each a few minutes in length, provides concise and clear Indonesian language instruction for beginners. These free audio lessons were made to accompany the Colloquial Korean, The Complete Course for Beginners textbook, which is a book aimed at teaching Korean to beginners in a practical way to prepare them to effectively communicate with confidence in everyday situations.
Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Korean Basic Course, The Foreign Service Institute (U.S. Department of State) originally created this and many other language learning courses to train government employees and members of the foreign service in preparation for a post abroad. This course was designed to train participants to speak Korean naturally with native speakers while exuding confidence and using an accurate accent. It focuses heavily on pronunciation and preparing students for real, life conversations. 47 units are encompassed over two volumes and include textbooks in PDF format and audio lessons as MP3s.
This course is accompanied by an e, textbook with 569 pages and 34 audio files with a running time of 12 hours and 34 minutes.
This course is accompanied by an e, textbook with 474 pages and 100 audio files with a running time of 42 hours.
The FSI Korean Headstart program will introduce you to Korean pronunciation and teach you basic conversational skills for practical everyday situations. It consists of 9 units of study material which could take between 80 and 160 hours to complete. The FSI Korean Headstart Course includes 2 e, books in PDF format with 530 pages and 34 audio lessons in MP3 format with a running time of 16 hours and 57 minutes.
The DLI Korean Language Basic Course is an intensive program that was created with the adult learner in mind. It is accompanied by 2 e, textbooks with a combined total of 1127 pages, and 109 audio files with a combined running time of 8 hours and 42 minutes. This Korean course is part of the language learning program developed by the U.S. Department of Defense as a means of training employees for foreign assignments. As a result, a portion of the material focuses on military, related content, however, on the whole, there is a lot of value for all.
Includes 23 e, textbooks in PDF format with a total of 968 pages and 60 audio files in MP3 format with a combined running time of 4 minutes.
Includes 24 e, textbooks in PDF format with a total of 855 pages and 64 audio files in MP3 format with a combined running time of 13 minutes.
These workbooks contain homework exercises and worksheets that support the teaching in Modules 1, 6 of the SOLT Korean Language Course. Includes 7 e, textbooks in PDF format with a total of 315 pages, and 225 audio files in MP3 format with a combined running time of 3 minutes.
Sogang University is a top university in South Korea which offers a series of free online courses that cater to all learning levels, starting with absolute beginners. The lessons include text, audio, pictures, worksheets and interactive quizzes.
This set of Korean lessons is for absolute beginners. It is divided into 5 sections, The Korean Alphabet, Simple Vowels and Simple Consonants, The Other Vowels and Consonants, Pronunciation and Some Basic Expressions.
The Korean Novice Course by Sogang University includes three sets of 10 lessons that focus on listening and reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar.
The Korean Intermediate Course by Sogang University includes three sets of 10 lessons that focus on listening and reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar.
This website is arguably the most comprehensive, free online resource for learning Korean. Based in Seoul, Korea, and run by enthusiastic language instructors, Talk to me in Korean offers quality content in the form of free lessons, videos, podcasts and a lot of it! All lessons are accompanied by PDF lesson notes and MP3 audio files which can be downloaded.
The Beginner Korean Lessons consist of a total of a couple of hundred episodes spread over nine levels.
The Intermediate Korean Lessons series consists of 148 episodes in Season One and a handful of episodes in Season Two thus far.
Learn basic Korean and explore Korean culture with this free online Korean course by The Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea. Duration 6 weeks, 3 hours per week.
This simple and free Korean course teaches students how to read, write and pronounce the Korean script over the course of just 6 easy lessons.
This is a beginner Korean language course consisting of 5 lessons that teach reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The goal of the course is to enable students to read and write the Korean alphabet, communicate in Korean with basic expressions, and acquire basic knowledge about Korean culture. This fun and free Korean language course is taught by Seung Hae Kang, a professor at Yonsei University in Korea and is offered online through Coursera.
This beginner Korean course requires a familiarity with the Korean alphabet (Hangeul) and teaches essential language skills to prepare students for everyday life while living in Korea. The course consists of six modules, each of which has five units that focus on vocabulary, grammar and expressions, conversation practice, quizzes and more. This fun and free Korean language course is taught by Sang Mee Han, a professor at Yonsei University in Korea and is offered online through Coursera.
The goal of this website is to teach you to speak Korean fluently. All lessons are provided for free and when you complete the 6 unit course you will know 9000 of the most common Korean words and 99.9% of the grammar used in Korean conversation. The course starts with the basics and as you progress through the units it will take you through the intermediate and advanced levels.
Quick Korean is a free online course that was developed by The Cyber University of Korea. It teaches Korean through 4 levels, which increase in difficulty from beginner to advanced. After completing all four levels, students will acquire a Level, 4 knowledge of Korean grammar (according to the Korean Language scale used for the TOPIK test) and a Level, 3 knowledge of Korean vocabulary.
Quick Korean is a free online course that was developed by The Cyber University of Korea. It teaches Korean through 4 levels, which increase in difficulty from beginner to advanced. After completing all four levels, students will acquire a Level, 4 knowledge of Korean grammar (according to the Korean Language scale used for the TOPIK test) and a Level, 3 knowledge of Korean vocabulary.
This Korean language course was designed for students with no prior knowledge of Korean and consists of 5 units (labeled Unit 0, 4) and over 40 units of instruction. It starts with teaching the Korean sound system, core expressions, performances of basic personal interactions, and Hangul (Korean alphabet). This project was developed by the National East Asian Languages Resource Center at Ohio State University with the help of funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
Online Intermediate College Korean is an online course developed by Clair You and Eunso Cho, based on the Intermediate College Korean textbook by Clair You. This course requires the completion of elementary Korean language courses, as it is an Intermediate level course. The goal of this Korean language project is to teach intermediate level college Korean by providing direct access to the audio, visual and written materials accompanying the text. This self, study program aims to improve oral and written Korean fluency through a series of lessons, each comprised of a dialogue, narrative, vocabulary, grammar notes and exercises.
This free Korean language learning program was developed by the Korean National Open University in collaboration with Seoul University. It is intended for beginners and aims to provide students with a foundational knowledge of Korean to enable them to communicate in Korean in everyday situations. The program consists of 20 units, each with 6 sections, Introduction, Vocabulary, Dialogue, Grammar & Expressions, Reading, and Culture. Practice exercises are included with each unit to test comprehension and learning progress.
Part 1 of the Let’s Learn Korean program is divided into 3 sections, Understanding the Korean Language (6 lessons), Upon Arrival in Korea (18 lessons) and Living in Korea (10 lessons).
Part 2 of the Let’s Learn Korean program is comprised of 18 thematic lessons each with vocabulary and a variety of dialogues that are very useful to guide you through everyday situations in Korea.
This website offers Korean language students and teachers a wealth of free information, resources and courses to learn about Korean language and culture. The standard Korean learning curriculum of Nuri, Sejong Hakdang focuses on studying all four aspects of Korean language (speaking, listening, reading and writing). You will need to create a free account and login to view and participate in these courses.
An introductory overview of Sejong Korean.
The BBC Korean language website is a treasure trove of wonderful resources and information. It is high, quality, comprehensive and provides a lot of intelligently presented and produced materials. All BBC language learning pages were “archived” a few years back due to cost, cutting measures, which means they are no longer adding new information or updating the pages. However, you should have no problem accessing the existing information.
The Korean Language Adventure lessons were developed by the KTO (Korean Tourism Organization) and center around the theme of travel and adventure, taking learners on a virtual journey to Seoul and other popular tourist destinations nearby. This very thorough and free Korean language learning program includes 30 extensive units, each containing three main parts, Reading, Conversation, and Activity sections.
This Korean language website features tutorials and is divided into the following sections, Elementary Korean, Vowels, Consonants, Sound Change and Intonation.
This website offers 100 Korean lessons for beginners, each with words, phrases and corresponding audio files.
Explore the world of Korean by learning an abundance of vocabulary in a sound integrated, animated guide. After learning the vocabulary you can take part in games to test your comprehension.
This website features free beginner lessons to guide you through learning Korean, step by step, starting with the Alphabet, moving on to grammar, vocabulary, and phrases, and finally offering simple quizzes to test your progress. These lessons are a basic introduction to the language and have images, text, and audio.
This website offers some fun games, exercises and beginner level instruction with lessons that include text and audio.
Online Korean verb conjugator. Simply enter a verb in its infinitive form and the results will show all of the different conjugations of the verb with explanations.
This site is designed to teach Korean with free vocabulary, phrases, grammar and flashcards while focusing on highly used words and phrases necessary for everyday living.
This website makes learning vocabulary fun with interactive games.
This site specializes in providing information about languages and their alphabets and writing systems.
Loecson offers a free mini, course consisting of fun lessons that provide a basic introduction to Korean with the help of text, audio, simple illustrations, and quizzes to test your progress. You will learn high frequency vocabulary words and commonly used phrases relating to 17 themes which are relevant to everyday life.
This cheerful website uses colorful illustrations and graphics to teach Korean Vocabulary.
The Korean Comics website features 24 episodes with comics that can be viewed in, or with, offering a fun way to learn Korean and improve reading comprehension. The section details translations of the words used in each episode.
The Korean Comics website features 24 episodes with comics that can be viewed in, or with, offering a fun way to learn Korean and improve reading comprehension. The section details translations of the words used in each episode.
The Korean Comics website features 24 episodes with comics that can be viewed in, or with, offering a fun way to learn Korean and improve reading comprehension. The section details translations of the words used in each episode.
The Korean Comics website features 24 episodes with comics that can be viewed in, or with, offering a fun way to learn Korean and improve reading comprehension. The section details translations of the words used in each episode.
This website offers a lot of grammar lessons and solid explanations.
This introduction to Korean was created by J. David Eisenberg, a computer programmer, software developer and college teacher with a background in language learning. It offers an introduction to the alphabet, vocabulary, grammar and simple phrases.
This is a quick grammar and vocabulary reference page brought to you by an American / Korean couple who have been providing quality Korean educational materials online for over a decade.
This Language Survival Kit Module for Korean contains basic vocabulary with audio. Both the audio files and the PDF text can be downloaded.
This wiki page is a collaborative, crowd, sourced project with the goal of providing free Korean language learning materials online. It has a useful among other good resources.
This wiki page is a collaborative, crowd, sourced project with the goal of providing free Korean language learning materials online. It has a useful among other good resources.
This website offers quite a bit of introductory Korean language instruction, mostly centered around useful vocabulary, phrases, the alphabet, and writing.
This site offers beginner lessons, activities and games that make learning Korean fun. You will learn about the alphabet and basic vocabulary and phrases.
Conjuguemos is a go, to site for over 14, 000 schools that has helped millions of people learn their verb conjugations. Created by Alejandro Yegros, a high school Spanish teacher from the USA, it is described as a self, grading, self, timed conjugating and vocabulary, building program for learners of all ages that offers over 300, 000 activities created by language teachers from around the globe.
This site provides 17 beginner Korean lessons designed to help you improve your speaking, reading, and writing skills. Supplementary resources include, and .
This site provides 17 beginner Korean lessons designed to help you improve your speaking, reading, and writing skills. Supplementary resources include, and .
This site provides 17 beginner Korean lessons designed to help you improve your speaking, reading, and writing skills. Supplementary resources include, and .
This site provides 17 beginner Korean lessons designed to help you improve your speaking, reading, and writing skills. Supplementary resources include, and .
This free network is a nice tool to support your language learning. Native speakers are available to make corrections to your text and provide feedback. In return, you provide help to others.
HiNative is an app brought to you by the creators of Lang, 8 that allows you to ask questions to native speakers from around the world using your smartphone. HiNative was created to be used alongside Lang, 8 and is different from Lang, 8 in that it focuses on a Q&A type of learning while Lang, 8 is a journal writing experience.
RhinoSpike is an interesting website that connects language learners from all over the world allowing them to exchange audio files to help improve pronunciation skills. It allows you to submit text that you would like to hear read aloud by a native speaker, and in turn, you receive the audio file. In exchange, and to speed up the process, you can, in turn, provide audio files in your native language for other learners.
This online language learning community connects you with other learners so that you can practice speaking in your second language with a native speaker and vice, versa.
A community of over 2 million language learners that facilitates free language practice with native speakers. You simply exchange time teaching your native language for time learning a foreign language, making it mutually beneficial and free.
Voice of America is an American broadcasting company that creates radio and television news in Korean.
RFA is dedicated to providing reliable and responsible news reporting for countries where accurate and complete news reports are not available. They offer news for China, Tibet, North Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Burma, always in local languages and dialects.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK provides news in Korean via this podcast.
SBS is an Australian broadcasting company that targets non, native English speakers and creates programming in many languages. This podcast allows you to listen to interviews, features and community stories from the SBS Radio Korean program, including Australian and world news.
Korean Broadcasting System is the national public broadcaster of South Korea, offering radio, TV and online news.
Seoul Broadcasting System is another leading South Korean TV and radio network company.
Korea Educational Broadcasting System a South Korean TV and radio broadcasting company that provides educational children’s programming.
This newspaper is one of the top three in South Korea. Also, check out the
This newspaper is one of the top three in South Korea. Also, check out the
This newspaper is ranked as one of the top in South Korea. Also, check out the
This is a trusted and accurate online Korean dictionary that provides fast results and sample sentences to put words in context.
There is no need for a Korean, English dictionary if you have WordReference. Featuring good translations of words and solid definitions, this site also has helpful forums where Arabic speakers from around the world contribute to explaining subtle nuances or more obscure words.
This crowd, sourced site is a great tool to help with pronunciation as it allows you to listen to words and phrases spoken by native speakers.
This “language portal” boasts 44 dictionaries for 28 languages, as well as a wealth of other language learning resources, such as helpful articles, games and quizzes, verb conjugations and phrase books.
This is a unique concept, just type a word into the search field and then choose from one of several dictionaries.
Tatoeba is a large, crowdsourced database of sentences and translations. This free resource allows you to search for a word and get results showing that word in sentences with translations.
This free, multilingual website is a very interesting and valuable resource that allows you to listen to text in foreign languages. Simply insert a URL into the search field on Talkify and it will automatically detect the language and read the text of that website aloud in a natural sounding voice.
In addition to a dictionary, this site offers games and flashcards to support your Korean Language learning.
A Korean dictionary from the Ministry of Culture of Korea.
These free textbooks were developed by the King Sejong Institute, a South Korean government organization devoted to providing comprehensive Korean language and cultural educational materials. You will need to create a free account and login to view and download these textbooks.
This is a good reference book for Korean grammar and pronunciation.
This workbook provides twenty, five core grammar lessons for beginner level Korean language learners.
This workbook provides twenty, four individual grammar lessons for intermediate level Korean language learners.
This textbook provides a comprehensive guide to Korean verbs.
This comprehensive textbook provides a step, by, step approach to learning Korean. The book provides practice exercises, concise grammar explanations, practical vocabulary, and a pronunciation guide.
This awesome free textbook, the accompanying, and complete can be found on the website, along with other learning materials.
This awesome free textbook, the accompanying, and complete can be found on the website, along with other learning materials.
This awesome free textbook, the accompanying, and complete can be found on the website, along with other learning materials.
This awesome free textbook, the accompanying, and complete can be found on the website, along with other learning materials.
Free online language level testing is offered by this language learning software company.
This language training company offers free online language level testing.