Free online courseKorean lessons for beginners

Course Description

Welcome to "Korean Lessons for Beginners," a comprehensive and engaging course designed to take you from a complete novice to a confident user of the Korean language. With a duration of 15 hours and 6 minutes, this course is perfect for busy individuals who want to learn Korean efficiently and effectively.

In this course, you'll start with an orientation that familiarizes you with the teaching methods and sets the stage for your learning journey. From there, you'll dive right into essential greetings and common phrases that will help you start conversing in Korean from day one.

Next, you'll explore the foundational elements of the Korean language, beginning with the vowels and the basic alphabet letters. You will be guided through the pronunciation and writing of these characters, ensuring you gain a strong footing in the language. You'll also master the aspirated and tense consonants, as well as the combined vowels and various types of the Korean alphabet.

The course extensively covers final consonants, double batchim, and crucial pronunciation rules, which are essential for speaking Korean clearly and correctly. Additionally, you'll learn how to type on Korean keyboards across different devices such as iPhone, Android, Windows 10, and Mac, which is an invaluable skill for modern communication.

Grammar is a key component of language learning, and this course delves into it with topics like particles, negative sentences, and tense conjugations. You'll grasp formal and informal speech levels and how to express various intentions, plans, and actions across different times (present, past, and future) in Korean.

Honorifics play a significant role in Korean culture, and this course ensures you understand and can appropriately use honorific forms. You'll also get familiar with interrogatives, numbers in both Sino-Korean and native forms, and all the subtleties that make Korean conversation smooth and polite.

The later sections of the course continue to build on your growing knowledge with more advanced grammar and vocabulary. You'll learn about verb conjugations, noun modifiers, and a variety of other constructs that will enrich your ability to construct complex sentences and articulate yourself clearly in Korean.

To help solidify your learning, the course culminates in a final exam and the award of a certificate of completion, testifying to your newfound skills in the Korean language. Additionally, the course includes an extensive section on conversational practice, ensuring that you can apply what you’ve learned in real-world situations.

Embark on your Korean language journey with "Korean Lessons for Beginners," and unlock your ability to communicate in a language that's as rich in culture as it is in history. Dive in today and start speaking Korean with confidence!