Korean
Essays
- Covers difficulties, culture, learning resources, grammar, vocabulary etc.
- Thorough article on all aspects of Korean language.
- Article with diagram on the history, dialects, script, grammar and role in society of Korean.
- An upbeat article with helpful advice.
- Lots of info on the Korean script, its history, a chart of all the letters and a collection of links.
- Overview of the language, vocab, politeness levels, grammar and alphabet.
- Concise article on Korean dialects, phonology, grammar, politeness levels, vocabulary and writing.
Courses (Beginners/Basic)
Let's Speak Korean Season 1, 1-60
- Fairly old now, but still useful. The 2 teachers teach basic expressions using cartoon and skits. Hangul used throughout.
Let's Speak Korean Season 2, 1-2, 1-25, 10-180, 181-183, 184-260
- A video course with loads of episodes. An excellent resource but you will need to know Hangul to catch all the expressions.
Let's Speak Korean Season 3, 1-130
- New season with 10 minute episodes teaching Korean expressions. Nice as a supplement to your Korean studies. Probably the best series.
- A very professional website that teaches introductory to intermediate Korean with loads of content.
- Thorough, effective courses developed by US government, unfortunately uses romanization. Volume 1 audio available here.
Teen Korean Available in English, Chinese, Japanese & Russian
- Website designed for teenagers studying Korean but can be used by anyone. Multimedia lessons & a progress tracker, free registration required.
- Interactive course with 20 lessons including vocabulary, dialogues, grammar, reading practice &
culture. Looks nice.
- Korean lessons from beginners to upper-intermediate with tests & listening & reading practice. Free registration required.
- A university course with audio, exercises, grammar etc for learning basic Korean.
- Teaches spoken Korean with lots of audio.
- Intended for immigrants married to Koreans, teaches through Korean using pictures. Basic to intermediate books with mp3s.
東外大言語モジュール Only available in Japanese.
- Huge course that teaches Korean through video and loads of exercises. A Moodle version is available here.
ALC 韓国語学習 Only available in Japanese
- Several courses available including beginner's course, Korean from movies, writing system etc.
在线韩国语教室 Only available in simplified Chinese
- Basic to advanced lessons with audio, dialogues, tests, grammar and vocabulary. Free registration required.
Traveler's Korean Season 1, 2 Available in En, Jp, Zh & Sp
- Video course teaching basic travel expressions, also gives tips on Korean pronunciation, culture & customs.
- Teaches entirely in Korean through audio and pictures. Lots of activities and an active community.
Courses (Intermediate+ /Supportive)
- A fantastic resource that teaches using dialogues, exercises, audio.
- Reading, conversation & exercise sections with great explanations and cute graphics. Free registration required.
Korean sustainment & enhancement
- Aims to improve a student's listening & reading skills and grammar knowledge.
GLOSS Korean by the Defense Language Institute
- Improve your Korean with lessons on listening and reading comprehension. Beginning to intermediate level.
Weekly Training Events by the Defense Language Institute
- Improve your Korean with listening & reading lessons from authentic material. Intermediate and beyond level.
-Video course with one host speaking Korean, the other English. Uses some skits and introduces
expressions with explanations.
- Lots of varied exercises using pictures for beginning to advanced learners of Korean.
Websites
- Lots of tutorials on grammar, pronunciation and Hangul.
- Reference lessons on grammar and vocabulary.
- Revision notes on grammar, hanja & vocab.
- Supplementary materials for the textbook 'College Korean'.
- Games for learning some basic Korean.
- A downloadable phrasebook with audio for basic Korean, some vocab specific to the military.
Free Korean Lessons by Leon
- A great overview of Korea politeness, grammar, sounds, numbers and other tricky parts.
韓国語無料学習 Only available in Japanese
- 9 beginner's lessons, a course for preparing for Korean exams, and a collection of Korean proverbs.
- Quizzes, games survival phrases with audio and vocab software to download.
KLEAR Integrated Korean Beginning 1
- Audio files for the popular Integrated Korean textbook.
- Study vocabulary with flashcard quizzes, lots of different lists available. Also includes grammar guides and a sentence ending list.
- Learn vocabulary in groups of 10 using Korean-English & English-Korean mp3s. Words are split grammatically & topically.
- A huge section for survival Korean phrases and Korean vocabulary, with technical words included.
KBS Let's Learn Korean Available in En, De, Es, Fr, Ar, Ch, Jp, Ru, In
- A big phrasebook with Korean expressions and dialogues for travellers. Uses audio & flash presentations with vocab lists.
KBS Let's Learn Korean NEW Available in En, De, Es, Fr, Ar, Ch, Jp, Ru, Ind & Viet
- New version with 20 lessons introducing vocabulary, expressions & dialogues with short audio segments explaining each phrase.
Cours de coréen Only avalable in French
- Alphabet lessons and 5 lessons with texts, vocabulary & grammar, as well as a list of 1800 of the most common hanja.
- Online flashcard system with sound, sentences and text. Not that well-developed right now but looks promising.
Hanja and Hangul
- A downloadable program for learning Hanja and Korean vocabulary.
- Flash lessons for learning Hangul with pictures and audio. Nice presentation.
- Thorough Wiki book on Hangul, with stroke order, help on writing and exercises.
- Introduces the 30 most common Hanja with examples.
- 10 lessons thoroughly introducing Hangul with audio and reading practice. Also teaches basic grammar & vocabulary.
- A simple quiz to test yourself on the Hangul.
- Information on how Hangul is put together & pronunciation rules such as liason. Also includes basic gramar, expressions & wordlists.
E-books
Korean language & culture by Waunita Kinoshita, 1995
- A teacher's manual and student exercise book for 19 classroom based lessons. Could be useful to a self-learner though.
DLI Korean Advanced Course Vol I 1971
DLI Korean Advanced Course Vol II 1971
DLI Korean Advanced Course Vol V 1972
Lessons in the Korean Language & Culture for TESL Teachers by C. W. Kim, 1970
Integrated Korean Advanced Intermediate (audio only)
Indiana Uni Korean Lessons 101-202 (audio only)
Browse more Korean language e-books here.
Podcasts
- Same format as Japanesepod101. Intermediate, beginner and newbie levels.
- Popular podcasts explaining common grammar problems in Korean. Beginner and intermediate levels.
- Chatty hosts teach Korean effectively through conversations, grammar explanations, free transcripts and listen-and-repeat sections. Note: Only available in Japanese.
大韓風 - 2 (2006), 大韓風 - 1 (2008) (extra material 1, 2 & 3)
- Learn basic Korean words and phrases for everyday life. Note: Only available in Cantonese.
- Useful podcasts on different topics with good explanations. English accent is a bit difficult to understand at first.
- 10 lessons available free, 50 more available to pay for.
Forums
- Forums about the Korean language, book reviews, life in Korea etc. Free registration required.
- A place to practise your Korean and ask questions about it.
- Korean language, grammar, vocabulary etc. Still a bit small.
- Forums for beginner's grammar, vocabulary, translation and practising Korean.
- Forums for the podcast, practising Korean, discussion about the language, culture, films, music, travel etc.
Blogs
- Blog on the Korean language from an advanced learner of Korean.
- A group blog about studying Korean. Lots of useful posts with advice and reviews of language learning material.
- Lots of posts on Korean music, culture, humour, life in Korea, real life examples of written Korean, the language, vocabulary, videos etc.
- Blog about learning Korean with big links section.
- Korean grammar for smart learners.
- The experiences of the author in learning Korean, includes links for language websites and posts on other languages too.
- Blogging my passion to learn Korean (한국어) and Hangul (한글).
- Blog on linguistics, learning Korean, Korean drama & entertainment.
- Regular posts on Korean cuisine, culture, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, history and more.
Technical
Viewing Korean on the internet
- Scroll down to find a comprehensive tutorial on viewing Korean on any Windows computer.
- Browse Korean sites with a pop-up dictionary.
- A javascript program for typing in Korean.
- A tutorial for writing Korean on a mac.