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Meet the letters. Hear the words. Read and write Korean.

Learn to read Korean in 28 short units.

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Module 1

Discover Korean writing

Meet Hangeul, hear Korean sound contrasts and see how letters build syllables.

  1. 01

    How Korean writing works

    Understand letters, syllable blocks and the size of Hangeul.

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    ~3 min
  2. 02

    A little Hangeul history

    Discover when the alphabet appeared, its design ideas and where it is used.

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    ~3 min
  3. 03

    Hear Korean vowels and consonant families

    Listen to unfamiliar vowels and relaxed, airy and tense starts.

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    ~3 min
  4. 04

    Pitch, rhythm and spelling

    Understand why a sound-based alphabet still needs whole-word listening.

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    ~3 min
Module 2

Your first letters and words

  1. 05

    ㅇ, ㅏ and ㅣ

    Build your first blocks with a silent start and a vowel.

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    ~5 min
  2. 06

    ㅗ, ㅜ and ㅠ

    Put a wide vowel underneath the start.

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    ~8 min
  3. 07

    ㄴ, ㅁ, ㄷ and ㅅ

    Change the consonant while keeping the vowel.

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    ~11 min
  4. 08

    ㅓ, ㅡ and ㄹ

    Hear and build eo and eu.

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    ~8 min
  5. 09

    ㅂ

    Meet one more start and read words with this consonant.

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    ~7 min
Module 3

More letters, more everyday words

  1. 10

    ㄱ, ㅋ and ㄲ

    Hear the relaxed, airy and tense g/k family.

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    ~8 min
  2. 11

    ㅑ, ㅕ and ㅛ

    Read the four vowels with a y glide.

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    ~7 min
  3. 12

    ㅌ and ㄸ

    Hear the three d/t starts.

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    ~7 min
  4. 13

    ㅍ and ㅃ

    Hear the three b/p starts.

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    ~7 min
  5. 14

    ㅆ

    Read s and tense s without adding a syllable.

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    ~6 min
  6. 15

    ㅈ, ㅊ and ㅉ

    Hear relaxed, airy and tense j/ch sounds.

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    ~8 min
  7. 16

    ㅎ

    Finish the start consonants and read two pictured words.

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    ~6 min
Module 4

Endings and additional vowels

  1. 17

    Give the block a floor

    Add a final consonant underneath the start and vowel.

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    ~6 min
  2. 18

    Soup, clothes and home

    Close a final stop without adding a vowel.

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    ~5 min
  3. 19

    ㅐ, ㅔ, ㅒ and ㅖ

    Read ae, e and their y partners.

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    ~5 min
  4. 20

    ㅘ, ㅝ and ㅟ

    Keep a combined vowel inside one square.

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    ~5 min
  5. 21

    ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅞ and ㅢ

    Recognise the remaining vowel spellings.

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    ~5 min
  6. 22

    Let the sounds connect

    Hear a final consonant link into a following vowel.

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    ~5 min
Module 5

Your everyday reading missions

  1. 23

    Find the cat and the key

    Read everyday course words one block at a time.

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    ~5 min
  2. 24

    A tiny café mission

    Read a menu and find tea, coffee and bread.

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    ~5 min
  3. 25

    Read a friendly greeting

    Read hello and a reassuring reply.

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    ~5 min
  4. 26

    Spelling stays, sounds move

    Notice a sound change without changing the spelling.

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    Optional · ~5 min
  5. 27

    Your independent reading check

    Decode new simple blocks and recognise familiar words.

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    ~8 min
  6. 28

    A little return tomorrow

    Retrieve the blocks and words once more.

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    Optional · ~5 min
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