For complete beginners who want practical Korean for everyday life, a Korea trip, study, or work-related communication. Start with a short level check, then follow one step at a time. Everything here is free, and nothing asks for your card.
Do them in this order. Each step builds on the one before it.
Check your reading, speaking, listening, grammar comfort, and your main goal.
Why first: your reading and speaking comfort may be different. This check helps you choose a practical starting point.
Already finished? Send Ashley your Step 1 answers in the message box for a free quick level check.
Learn the Korean letters and how they stack into blocks.
Why now: Hangul is small and regular. Reading it directly helps you practice the Korean sounds written on the page.
Train the sound pairs that beginners mix up: 가 / 카 / 까, 다 / 타 / 따, 바 / 파 / 빠.
Why now: pronunciation is physical. Practicing it early makes later speaking work easier.
Build your own self-introduction: name, country, job, why you study Korean.
Why now: a short self-introduction is useful in many first conversations. Preparing it turns study into something you can say aloud.
Take the phrases you need in a real place — a shop, a taxi, a restaurant — plus a free sample of ten speaking patterns.
Why last: using the phrases aloud helps connect the first four steps to practical conversation.
Ashley Baek is a certified Korean Language Teacher (Level 2, Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) based in Seoul. Use the contact form and paste what you wrote in Step 1 into the message box. Ashley can suggest a practical place to start. There is no charge for that answer, and no obligation to book anything.