How to Really Learn Korean in Just Minutes a Day and Stick with it Get an Instant 10% OFF with coupon code FF2009 for a limited time. The Myth What if I told you mastering Korean wasn't that hard. That actually learning the language itself is not nearly as difficult as you may have heard. And that the problem to progressing is an age old one...failure to execute. The Real Issue Said another way, "People don't progress 'cause they don't do! If you don't do the work, you won't reach your goals." It's a bold statement, but think about it. How many things have you tried, only to give up at some later point in time. Exercising daily, diets, hobbies, etc. Language learning is no exception. We tend to start out strong,... Show more

The Month of May in Korea is often called Family Month. There's Children's Day, Parent's Day, and Teacher's Day. Korea takes Mother's Day to a whole different level! On these days you give your Children, Parents and Teachers gifts to show them how much you appreciate them. Children often benefit the most with candy and money being popular gifts. Teachers get quite a lot of gifts as well as they have many students and parents to receive gifts from. And that's why the month of May is called Family month in Korea! Well... did you learn something new about Korea? If you did, you'll be glad to know that you'll learn cultural tidbits in every single lesson at KoreanClass101.com! In every lesson, not only will you learn Korean that will... Show more

Hi Hyunwoo here. I hope everybody is having a wonderful day and enjoying your Korean studies. Some might think there's enough variety to the list of categories on this blog already, but I've just added one more category to it. And as you can see, it's about how to translate certain words or phrases between English and Korean - sometimes from English to Korean, and other times, the other way around. I'd like to start with a very basic word describing a very important behavior, which, however, is not translated very correctly all the time. It's  'to eat.' What's the Korean word for it? It's very easy. 먹다. But the thing is, when you use it in a sentence, you always need an object noun. So for example, if you want to say "I'm... Show more

Really Simple Korean Conversation #3 Cast: Emily (listener/blogger of KoreanClass101.com) Matthew (listener/blogger of KoreanClass101.com) Max (listener of KoreanClass101.com) Hyunwoo (host of KoreanClass101.com) Gyeong-eun (host of KoreanClass101.com) You too can participate! If you want to participate in the video, email us at contactus@koreanclass101.com ! :)

As Matthew explained in his last post, kids in Korea have a lot of pressure to perform well in school, and not only in normal classroom activities but also in extracurricular studies, sports, foreign languages, music, etc, etc, etc.. What he didn't mention, however, is how much Korean mothers like to brag about their friends' children, and how well they are at the aforementioned etc, etc, etc.. A very interesting expression has come out of this phenomenon: 엄친아. This is short for 엄마 친구 아들 (mom's friend's son). As any Korean child would know, your 엄친아 always gets perfect grades, speaks perfect english, and french, and japanese, plays at least 3 musical instruments, plays soccer, volunteers every week, and is absolutely gorgeous... Show more