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Korean from Zero: Hangul & Sounds (L1)

CEFR A1 · Hangul was designed in 1443 to be learnable by anyone in a morning, and it still is. Learn the alphabet, then the three-way consonant distinction and the final-consonant rules that the alphabet doesn't show you.

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4 modules 25 lessons 10 enrolled ~9h of material
Korean from Zero: Hangul & Sounds (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Read and write all fourteen Hangul consonants and ten basic vowels
  • Assemble and decode syllable blocks, including those with final consonants
  • Produce the three-way distinction between plain, aspirated and tense consonants
  • Apply the batchim rule — the seven sounds a final consonant can make
  • Handle the main assimilation rules that change sounds between syllables
  • Read any Korean word aloud from its spelling

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

25 lessons across 4 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.