Jenny’s Korean Language
A teacher, a whiteboard and a clear place to start. Follow Jenny through 20 Korean lessons, from reading your first Hangul syllables to talking about everyday life and writing a short letter.
20 beginner video lessons · Published by Seemile Korean
How to study with Jenny
Begin with the alphabet lessons, or choose a familiar topic. Pause to repeat the examples aloud, write your own sentences and use Seemile’s practice tools after each lecture.
All 20 lessons
Korean alphabet and reading 1
22:27 · Meet the basic Korean consonants and vowels, then practise reading them together. Start here if Hangul is new to you.
Practise this topicKorean alphabet and reading 2
30:21 · Continue the alphabet lesson with more reading practice. Pause the video and sound out the syllables before listening to Jenny.
Practise this topicIntroduce yourself
26:21 · Practise introducing yourself with your nationality and occupation. Use the lesson to prepare a short introduction of your own.
Practise this topicLocations and places
34:38 · Learn to talk about where things are and whether something is there, using expressions such as 있습니다 and 없습니다.
Practise this topicVerbs, actions and movement
39:01 · Move from naming things to describing actions. Practise the language used for activities, locations and movement.
Practise this topicTime and numbers
37:21 · Work with Korean numbers and time expressions. Say the examples aloud, then practise telling the time yourself.
Practise this topicActivities and the past
35:52 · Talk about activities you have already done. Use past expressions to describe a weekend or another familiar day.
Practise this topicShopping, counters and prices
38:23 · Practise asking about prices and expressing quantities. Connect shopping vocabulary with Korean counting units.
Practise this topicDates, plans and appointments
35:15 · Learn expressions for months, dates and days of the week. Practise using them to talk about plans and appointments.
Practise this topicSeasons and weather
37:08 · Describe the seasons and everyday weather. Try making a short weather report about where you live.
Practise this topicFamily and honorific expressions
38:38 · Introduce family members and practise respectful expressions. Notice how the language changes when you talk about other people.
Practise this topicThanks and apologies
28:28 · Practise thanking someone and apologising. The lesson also introduces expressions using 아서 and 어서.
Practise this topicHobbies and frequency
31:41 · Talk about hobbies and leisure activities. Add frequency expressions to say how often you do something.
Practise this topicPlaces and states
43:59 · Describe places and their conditions, including expressions such as 많다 and 적다. Compare the examples with places you know.
Practise this topicHealth, the body and symptoms
28:58 · Learn vocabulary for body parts and describing symptoms. Follow the lecture with a practical health-related conversation.
Practise this topicGetting around in Korea
37:08 · Learn expressions for cars, buses, the subway and taxis. Practise connecting transport vocabulary with a journey you might take.
Practise this topicTravel, holidays and experiences
33:09 · Talk about travel, holidays and experiences. Use the lesson topics to prepare a few sentences about a trip.
Practise this topicAppearance and clothing
34:33 · Learn to describe appearance and clothing. Practise building short descriptions using the examples in the lecture.
Practise this topicFeelings and moods
42:20 · Express feelings and moods, including happiness and sadness. Practise describing how you feel in a short sentence.
Practise this topicWriting a letter in Korean
31:54 · Bring expressions from the course into a letter. Draft a short message and review the phrases you want to use again.
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