King Sejong Institute
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Pros
- I recently did the beginner cyber course with the King Sejong Institute. I believe it's a government run service for Korean Language learning. It's free!
- It's totally free, it's amazing! My husband did the introductory course before Christmas and I did the first beginner class. We both had native Korean teachers and they were excellent. All of their textbooks are free to download too
- I'd also recommend the King Sejong Institute if you like the routine of having a class.
- If you have more time than money, King Sejong Institute has a lot of free textbooks that go through vocabulary and grammar.
- King Sejong Institute has [free self-learning courses] and also periodically offers [free courses with an instructor]. In your particular case, you might want to look into registering for a Learning-Assisted course: you can get feedback...
Cons
- The KSI is very weak on vocabulary. Grammatically it's very strong but it needs to be supplemented with lots of language consumption. Its strength is that it creates pretty good scaffolding for the higher levels so that vocab all falls i...
- Just be aware that the registration for the regular courses have previously been even more fierce, with the website going down for multiple hours on registration day due to too many people trying to access the website.
Sentiment
16 positive (89%) · 2 mixed (11%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted score: +87% · raw score 89%
What redditors said (10 of 18)
The KSI is very weak on vocabulary. Grammatically it's very strong but it needs to be supplemented with lots of language consumption. Its strength is that it creates pretty good scaffolding for the higher levels so that vocab all falls into place though.
I recently did the beginner cyber course with the King Sejong Institute. I believe it's a government run service for Korean Language learning. It's free!
It's totally free, it's amazing! My husband did the introductory course before Christmas and I did the first beginner class. We both had native Korean teachers and they were excellent. All of their textbooks are free to download too
I'd also recommend the King Sejong Institute if you like the routine of having a class.
If you have more time than money, King Sejong Institute has a lot of free textbooks that go through vocabulary and grammar.
King Sejong Institute has [free self-learning courses] and also periodically offers [free courses with an instructor]. In your particular case, you might want to look into registering for a Learning-Assisted course: you can get feedback from an instructor by completing assignments (2 mandatory and 8 optional) and there's also three Zoom sessions, but attendance is optional.
I've been taking the free online classes at King Sejong Institute for over a year now, first their regular classes and now their speaking classes... For me, at least, that's a sufficient amount of places to actually put into practice the various ways I've seen native Koreans express themselves
Just be aware that the registration for the regular courses have previously been even more fierce, with the website going down for multiple hours on registration day due to too many people trying to access the website.
King Sejong Institute periodically offers free online courses with a live instructor so you'd be able to get feedback on writing or pronunciation there if you're able to register.
King Sejong Institute has free textbooks, self-study courses, apps, and periodically offers free online courses with a live instructor.
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