Stop studying Korean. Make it a habit.

it actually calls you

ok so ive tried like 2 apps and a tutor site and didnt open any of them after week 2 lol. this one calls me at 8 every night so i just pick up, and if i miss it i call back after dinner. first call i couldnt get past 안녕하세요 and my partner switched to english whenever i froze then back to korean. asked how to say bias, got 최애, had to use it in a sentence right away. after the call u get a text w the words u messed up + the fixed versions and the app keeps a Still tricky list that i check before every call. didnt know u could slow the voice down in settings until like week 3, that should be on by default for beginners tbh

practiced 처음 뵙겠습니다 more times than i can count

My boyfriends korean and im meeting his parents in december. took a semester of korean years ago and forgot basically all of it. what i like is i can call whenever so i practice the actual stuff ill need, introducing myself, saying the foods delicious, asking about their trip. it doesnt cut me off mid sentence, just says the right version back and keeps going and the fixed sentences show up in the text after. last week it remembered the jeju trip id mentioned and asked about it first which kinda freaked me out ngl. pricier than an app but way cheaper than a tutor

Twenty minutes in the hotel room

I'm in Seoul every month and for years my Korean was hello, thank you, where's the bathroom. Now I call from the hotel the night before meetings. If I ramble it asks me to say the same thing in 3 sentences which is exactly what I need for small talk w/ the team. The report after the call lists what to use next time and I actually read it in the taxi. It gets it when I drop into English for a word. Only complaint, recordings only stick around 30 days. Would've liked longer.

my listening was always ahead of my speaking

grew up hearing korean at home but i always answer my 할머니 in english bc im embarrassed about my grammar. nobodys watching on a phone call so i just talk. it lets my sentences be messy and only repeats the clean version once so im not getting stopped every 2 words. the app sorts what youve said into Using well and Still tricky and honestly the second list is my whole childhood lol. called 할머니 last sunday and did the entire call in korean for the first time. she noticed. 10/10

watching w/o subtitles is a different skill

ive watched like 400 hrs of dramas and could still only say lines from them lmao. started w the free 10 min call bc theres no sign up and just kept going. my partner explains the difference between what characters say and what ud actually say to someone u just met which no app ever told me. if i say a line in 반말 she gives me the 요 version. i have calls set for after school and if i miss one it calls again 10 min later, on weekends i just call it myself. caught whole sentences in the new ep this week fr