FluentU

FluentU teaches Korean through the use of media created by and for native speakers. This website and app converts authentic Korean clips such as commercials, cartoons, and music videos into language lessons. FluentU's videos help you improve your Korean listening and reading skills by including interactive subtitles that allow you to click on any unfamiliar word to get a definition, pronunciation audio, and example sentences. The video dictionary in the program will also show you a list of other videos that contain the word.

FluentU's personalized quizzes assess your understanding of terms from videos or your own custom vocabulary lists. Spaced repetition is used in the quizzes to adapt to your learning progress and determine which questions to ask next. The quizzes in the app also include speaking questions that use your device's speech recognition feature to allow you to practice your pronunciation.

• Pros:
  • Available as both a web-based course and an app (iOS and Android)
  • Utilizes a variety of real Korean media, with many engaging topics and entertaining formats
  • Uses mainstream content, making the material modern and applicable to everyday life
  • Provides language learning tools to help you follow along with authentic videos and remember the vocabulary and
  • phrases you learn from them
• Cons:
  • No certificate currently available
  • Expensive

Best for: Immersive, on-the-go-learning
Price: Free trial; paid subscriptions available
Certificate available: No

Rating: 3.8/5.0

Enroll here: fluentu.com/korean/