When I set out to design Korean Uncovered, my main aim
was to set it apart from every other Korean course.
The way I've done that is to base the entire course
around a story, and, in fact, the course syllabus itself
emerges from the story.
Let me explain...
Most Korean courses are structured by taking a bunch
of grammar rules, putting them together in a certain
order, then teaching them to you one-by-one in a series
of lessons. This is dull, and ineffective. In this
course, we do things differently. In this course, you
learn through 'StoryLearning'. This means you focus on
relaxing, reading, and enjoying the plot of the story.
The 'serious study' happens another way!
Rather than teaching you through a process of grammar
rules, followed by tests, here's what I do instead.
First, I make sure you see the grammar being used
naturally in the story itself. This way, you get to
learn how it works in a natural way. Second, you
discover the rules by yourself... with a little help
from me! Story first. Rules later. This makes learning
much more effective.
This means you get to enjoy learning Korean first and
foremost, rather than get bogged down in technicalities
from the start. (Yes... it's fun!)
Doesn't that sound more exciting than your last
textbook?
At every stage of the course, you’ll be immersed in real
Korean - both the written story and the audiobook.
This means that by the time you finish the course, not
only will you have read an entire book in Korean, but
you’ll have a large vocabulary, so you can express
yourself fully in conversation. You will also have had
many hours of listening practice, so that following
spoken Korean will be effortless.