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Learn Korean.
The right way.
A complete 140-lesson path from zero to TOPIK 1: reading, pronunciation rules, real vocabulary, and culture, in lessons built for self-study that actually sticks.
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140 lessons · 7 months · about 1,200 words · TOPIK 1
Month 1 is free. All of it.
Twenty lessons take you from your first Hangul letter to reading any Korean word, applying real pronunciation rules, greeting people, introducing yourself, and counting in both number systems. No account needed for the first two lessons. Just start.
Why VIA works
Reading comes first. Hangul is the most learnable writing system on earth, and the course spends week one getting you to sound out real words instead of collecting app streaks. From there, every lesson opens by testing the one before it, and the weekly reviews score you honestly enough to sting a little.
The target is real Korean. Speech levels, etiquette, and culture are taught with the words that need them, and the whole seven-month path aims at one measurable finish line: TOPIK 1, with about 1,200 words in your pocket.
Practice on paper
Screens teach reading; paper teaches writing. The Hangul Workbook is a 40-page printable with tracing guides for every letter, your first words, and the core greetings. $5, print at home.
Get Month 1 by email, free
The complete Month 1 as a typeset PDF, plus a 7-day Hangul email course.
More languages are coming
Korean is our flagship. Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, French, and Arabic editions are on the roadmap. Join the course and you will be the first to know.
Who makes VIA
VIA is an independent project: one founder and a small production team, building one language done properly before starting the next. Every line of Korean on this site passes a native-accuracy review before it ships, and when we get something wrong, we fix it and say so.