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안녕하세요! Official Lemmy community for learning the Korean language and culture.

Use common sense, don't be an asshole, you know the drill.

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I wonder if there's any koreans in lemmy... I hope there is some

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No posts in this community for a few years so I figured I'd kick one off :P

App 1: trytalker.com - Free, doesn't work on Firefox, AI isn't good at continuing conversation.

App 2: speakpal.ai - Seemed pretty good at conversating, but I got an expensive pricing popup (20$/mo) after only a few minutes of use. It seemed quite nice though.

App 3: Duolingo - Honestly garbage, it's an app with a focus on getting you to open it every day and pay rather than one that helps you learn. Great if you like keeping a streak for motivation.

App 4: talkpal.ai - Has free plan for 10 minutes a day. I didn't find the AI as engaging as speakpal, and the plans require a huge commitment (24 months) before they become a good deal

The rest were all mobile only, and I wanna 'learn' Korean while I play on the computer so I didn't try them out. I think I'll go back to Speakpal, it seemed the best.

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I have found these videos to be extremely helpful to my listening comprehension, but only the Korean part is what's helpful. Just listening to the Korean part over and over got me to understand what's being said, even if sometimes I'd look in the dictionary.

The original videos have long explanations in English. This basically turns off your thinking in Korean. The best universities teach foreign languages in the target language. This is why I just edited the most important parts together. You can just watch it multiple times until you can hear what they are saying.

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Hopefully there are more Korean learners here on Lemmy. :)