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νμΈμ! It's Natalia and today I'm gonna
be showing some of the apps that I like using for learning Korean. Some are meant for absolute beginners and some are meant for those of you that have been learning Korean
for a few years like me. The first app I want to introduce you to is actually the sponsor of
today's video LingoDeer. Many of you have probably
heard of LingoDeer before since it's considered to
be one of the best apps for learning Korean,
Chinese, and Japanese. Not to mention that they've expanded to include other languages like Spanish, French, Russian,
Arabic, and a few others. When you open the Korean curriculum you'll see that LingoDeer has content for both absolute beginners
and intermediate learners. So if you're an absolute
beginner in Korean, you can start off by learning Hangul or the Korean alphabet. LingoDeer will teach you
the pronunciation/order of each letter through
the use of listening tests and matching activities. (speaking in foreign language) If you already know Hangul you can start working
through either the Korean 1 or Korean 2 ladders. As you see there's a variety
of topics for each course. So for me, I am currently working
through the Korean 2 course to review some topic three vocabulary. So the first thing I do when
I'm learning with LingoDeer is actually review the
learning tip section to get an idea of the grammar
point that I will learn or review through the lesson. So this one is on a TOPIK 3 structure for (speaks in Korean) and (speaks in Korean) And this is actually a grammar structure that I have struggled with for years now. And I don't know if I
will ever learn it, rant. So I'm gonna go ahead
and start lesson one. Okay. So it's gonna start off
by teaching me some vocabulary before jumping into the grammar. So select diary, (speaks foreign language) to keep a treasure
(speaks foreign language) Already, (speaks foreign language) So now we're jumping into
some example sentences that use the grammar point. So here you'll notice that
the grammar point is actually kind of emphasized or
highlighted in a way. So if you were to click on it, you can see the lesson notes
for this grammar structure if you are not like me
and didn't read the lesson nor the learning tips beforehand. So if I wanna hear it again. (speaks foreign language) Okay. So one of my favorite
features for LingoDeer is that you can actually
record yourself mid lesson to compare your pronunciation
to that of the native speaker because we all know I am way
too lazy to leave the app and then come back. So let's try this out (speaks foreign language) Okay, I think that sounds pretty similar. My favorite course on
LingoDeer is Fluent Korean because it helps me bridge the gap between this is what I've studied and this is what's used
in everyday conversations. So I'm gonna filter for
the intermediate dialogues, (speaks foreign language) and there was one course I wanted to do, which was this one which is
arguing with your roommate, just cause I'm chismosa. Okay. So I'm gonna go ahead and
listen to the dialogue first (speaks foreign language) Once the dialogue has ended, I actually like to go back to the top and pretend I am each person. Cause you guys know I'm weird
and I like to imitate them. Like I'm the person in this argument or in this conversation. I do wanna mention that unfortunately, you can't turn off the romanization even though this is an
intermediate course or dialogue and it kind of makes
the Korean hard to read. Cause it spaces it funny. But yeah. So once you've done that you can go back and review what you've learned through speaking exercises
and a writing exercise. They also have key points here. If you didn't know some
of the grammar structures you can easily review them or
learn them for the first time. The next app I want
you to introduce you to is one that is focused on
speaking from the very beginning. And that is Teuida, which I really hope I'm
saying that correctly. So this app got a lot of
attention when it came out because it actually has some
lessons taught by Kappa vitals like Nancy here from Momoland. But I'm gonna go ahead and
choose a different lesson. So when I'm in Korea, I love shopping. So I actually wanna do
this level seven course about shopping around. (upbeat music) (speaks foreign language) This is such high quality. (upbeat music) (speaks foreign language) Oh, snap! Guys we're going. (chuckles) I can't believe
they got a real store for this. (speaks foreign language) Now that I've gone through the dialogue I can see that the lessons down here correlate with the
phrases in the role-play. So if I click on lesson one, - Koreans are known for
their skincare routine. One of the staples of
K-Beauty are facial masks. Suppose you're in need of some but don't know if a store sells any, in Korean you'd ask
(speaks foreign language) - So once you've completed that lesson, you can go ahead and go
through the other dialogues that are correlated to this
shopping adventures theme. Or you can choose a different level and choose something else. So you can see they have
traveling around Korea, leaving the friend zone. They have some upcoming topics that include studying abroad in Korea, which I think will be super exciting. As someone who has studied abroad, I wanna see what they include,
but I really like this app. And I think you guys should try it out. Now if participating in a
role-play isn't your style because you want to
track all the vocabulary and grammar structures you've learned from various resources or Korean class, I highly recommend you
consider downloading a language exchange app
like HelloTalk or Tandem. So when it comes to HelloTalk, I've been using the app since 2013, 2014 to practice my Chinese
and eventually my Korean. So you could say I'm an
Oh Gee user of this app. So my favorite feature
of HelloTalk actually isn't the language exchange part. It's the moments tab. So as you can see, I have
186 posts on my moments tab. So this is where you can kind
of just post to the community whatever you wanna share. So I specifically like
using this to ask questions about a grammar structure or ask questions about
something I don't understand or simply just put some writing out there and ask for feedback or corrections. You'll be so surprised
to see how many people will say something is great. And then there'll be one or two people that say that you've
spelled something wrong or that you used your grammar
structure incorrectly. It really allows you to get feedback from multiple people who
have different perspectives of what is correct and what
is, well, incorrect (chuckles) The only thing I wish was
different on HelloTalk is that when you're looking
for a language exchange partner the gender filter is a premium filter. Meaning if you want to only talk to people who are of the same gender as you, you either have to upgrade
to a premium version or you have to search for them manually through the search tab which can be a little bit of a hassle. Now, if you've tried HelloTalk
and it just wasn't your vibe, another great app for
language exchange is Tandem. So like HelloTalk, Tandem
has all the same features in terms of correcting
your exchanges messages, sending voice notes,
sending pictures, et cetera. But one of the unique features of Tandem that I really like is have the ability to set a conversation topics
and have them on your profile. Another thing that I
really like about Tandem is the ability to set
learning preferences. I think it's so cool that they
thought about adding this. So here, for communication, I can say, Yeah, text me, send me audio messages, video call me, send me audio calls or just normal phone calls. Or you can even set it to meet in person. You can also set time
commitments, a learning schedule and a correction preference,
which I really love this. It's great because I know
some people get put off when they get too many corrections. So for me, I set it as, correct me every single
time I make a mistake. Moving on. The next app I'd like
to share with you guys is called Eggbun. It's so cute and has a
very unique teaching method that I think creates a very laid back and relaxing vibe to it. So for those of you that
want to just kind of casually learn Korean,
Oh, you can't see my head casually learn Korean
and we're swimming now, you might wanna check this app out. So when you first open the
app, the first course is Hangul But if you already know Hangul you can skip that and see
all the other various courses that you can take. So why don't we try out this one. This is (speaks foreign language) So the first course here is
buying, we're gonna click that. Alright. So now we're going to meet Lanny. Lanny is the mascot of Eggbun. He's this cute little egg bun,
he's literally an egg bun. And he's gonna teach us
some words and phrases relating to buying the ingredients for getting or making tteokbokki. So here you can see that
my response is automated cause I'm lazy and I don't want to type. So he's gonna say this,
he's gonna talk about how we should buy some
materials, materials (chuckles) buy some ingredients for
making the tteokbokki. And he's gonna teach us some words. (speaks foreign language) Now, because my level of Korean is actually above that top on the app. I find my favorite section
to not be any of the courses but actually the Cultural Note section. Here you can find a wide variety of topics related to life in Korea
and Korean culture. So this one has a picture of Jimin So obviously I'm gonna click on that one. So here you can see
that they're teaching me what (speaks foreign language) means which is ultimate bias. And then they have a few other words that are related to like, you talking about (speaks
foreign language) in Korea and kind of just explaining that phrase. The one thing I think
you should keep in mind when using Eggbun is that given the chat
like teaching method, you can't cover a lot
of material very fast. So if you were trying to
learn as much as possible within a short amount of time, on how to start making a study
schedule for the new year you can check out this
video that I made down here. Yeah, I'll see you guys in the next video. So λ€μμ λ΄μ~! Bye!
