Free beginner course
Learn Korean from scratch, from Hangul to EPS-TOPIK
Short lessons that start with the alphabet and work up to the everyday and workplace Korean the EPS-TOPIK test is built from.
Who the course is for
It is written for people in Nepal who want to work in South Korea under the Employment Permit System and are starting with no Korean at all. EPS-TOPIK tests reading and listening only, so the course teaches you to read Hangul and understand spoken Korean — not to write essays or hold a conversation with an examiner.
It moves in the order the language builds up: letters, then words, then the grammar that joins them, then the vocabulary of the workplace and the job sectors the permit system covers, and finally the test's own question types.
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What the course covers
Nine units, taught in this order.
- Unit 1
Hangul
The Korean alphabet. Learn the letters, build syllables and read your first words.
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Syllables
- Reading
- First words
- Unit 2
Basic Korean
Greetings, people, everyday words and your first sentences.
- Greetings
- People
- Common words
- Verbs
- Simple sentences
- Unit 3
Grammar essentials
Turn words into sentences: who does what, where, when, and how to say no.
- I am… (은/는, 예요)
- Subject (이/가)
- Object (을/를)
- Polite verbs (-아요/어요)
- Places (에, 에서)
- Saying no (안, 못)
- The past (-았어요/었어요)
- Now and later
- Unit 4
EPS vocabulary
The work words the test is full of: numbers, time, the workplace, tools, machines and safety.
- Numbers & time
- Workplace
- Tools
- Machines
- Safety
- Unit 5
Daily life
Get by outside work: shopping, getting around, the hospital, the bank and food.
- Shopping
- Transport
- Hospital
- Bank
- Food
- Unit 6
Construction
The site, its materials and machines, the work itself, and staying safe up high.
- Unit 7
Agriculture & livestock
Crops and fields, farm tools, animals and the daily work of a farm.
- Unit 8
Fishery
Boats and the sea, the catch, the work on deck, the weather, and fish farms.
- Unit 9
EPS-TOPIK
Every task in the test, one lesson each: what it is, how to answer it, and a few easy questions in its style.
How the lessons work
A few minutes a lesson
Each lesson is short enough to finish on a break, and the path only moves on when you are ready.
Listening in every unit
Half of EPS-TOPIK is listening, so you hear the Korean you are learning, not just read it.
Words come back for review
Words you have learned return when they are due, so they stay learned instead of fading.
XP and a daily streak
Small, daily progress you can see — the habit matters more than any single long session.
Learn Korean: frequently asked questions
Ready for the test itself?
Once you can read Hangul, practise every reading and listening question type EPS-TOPIK uses.