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Beginner: Introduce yourself

Saying hello, your name, your age with native Korean numbers and where you live, in polite Korean, ending in a three-line self-introduction. Topics: Say hello and give your name, Say how old you are, Say where you live, Introduce yourself: full role-play.

Beginner: Getting to know someone

Asking someone to say it again, saying where you are from, what you do and what you like, and saying goodbye, with 이에요/예요, 은/는, 이/가, 도 and 을/를. Topics: Ask someone to say it again, Say where you are from, Say what you do, Find a shared hobby, Say goodbye and see you tomorrow, Getting to know someone: full role-play.

Beginner: Numbers and counting

Sino-Korean numbers for phone numbers, native numbers for counting things, and asking how many. Topics: Swap phone numbers, Order a number of snacks, Numbers and counting: full role-play.

Beginner: Time, days and dates

Asking and telling the time, naming days of the week, and arranging a time to meet. Topics: Ask what time it is, Ask what day it is, Set a time to meet, Time, days and dates: full role-play.

Beginner: Family and describing people

Saying how many are in your family, who someone is, what they are like and what they do. Topics: Say who is in your family, Say who someone is and what they are like, Say how old they are and what they do, Family and describing people: full role-play.

Beginner: At the café

Ordering drinks, saying for here or to go, and paying, while understanding the clerk's set phrases. Topics: Order a drink, Say for here or to go, Pay for your drink, At the café: full role-play.

Beginner: Food and restaurants

Getting a table, asking what is good, ordering around spice, and paying the bill. Topics: Get a table and the menu, Ask what's good and order, Ask for the bill and pay, Food and restaurants: full role-play.

Beginner: Shopping and paying

Pointing with 이거/저거, asking prices, asking for another colour or size, and buying. Topics: Ask to see it and ask the price, Ask for another colour or size, Buy it and pay, Shopping and paying: full role-play.

Beginner: Getting around

Asking where a place is, following simple directions, and taking a taxi. Topics: Ask where the station is, Ask if it's far and how long it takes, Take a taxi, Getting around: full role-play.

Beginner: Daily routine and free time

Saying when you get up and go to bed, what you do every morning, and what you do at the weekend, with present verbs and 을/를, 에, 에서. Topics: Say when you get up and go to bed, Say what you do every morning, Say what you do at the weekend, Daily routine and free time: full role-play.

Beginner: Making plans and invitations

Saying what you will do with -(으)ㄹ 거예요, what you want with -고 싶어요, inviting with -(으)ㄹ래요?, and fixing a day, time and place. Topics: Say what you'll do this weekend, Say what you want and invite, Turn down a day and fix a time and place, Making plans and invitations: full role-play.

Beginner: Health, weather and small talk

Small talk about the weather, saying what hurts, and buying cold medicine at a pharmacy. Topics: Make small talk about the weather, Say you're not feeling well, Buy cold medicine, Health, weather and small talk: full role-play.

Beginner: Talking about the past

Telling a friend about a past trip with -았/었어요: what you did, how it was, and what you ate or couldn't do. Topics: Say what you did last weekend, Say how it was, Say what you ate and what you couldn't do, Talking about the past: full role-play.

Beginner: Getting help: toilets, being lost and emergencies

The survival phrases for when you need help fast in Korea: finding a toilet and its door code, telling a passer-by you're lost, and calling for help in an emergency (119 for an ambulance or fire, 112 for the police). Topics: Find the toilet, Say you're lost, Call for help in an emergency, Getting help: toilets, being lost and emergencies: full role-play.

Beginner: Arriving: hotel, SIM card and wifi

Your first hours in Korea: checking into a hotel or guesthouse, buying a SIM card with data, and getting the wifi password and a phone charger. Topics: Check into a hotel or guesthouse, Buy a SIM card, Get the wifi password and charge your phone, Arriving: hotel, SIM card and wifi: full role-play.

Beginner: T-money, the subway and the convenience store

Getting around and getting basics: buying and topping up a T-money card, finding the right subway line and transfer, and paying at a 편의점 (convenience store). Topics: Buy and top up a T-money card, Take the right subway line, Pay at the convenience store, T-money, the subway and the convenience store: full role-play.

Intermediate: Travel trouble at stations and airports

Fixing what goes wrong on a trip in Korea: a missed KTX, a bag left on the subway, a cancelled flight to Jeju and a phone left in a taxi. Topics: Change a missed KTX ticket, Report a bag left on the subway, Rebook a cancelled flight to Jeju, Get back a phone left in a taxi, Travel trouble at stations and airports: full role-play.

Intermediate: Hotels and guesthouses

Checking in early and leaving bags, calling the front desk about a broken room, and complaining about noise to get a new room or a discount. Topics: Check in early or leave your bags, Call the front desk about a problem, Complain about noise and ask for a fix, Hotels and guesthouses: full role-play.

Intermediate: Settling in: residence card, bank and phone

The first errands of living in Korea: applying for a residence card at the immigration office, opening a bank account with a debit card and getting a phone line in your own name. Topics: Apply for a residence card, Open a bank account, Get a phone line in your own name, Settling in: residence card, bank and phone: full role-play.

Intermediate: Renting a flat

Finding and keeping a flat in Korea: telling an agent your budget in deposit and monthly rent, checking a flat at a viewing, making the contract safe, and getting the landlord to fix a broken boiler. Topics: Tell an agent what you need, Check a flat at a viewing, Make the contract safe, Get the landlord to fix the boiler, Renting a flat: full role-play.

Intermediate: Living with neighbours

Getting on with the neighbours in a Korean apartment building: raising noise from upstairs politely, learning the recycling rules from the building guard, and sorting out a parcel left at the wrong door. Topics: Ask upstairs to keep the noise down, Learn the rubbish rules from the guard, Find a parcel left at the wrong door, Living with neighbours: full role-play.

Intermediate: At the clinic and the pharmacy

Getting care in Korea: registering at a local clinic, describing symptoms to the doctor, following the diagnosis and instructions, collecting medicine at the pharmacy, and calling 119 at night. Topics: Register at a local clinic, Tell the doctor your symptoms, Follow the diagnosis and instructions, Collect medicine at the pharmacy, Call 119 at night, At the clinic and the pharmacy: full role-play.

Intermediate: Police, scams and accidents

Staying safe and getting help: reporting a stolen wallet at a police box, shutting down a voice-phishing call, and handling a small bump with an e-scooter. Topics: Report a stolen wallet at a police box, Shut down a scam call, Handle a small bump with an e-scooter, Police, scams and accidents: full role-play.

Intermediate: Phone calls, apps and customer service

Getting things done by phone: booking a table, getting through an automated menu to report broken internet, fixing a delivery-app order, and moving a clinic appointment. Topics: Book a table by phone, Report broken internet to customer service, Fix a wrong delivery order, Move a clinic appointment by phone, Phone calls, apps and customer service: full role-play.

Intermediate: Returns, repairs and complaints

Getting a fair outcome when something goes wrong with a purchase: exchanging clothes in a shop, returning an online order, getting a phone repaired under warranty and pointing out a mistake on a bill. Topics: Exchange clothes in a shop, Return an online order, Get a phone repaired under warranty, Point out a mistake on the bill, Returns, repairs and complaints: full role-play.

Intermediate: Starting at a Korean workplace

The first weeks at a Korean company: introducing yourself to the team in 합니다체, small talk over lunch, asking your team leader for a day off and leaving the office politely. Topics: Introduce yourself to the team, Make small talk over team lunch, Ask for a day off, Leave the office politely, Starting at a Korean workplace: full role-play.

Intermediate: Reports, meetings and the team dinner

Everyday teamwork in Korean: reporting progress to your team leader, asking for clarification in a meeting, messaging that you'll be late, and handling pouring and drinking at a 회식 (team dinner). Topics: Report progress to your team leader, Ask for clarification in a meeting, Message that you'll be late, Handle drinks at the team dinner, Reports, meetings and the team dinner: full role-play.

Intermediate: Dramas, films and food: giving opinions

Saying what you think and why: recommending a drama, disagreeing about a film without a fight, and comparing two restaurants to choose where to go. Topics: Recommend a drama, Disagree about a film, Compare two restaurants and decide, Dramas, films and food: giving opinions: full role-play.

Intermediate: Telling what happened

Telling a short story in the past and reacting as a listener: why you were late, how you nearly missed a flight, and a funny misunderstanding. Topics: Explain why you were late, Tell how you nearly missed a flight, Tell a funny misunderstanding, Telling what happened: full role-play.

Intermediate: Friends and casual speech

Moving to 반말 (casual speech) with a friend: agreeing to drop the formality, making plans by text, catching up in casual Korean, and fixing a register slip with someone older. Topics: Agree to speak casually, Make plans by text, Catch up with a friend, Fix a register slip, Friends and casual speech: full role-play.

Intermediate: Holidays, weddings and visits

Korean customs in practice: greeting a friend's family at 설날, explaining 추석 to someone back home, being a guest at a wedding, and dinner at a Korean home. Topics: Greet a friend's family at 설날, Explain 추석 to someone back home, Go to a colleague's wedding, Have dinner at a Korean home, Holidays, weddings and visits: full role-play.

Intermediate: Invitations, plans and advice

Social life in Korean: inviting someone and setting conditions, declining without offending, rescheduling at the last minute, and comforting and advising a friend. Topics: Invite a colleague out, Turn down an invitation kindly, Reschedule at the last minute, Comfort and advise a friend, Invitations, plans and advice: full role-play.

Intermediate: Hair salon, gym and everyday services

Getting everyday services the way you want them: a haircut at a salon, pausing a gym membership and getting clothes altered or dry-cleaned. Topics: Get the haircut you want, Pause a gym membership, Get clothes altered and dry-cleaned, Hair salon, gym and everyday services: full role-play.

Advanced: A job interview at a Korean company

Sitting a Korean job interview in 하십시오체: the one-minute self-introduction, a strength proved by an episode and an honest weakness, a hard question about a gap or your visa, and the closing question. Topics: Give a one-minute self-introduction, Prove a strength and admit a weakness, Answer a hard question about a gap or your visa, Ask the closing question and leave well, A job interview at a Korean company: full role-play.

Advanced: Running and joining meetings

Holding your own in Korean meetings: opening and steering a meeting, disagreeing with a senior without causing loss of face, and closing with clear action items. Topics: Open and steer a meeting, Disagree with a senior politely, Close with clear action items, Running and joining meetings: full role-play.

Advanced: Negotiating price, terms and pay

Negotiating in Korean business and personal life: bargaining with a supplier on price and volume, trading on deadlines, taking a proposal back for internal approval, and negotiating your own salary. Topics: Bargain with a supplier on price, Trade on the delivery date, Take a proposal back for approval, Negotiate your salary, Negotiating price, terms and pay: full role-play.

Advanced: Giving a presentation

Presenting in Korean at work or university: opening and signposting a talk, explaining a graph, handling questions, including ones you can't answer, and closing with a proposal. Topics: Open and signpost a talk, Explain a graph, Handle questions, Close with a proposal, Giving a presentation: full role-play.

Advanced: Debating social issues

Arguing a position on Korean social issues: stating a view on the low birth rate with evidence, conceding a point and rebutting, and moderating a panel discussion. Topics: State and support a position, Concede a point and rebut, Moderate a panel discussion, Debating social issues: full role-play.

Advanced: Business calls and emails

Professional calls and emails in Korean: answering and transferring a call, taking a message for a colleague, making a follow-up call to a client, and reading a business email aloud. Topics: Answer and transfer a business call, Take and pass on a message, Make a follow-up call to a client, Read a business email aloud, Business calls and emails: full role-play.

Advanced: Honorifics and formal register

Getting the honorific system right where it matters: speaking to the company chairman and to elders with honorific vocabulary, fixing over-polite service Korean, and referring to one family elder in front of a higher one. Topics: Speak to the chairman at an event, Fix over-polite service Korean, Refer to one elder in front of a higher one, Honorifics and formal register: full role-play.

Advanced: Delicate conversations at work

Saying difficult things well: refusing a senior's request, apologising to a client for a mistake, breaking bad news about a delay, and giving a junior honest feedback. Topics: Refuse a senior's request, Apologise to a client for a mistake, Break bad news about a delay, Give a junior honest feedback, Delicate conversations at work: full role-play.

Advanced: Reading between the lines (눈치)

Hearing what Koreans leave unsaid and answering in kind: spotting a hidden no, hearing criticism wrapped in praise, and declining food, drink and a second round without causing loss of face. Topics: Hear a hidden no, Hear criticism inside praise, Decline food, drink and a second round, Reading between the lines (눈치): full role-play.

Advanced: Slang, wordplay and idioms

Joining in when Koreans joke: following current slang among friends, getting and making a 아재 개그 (dad joke), and dropping a proverb or four-character idiom at the right moment. Topics: Keep up with friends' slang, Get and make a 아재 개그, Use a proverb or idiom at the right moment, Slang, wordplay and idioms: full role-play.

Advanced: Regional dialects (사투리)

Understanding, rather than imitating, regional Korean: bargaining at Busan's Jagalchi Market in 경상도 dialect, chatting with a grandmother in 전라도 dialect, and hearing 제주어 and discussing dialects and standard Korean. Topics: Shop at Jagalchi Market in Busan, Chat with a grandmother in 전라도 dialect, Hear 제주어 and talk about dialects, Regional dialects (사투리): full role-play.

Advanced: News, current affairs and culture

Talking about Korean media: retelling a news report in reporting language, discussing a current issue with colleagues, critiquing a drama including 사극 speech, and recommending a book or webtoon. Topics: Retell a news report, Discuss a current issue at lunch, Critique a drama, including 사극, Recommend a book or webtoon, News, current affairs and culture: full role-play.

Advanced: Speeches and toasts

Speaking at Korean occasions: leading a 건배사 at a team dinner, giving a friend's wedding speech, a farewell speech for a retiring director, and a welcome speech at an event. Topics: Lead a toast at the team dinner, Give a friend's wedding speech, Give a farewell speech for a retiring director, Give a welcome speech at an event, Speeches and toasts: full role-play.

Advanced: Condolences and comfort

Being present when things are hard: paying respects at a 장례식장 (funeral hall), visiting a colleague in hospital, and comforting a friend who has lost their job. Topics: Pay respects at a funeral hall, Visit a colleague in hospital, Comfort a friend who lost their job, Condolences and comfort: full role-play.

Advanced: Mediating between two people

Standing in the middle: relaying between a foreign friend and a Korean landlord, calming a conflict between two colleagues, and bridging two families at a 상견례 (the formal first meeting of both families before a wedding). Topics: Relay between a friend and a landlord, Calm a conflict between two colleagues, Bridge two families at a 상견례, Mediating between two people: full role-play.