We have course material that can benefit anyone from beginner to advanced, and beyond. Part of your onboarding process, which begins once you register, is to help you establish exactly where you should start in the program.

Different programs have different rates. For our main programs, we offer two options: Weekly Group Classes, and our ROKstars Membership which is a "go at your own pace" program. The Weekly Group Classes are $100/month, and the ROKstar Memberships start at $27/month. Worth noting that we do have trials available for each program. Click the pink links to see details of each specific program.

For most of our programs, instead of offering refunds, we offer trials so that people can try out the program and make sure it's as helpful as we say it is before they continue on at the regular tuition rate. For our 21-day Speaking Challenge, however, yes, we offer a 6-month guarantee and refund window. This gives you ample time to apply the process, and really see for yourself how whether it will work for you or not.

There is a contact form just below you can use, or you can email directly to [email protected]. Feel free to get in touch and ask any questions you'd like.

No, you do not. Our entire program is online and we are proud to say we have students from all around the globe. You can access our lectures from all your devices anytime you want, and all of our speaking-practice sessions with Korean teachers are done via Zoom.

For all of our programs, we accept credit card and paypal. For those that live in Korea, we also accept bank transfers. The details and conditions for bank transfers are provided on each program's registration / checkout page.

Yes, we have live speaking-practice sessions as part of the Weekly Group Classes. Our model is based off the "Flipped Classroom" concept. You watch the digital lectures to learn the content, and then come to our speaking-practice sessions to practice speaking what you've learned. This model helps us put an emphasis on not only "learning" Korean, but making sure we learn to SPEAK the language.

That is correct, we have different programs for different learning styles, preferences, and challenges. For some clarity, here's how we view it:

1) For people who prefer weekly classes at a set time each week to keep motivated and moving forward, we recommend the Weekly Group Sessions.

2) For people who, due to an ever-changing schedule or the busy-ness of life, prefer to go at their own pace, we recommend our ROKstars program, a "go at your own pace" option.

3) And for people who feel they’ve been trying and trying to learn Korean, putting in the time and effort, but have failed to improve their ability to SPEAK the language and would like to learn a better method for language acquisition, we recommend starting with the 21-day Speaking Challenge, and then joining one of the programs above.

It depends which program you enroll in. Our Weekly Group Classes follow a set schedule, with the class times set around your timezone and personal availability. Our ROKstars program, however, is a "go at your own pace" program for those who prefer that.

I can fully understand your skepticism, and while it it is a somewhat counter-intuitive, I am going to suggest that it is actually a GOOD thing for you and your desire to learn Korean. I'll try to keep it short, but here are three reasons:

1) I started right where you did, from nothing, overcame the challenges you face, and can provide unique insight into the language that you really can't get from native speakers. People who grow up just knowing their language often struggle to provide good insight into how and why the language works the way it does. Often we are told "That's just the way it is, now memorize it."

2) On top of successfully learning the language myself, I am an experienced language teacher. I taught at a university in Korea where I was voted "best teacher" in the language department every single year I worked there, and along with my wife, successfully built and ran our own language school. We ran that from 2007 until 2014 when we sold it.

3) Lastly, let me ask you a question. This is not to sound condescending in any way, ‘cause I really do get your skepticism...

Who would you say is a better judge of my ability to speak Korean and teach Korean: you, or a Korean person who has seen my videos and heard me speak, knows exactly what this academy is all about, and likes it so much they actually help me teach it (and have been for years now)?

‘Cause the fact is, I have five Korean people that work with me and run these practice sessions.

They’ve seen the videos, they’ve heard me teach and speak Korean, and they agree that this is a good program, which is the reason they decided to join me when I decided to launch these live practice sessions.

So while you might be a bit skeptical right now, put your faith in them!

And at the end of the day, that's another reason we prefer to let people trial the classes before deciding.