Pimsleur- — Korean

Watch a K-drama (e.g., Extraordinary Attorney Woo or Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha ) with Korean subtitles. Pause when you hear a phrase from your Pimsleur lesson that week. This "real world recognition" locks the vocabulary in.

While Pimsleur teaches the polite 요 form, it does not adequately teach when to switch to 합쇼체 (formal formal) for bosses or elders, nor when you can drop down to 반말 with close friends. This is a major social landmine in Korea. Pimsleur- Korean

Korean has 7 speech levels. Pimsleur primarily teaches the -요 level (polite but casual). It touches on -ㅂ니다 (formal polite) in Level 2. Watch a K-drama (e