1:1 Online Korean Sessions
Speak Korean from day one.
Others teach Korean. WouldYouKorean makes you speak it.
50 minutes · 1:1 with Maru
Others teach Korean. WouldYouKorean makes you speak it.
50 minutes · 1:1 with Maru
K-drama, K-pop, apps, textbooks, YouTube. You understand more than you think. But when you try to actually speak? Nothing comes out.
Months of studying, still can't order coffee
Group classes where you speak for 5 minutes total
Grammar rules memorized, but your mouth won't move
Tutors with no plan, "what do you want to learn today?"
The problem isn't effort. It's that no one taught you to speak.
Sessions are built so most of the talking is yours. This isn't a lecture. It's a speaking workout. Every minute builds on the last.
"Learning Korean with Maru is really easy and fun."
"These classes really helped me improve my pronunciation to a native level speaker."
"Please don't be daunted. The teacher, Maru, is encouraging me to keep on going, and eventually the pieces like a jigsaw will fall together."
Every pattern you learn splits four ways. You don't learn a sentence, you learn how to move it.
1 pattern → 4 sentences
I eat riceI rice eatA fully mapped Core Track: 80+ speaking missions from your first sentence to real conversations, plus elective modules when you're ready for more.
Your session is already written before you arrive. Homework and drill audio go out after every one. Already speak some Korean? You start where you freeze, not at zero.
Each one arrives at a different point, and does a job the other three cannot do.
I studied English for years, understood everything, and still went blank when I had to speak. That freeze is why I became a Korean teacher.
You can watch how Maru teaches for as long as you want. The sessions are what happens when you decide you want it to be about you.
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No hidden fees. No subscriptions. Full refund within 14 days, before your first session. Unused sessions are refundable anytime within 12 months.
Choose a package and pay with Wise or PayPal.
Come back and use the booking link on your package.
We confirm within 24 hours, and you start speaking.
14 day full refund. Policy
14 day full refund. Unused sessions refundable within 12 months. Policy
14 day full refund. Unused sessions refundable within 12 months. Policy
14 day full refund. Unused sessions refundable within 12 months. Policy
Why two prices? Wise is our list price with no added fees. PayPal adds 5% to cover their processing fee, and works with any Visa, Mastercard, or debit card, no PayPal account needed. Same sessions, same support either way.
Not sure which package fits? Email Maru directly at wouldyoukorean@gmail.com. Real answer within 24 hours, no sales pitch.
Your first 50 minutes with Maru. He finds your exact freeze point, the place where your Korean stops when you try to speak, gets you speaking out loud from minute one, and you leave with your personal roadmap on the CORE path. It's a full working session, not a sample. If you continue with a package, you pick up exactly where it left off.
Yes, the system is designed to take you from zero. No prior Korean needed. Sessions are explained in clear English, so you can follow everything from day one. You'll be surprised how quickly you start producing real sentences.
English. Maru explains everything in clear English, and the Korean you hear is always the Korean you're about to speak. You need zero Korean to start.
No. Knowing Korean and speaking Korean are different skills, and you're probably further ahead in one than the other. The Diagnostic Session finds exactly where your speaking stops, and you start from there, not from page one. Nothing you already know gets repeated. You can also take the free level test for a first estimate.
A $20 tutor sells you an hour of their time. You're not buying hours here. You're buying a mapped path: every session is designed in advance, builds on the last, and comes with drills, homework, and progress tracking between sessions. Many learners arrive here after spending hundreds of dollars on hours that didn't add up to speaking.
In a group, grammar is taught to the room. You listen for an hour and speak for 5 minutes. Here it is 1:1, and you're speaking from the start, with a curriculum designed around output, not input.
A computer or tablet with a camera, stable internet, and Zoom. Everything else is provided by Maru.
The booking calendar shows my open times in your local timezone automatically, so you can pick whatever works for you. If you need a slot you don't see, just email me.
Not directly. This is a speaking course, so there are no exam drills or past papers here. The grammar and vocabulary you build overlap with what TOPIK tests, and students often find the reading easier once they can say the sentences out loud. But if your goal this month is a TOPIK score, a dedicated exam course will get you there faster.
Pick a package above, then pay with Wise (our list price) or PayPal (plus 5%, works with any Visa, Mastercard, or debit card, no PayPal account needed).
After you pay, use the booking link on that package to choose your weekly schedule. I confirm your booking once I match it to your payment. That's it, you're in.
Yes. You get Maru's WhatsApp. When something from your lesson or homework doesn't click, send a short message or a voice note. Maru replies within one working day, often with a voice note, because pronunciation is easier to hear than to read. If your question needs more teaching, you work through it together in your next session.
There is, but it won't teach you Korean. No app can make you speak. Your lessons do that. The app is simply where the words, the sentences, and the audio from your own lessons live between sessions, so you review your Korean instead of a stranger's syllabus.
Full refund within 14 days if you have not started. After that, you're only charged for the lessons you've actually used. Any single lesson can be rescheduled up to 24 hours before. Full details in our Refund and Cancellation Policy.
Book your CORE Diagnostic Session. Maru maps exactly where your Korean stops, and you speak from minute one.