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
An hour of chatting, and next week it's all gone
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."
"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 of the lesson price within 14 days, before your first session. Unused sessions are refundable anytime within 12 months.
See Maru’s available times in your own timezone. No account needed.
Right after you pick your time: card or PayPal, or a bank transfer if you prefer. You choose. Single session or package, the order is the same.
Maru confirms within one working day, and you start speaking.
See what is included, the 15 minute speaking check at no extra charge, and times in your timezone.
14 day full refund of the lesson price. Policy
Pick your weekly days and time once, then pay. Every session is held for you.
14 day full refund of the lesson price. Unused sessions refundable within 12 months. Policy
Pick your weekly days and time once, then pay. Every session is held for you.
14 day full refund of the lesson price. Unused sessions refundable within 12 months. Policy
Pick your weekly days and time once, then pay. Every session is held for you.
14 day full refund of the lesson price. Unused sessions refundable within 12 months. Policy
Pick your time first, then pay on the next screen. Card or PayPal: no PayPal account needed. Any Visa, Mastercard or debit card works, and Apple Pay on Apple devices. Bank transfer (Wise): a little cheaper, no card fee.
Not sure which package fits? Email Maru directly at wouldyoukorean@gmail.com. Real answer within one working day, 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 speaking roadmap. 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.
You are not buying an hour of someone's time. You are buying a mapped path: every session is designed in advance, builds on the last one, and comes with drills, homework, and progress tracking between sessions.
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 and how often you want to meet, then pick your day and time once. For a package, every session is held for you in one go. On the next screen you pay.
Card or PayPal: no PayPal account needed, and any Visa, Mastercard or debit card works. Apple Pay shows up on Apple devices.
Bank transfer (Wise): a little cheaper, because there is no card fee.
Maru confirms your sessions within one working day of your payment, and the Zoom links arrive by email.
Yes, with the 10, 20, and 40 session packages. 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. Booking the single session? Write to us any time before it and we will answer.
There is, and it comes with the 10, 20, and 40 session packages. It won’t teach you Korean, though. 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 of the lesson price within 14 days if you have not started. If you paid by PayPal, the 5% surcharge is the fee PayPal keeps to process the payment, so it does not come back. 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.