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The 30-Day Speaking Path

The Speaking Path

You have studied Korean.
In 30 days, you will finally speak it.

One guided mission a day, starting from absolute zero — the first three days teach you to pronounce every Korean letter, even if you cannot read one today. An unlimited AI speaking partner corrects every sentence you say. By day 30, you will handle real everyday Korean — ordering, directions, small talk, getting help — out loud, slowly, and understood.

Start the Speaking Path — $19 USD/month
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Watch it work
The Hangul Foundation grading Korean pronunciation letter by letter

Day 1 of the Path: tap a letter, hear it, say it — the game scores the sound and shows you exactly what passed.

Sound familiar?

The apps taught you to tap. Nobody taught you to speak.

🧊 The freeze. A 200-day streak, hundreds of words — and the moment a Korean person actually speaks to you, your mind goes white. You point. You smile. You say nothing.
🎧 The one-way street. You understand more than you can say. Input keeps piling up, but your mouth has never done the work — because no app ever made it.
📅 The moving someday. You said this was the year. The year is half over. Speaking keeps waiting for a trip, a class, a braver version of you.
The honest diagnosis

Speaking is a muscle. It only grows by speaking.

The fix is not another vocabulary list. It is daily, out-loud practice with someone who listens, corrects you, and never gets tired. That is exactly what a human tutor sells for $40 to $80 a month — for one single hour. The Speaking Path gives you unlimited spoken practice, corrected sentence by sentence, for $19 USD. And it tells you precisely what to do each day, so you never open the app wondering where to start.

What you get

A plan for every day. A partner for every sentence.

🔤Hangul from absolute zero

Days 1 to 3 teach every vowel and consonant — the mouth position, the mic check, an animated stroke-order guide, and a nightly one-page writing homework. Hands remember what eyes forget.

🎙Unlimited AI speaking partner

Real spoken conversations, any time, at your level. After every reply: what you said, what a Korean would say, and why. Available at 3 a.m. Never impatient.

🎭12 real-life roleplays

The barista, the pharmacist, the taxi driver, a new friend. Practice the exact conversations you will actually have — with feedback at the end of each one.

🗺The 30-day mission plan

One clear card a day: the words, the pronunciation target, the conversation with a concrete goal. Graded checkpoints on days 7, 14, 21 and 30 show your progress in numbers.

🧩The 42 speaking patterns

One grammar pattern a day, taught in two minutes and then hunted in that evening’s conversation — your AI partner makes an opening for it and praises you when you land it. 26 core patterns on the Path, 16 advanced ones in the Fluency Track. No tables, no drills.

🗣Syllable-level pronunciation coach

Say a word, and see exactly which sound missed — with a plain-English fix. Tap any correction to ask why and get fresh practice sentences.

🖼Picture Quiz — see it, name it

Fifty real photos of real things: the subway, the pharmacy, your wallet, the traffic light. Four Korean answers each, and every miss goes straight into your mistake notebook to be drilled tomorrow. Vocabulary through your eyes, not through flashcards.

🧠Smart review

Words you miss come back right before you forget them. Clearing a word means saying it correctly — not just tapping it.

🗓A new scenario every Monday

One fresh real-life conversation drops weekly — returning shoes with no receipt, ordering chicken by phone, surviving the hair salon. The next three months are already written and scheduled.

🗣Life after day 30: the Fluency Track

Graduation unlocks two mastery tracks. Sound Natural: contractions, reactions, real opinions. Handle Anything: wrong orders, bad phone lines, fast talkers. The Path is month one — the Track is why people stay.

📦The keep-it pack

A printable phrasebook of all 288 words and an Anki deck — yours to keep even if you cancel. That was always the deal.

✉️Weekly notes from me

Four short, honest emails across the 30 days: what each week should feel like, where people quit, and how not to.

Free game vs the Path

The free game gives you pieces. The Path gives you a teacher.

Tom’s Korean Quest — free

A playground. It stays free, always.
  • ✅ 12 quests, 288 words, stories and games
  • ✅ Basic pronunciation check
  • ✅ A built-in practice partner with preset topics
  • ◻️ No plan — you decide what to do, every day
  • ◻️ Assumes you can already read Hangul
  • ◻️ Nobody checks you, nobody grades you

The 30-Day Speaking Path

A guided course. Everything in the free game, plus:
  • ⭐ Hangul Foundation — days 1 to 3 teach every letter and sound from zero, mic-checked
  • ⭐ A 30-day plan: one clear mission a day, in order, for a reason
  • ⭐ 42 speaking patterns — one a day, each practiced in that evening’s conversation
  • ⭐ Unlimited AI partner that corrects every sentence and explains why
  • ⭐ Graded checkpoints on days 7, 14, 21, 28 — real scores, honest feedback
  • ⭐ Picture Quiz — 50 real photos, misses feed your mistake notebook
  • ⭐ Smart review that makes you SAY words before they count
  • ⭐ A graduation conversation and a certificate with your score
  • ⭐ A new scenario every Monday + the Fluency Track after you graduate
The plan, week by week

From your first hello to a full day in Seoul.

1
Foundation: sounds first

Days 1 to 3: every Korean vowel and consonant, out of your own mouth — the mic checks each one. Then greet, introduce yourself, and order at a café in full sentences, out loud, by Sunday.

2
Getting around

Ask directions and confirm them back, take the subway and a taxi, buy things and negotiate a little.

3
Connecting with people

Answer the five questions every Korean will ask you, ask questions back, and make plans by phone.

4
Living like a local

Describe symptoms at a pharmacy, report a lost wallet, and use the repair phrases that rescue any conversation.

🎓
Days 29 and 30: graduation

One continuous ten-minute conversation across a full day in Seoul — greeting a host, ordering, navigating, dinner small talk, and one surprise problem. No script, no hints. Pass it, and you have proof.

∞
After day 30: the Fluency Track

The mountain does not end at graduation. Two mastery tracks — Sound Natural and Handle Anything — plus one new scenario every Monday, already written months ahead. Stay for month two because you want to, never because leaving is hard.

🎁
Members do not start at the trailhead

Progress in the game is measured in climbs — one for every day you finish your goals — up a ladder of five real Korean mountains, from Namsan to Hallasan. The day you join, fifteen climbs are credited to your account. That is ⛺ Namsan reached immediately, and only five climbs from 🏔 Bukhansan. Climbs never expire, and the head start is stated openly inside the game as the one exception to earning them one day at a time.

The Speaking Path
Founding member price
$19 USD / month
  • ✅ The full 30-day program and every tool above
  • ✅ A fifteen-climb head start on the mountain, credited the day you join
  • ✅ Founding price locked for as long as you stay
  • ✅ Finish in one month and cancel — that is $19 USD for the entire Path, and I will say so plainly: it is a fine outcome
  • ✅ 14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked
Start Day 1 today

Checkout takes about a minute. Your first mission takes thirty focused minutes.

Why now, honestly

The next 30 days will pass either way.

On day 30 you will either be someone who orders, asks, jokes, and gets help in Korean — or someone who is still planning to. The difference is thirty focused minutes a day and $19 USD. And one practical note, stated without a countdown timer: $19 USD is the founding price for the first group of members. Once this cohort fills and the results exist, the price for new members goes up. Founding members keep $19 for as long as they stay. That is not pressure; it is just what happens next.

🛡️
The guarantee, in one sentence.

Try the Path for 14 days; if it is not getting you speaking, send me one email and I will refund you in full — no forms, no questions, refunded by me personally through Stripe. If this does not work for you, I do not want your money.

Read this before you buy

What it is not.

This is not fluency in 30 days — nobody sells that honestly, and I will not either. It is not a human tutor, not a mobile app, and not a community. The speaking partner is an AI: patient, unlimited, available at 3 a.m., but not a Korean friend. Pronunciation scoring works best in Chrome; on iPhone Safari you practice with record-and-compare instead. It covers everyday beginner Korean, not business meetings or watching dramas without subtitles. And it does not work without you. If you will not give it thirty focused minutes a day, the free game is the right version — and it stays free.
Quick questions

Answers, short and straight.

I am a complete beginner. Is that okay?

Yes — the Path is built for you. Days 1 to 3 teach you to pronounce every Korean vowel and consonant from zero, before any vocabulary. By day 4 you are reading real words out loud and having your first Korean exchange: your name, your country, nice to meet you.

How much time does it take?

Thirty focused minutes a day — and the game proves it fits: every mission shows its minute budget, and each day totals thirty or less. Miss a day and your mission simply waits for you — the streak is encouragement, not punishment.

What do I need?

A browser and a microphone. Chrome on a computer or Android gives the sharpest pronunciation scoring; on iPhone you practice with record-and-compare.

How do I cancel?

One click in My Account, effective immediately at the end of your paid month. No emails required, no retention tricks.

What happens after the 30 days?

Two things, both included in the same $19 USD. The Fluency Track unlocks at graduation — harder missions that make you sound natural and train you for real-world friction. And every Monday a new scenario drops into the game; the next three months are already written and scheduled. Finish-and-cancel stays a fine outcome — but there is now a real reason to stay.

What happens to my progress if I cancel?

The phrasebook and Anki deck are yours forever. Your progress stays saved to your account if you ever come back.

Thirty days from now, you will wish you had started today.

Start the Speaking Path — $19 USD/month

Built by one person who practices exactly the way you will — out loud, slightly embarrassed, getting better. — Tom