공부 방법
Why listen, repeat, recall works
Better Korean is built on four ideas that research and experienced teachers agree on. Here's the short version, and how the app puts each one to work.
원칙
The four principles
Step 1
Learn Hangul first
The alphabet takes a few days, not months. Reading Hangul instead of romanization gives you the real sounds and makes every later step easier.
Step 2
Listen, then repeat
Shadow native audio: listen, then say it right after. Research on shadowing shows it improves how clear and natural you sound — rhythm and intonation included.
Step 3
Say it from memory
Once you can repeat it, test yourself from the English. Pulling a phrase out of memory (with feedback) makes it stick far better than repeating it again.
Step 4
Space your reviews
Review right before you'd forget: 10 minutes, a day, 3 days, a week, 3 weeks. A few minutes daily beats a long session — and keep new phrases to a pace you can sustain.
왜 둘 다?
Why repeat and recall
A study comparing the two found a trade-off. Repeating after a speaker gave better pronunciation during practice. Recalling from memory gave better results on later tests, both right away and after a delay.
So Better Korean does both, in order: repeat to get the sound right, then recall to make it yours.
앱에서
How Better Korean applies it
New phrases: listen, then repeat
The audio plays as soon as you open a new phrase. Say it back until you score above 90. Romanization stays blurred so your eyes go to the Hangul.
Reviews: say it from memory
Learned phrases come back as English only. After you try, you hear the correct version to compare.
Spaced on autopilot
Passing pushes the next review out: 10 minutes, 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 21 days. Missing one sends the phrase back to listen-and-repeat. Next always picks overdue reviews first.
Hints before answers
Stuck on a review? A hint shows just the first syllable (감 _ _ _ _). A small cue keeps you recalling instead of reading.
Hear yourself
After every attempt, play your own recording next to the native audio. Hearing the gap side by side is the fastest way to close it.
Feedback per word
Gemini listens to your recording and scores every word, with a tip for the ones that need work.
매일
A daily routine that works
5 min
Do every review that's due. Reviews first, always.
5–10 min
Learn a few new phrases: listen, repeat, pass.
Anytime
Shadow Korean you enjoy — a drama scene, a song — out loud.
출처
Sources
- A systematic review of shadowing for L2 pronunciation (44 studies)
- Shadowing as a speaking practice tool for intermediate Korean learners
- Imitation vs. retrieval practice in pronunciation learning — The Learning Scientists
- Best ways to learn Korean vocabulary — Clozemaster
- Learn Korean online — 90 Day Korean
- The best ways to learn Korean — Busuu
- Shadowing for language learning — Migaku
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