Hi! My name is Emma. I’m an English tutor who is also self-studying Korean.

A lot of the times, we passively listen to a podcast and a lot of the value is missed. Especially for new learners, we may not have enough vocab or sense of the grammar to create our own sentences yet. Through repeating phrases and expressions within context, while working on pronunciation and intonation, this self-study method helps to boost your confidence and fluency, so that you can make your target language your own, and hopefully have some fun along the way :)

My go-to podcast these days: Didi’s Korean podcast:    / @didikoreanpodcast  

edit: For reference, I would consider myself an upper beginner - lower intermediate. Grammar/vocab-wise, as of filming this video, I had just completed Seoul University's 2B text book (upper beginner) and started the first few chapters of textbook 3A (lower intermediate).

Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:55 Overview of 6 steps
1:35 1. Choosing the right podcast
2:18 2. Blind listen
2:49 3. Relisten with subtitles
3:48 4a. Shadowing for pronunciation
4:33 4b. Shadowing for intonation
6:33 5. Read aloud the podcast
7:25 6. Summarize or comment
8:03 Should I follow these steps every single time?
8:40 Recap
9:25 Outro