Tom Lee

After two years of taking class with Tom I can confidently say that my lessons with him have been the #1 thing that has contributed to my growth in Korean. Not only have my speaking and listening skills improved exponentially, but my depth of understanding of all the nuance in the Korean language (and there is a lot lol) has dramatically increased as well. This for me is super valuable and really not something you can learn from a book!

Some people are just born to teach. Tom has a gift for sure. Tom offers a perfect balance of instruction, patience, encouragement, and humor.  -He uses both Korean and English in class -he types notes for you as you go -homework easily fits into busy schedules -you learn so much without realizing it -He can easily sense when you don't understand and may need additional examples -He can also sense when you are having an off-day and need less pressure. -classes are a joy and will quickly become the highlight of your week.   I am thankful I put the self-teaching attempts down and took a chance. Learning a language is hard. Having someone to walk beside you that genuinely cares about your success makes it easier.

I feel almost certainly that I must be Tom's slowest student but his patience with my lack of memory seems to be endless. (Thanks Tom!) His approach is casual and friendly and simultaneously very professional. The conversations feel natural and seem to flow because Tom keeps the pace constant with vocabulary and grammar tucked in questions and anecdotes. Tom has definitely provided me with the tools and guidance I need to become fluent, I know it's just a matter of me and my own time commitment.

Honestly I can say that after taking many many many lessons with Tom DAILY, this is probably one of the best teachers I’ve ever had in my life — period!! I cannot recommend him enough, he is so kind, compassionate punctual. He makes learning so fun and I can genuinely say that it has been a pleasure to be his student. His teaching method for learning languages is by far one of the most practical and hands on approaches. I never thought I would have learnt the amount I learned. And I never even did any of the homework 😂. He paces his lessons to suit his students. He takes so much notes during lessons. The study material is always centred around your life so you really learn vocabulary you would use in real life. I can’t recommend him enough.

It's incredible to see the building blocks of all my lessons with Tom coming together with increasingly complicated sentence structures and grammar points. I've been so impressed with Tom's curriculum and have been able to incorporate more Korean in my daily life with my wife. As always I'm so happy to have found Tom on Italki!

As always, great pacing with the lesson and very helpful feedback! Tom is always finding natural ways to introduce useful grammar and vocab points through conversation