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.

Loved the first lesson! Tom is super helpful in creating a system to learn what I need to be able to speak conversationally in Korean, and helping me gain the confidence in speaking. I look forward to the next lesson :)

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.

Just wrapped up my fifth session with Tom and it was absolutely amazing (despite me having a cold!) I was very motivated to show up to continue practicing. I love how Tom infuses each lesson with history and culture. It really helps enrich the learning experience!

We continued to fine tune my pronunciation and started to learn numbers and new vocabulary this week. Tom kept the session flowing and very engaging by including brief discussions about history and culture. He also provided some fun mnemonics to help me remember numbers :) As always, I look forward to continuing learning Korean with Tom.