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Korean tutors for beginners

2,639 of the 4,166 Korean tutors we track offer lessons for beginners. Their median price is $27 per hour. Trial lessons typically cost $5.00. Native speakers charge a median of $18 per hour, versus $20 for non-native tutors.

$27/h
Median / hour
$18โ€“$36
Typical range
$5.00
Trial lesson
2,639
on 12 platforms

Compare Korean tutors

2,276 tutors match. Prices are per 60-minute lesson; you book directly on each platform.

Hye

Hye

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Elem Teacher | Conversationa

Native
21 years teaching
Teaching degree
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Peter

Peter

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

I have been teaching English for middle and high school students since 2006.

Native
40 lessons
None listed
English +1
โ˜… 5.0 (2)
Replies to 98% of messages

Teaches A1โ€“B2

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners
Min

Min

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ 4 yrs Experience | Kids Kore

Native
4 years teaching
TEFL/TESOL certificate
Indonesian +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Business
  • Kids
Haley

Haley

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

Embark on a Language Adventure with Your Dedicated Korean Language Guide!

Native
30 lessons
Professional teacher
English +2
โ˜… 5.0 (2)
Replies to 100% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners
Reina

Reina

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Korean Instructor | 26 yrs ๐Ÿ’ฌ

Native
26 years teaching
Other certificate
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners
้Ÿฉ่ฏญLEE่€ๅธˆ

้Ÿฉ่ฏญLEE่€ๅธˆ

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

ๆ‹ฅๆœ‰5ๅนด็บฟไธŠๆ•™ๅญฆ็ป้ชŒ็š„้Ÿฉ่ฏญ่€ๅธˆ

Native
5 yrs ยท 13 lessons
None listed
Chinese
โ˜… 5.0 (2)
Replies to 100% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“B2

  • Beginners

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YoungHun

YoungHun

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐Ÿ—ฃ Conversational Korean Beginn

Native
New tutor
None listed
English +2
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Mike

Mike

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

Currently attending Kyunghee Cyber University at 4th year majoring in Korean education.

Native
45 lessons
Language degree
English +2
โ˜… 5.0 (2)
Replies to 93% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Beginners
SoYoung

SoYoung

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Korean Teacher | Conversatio

Native
New tutor
Other certificate
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Jaeuk

Jaeuk

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

I have a certificates of teaching Korean and 3-years experience of teaching language

Native
3 yrs ยท 100+ lessons
TEFL/TESOL certificate
English +1
โ˜… 2.6 (6)
Replies to 98% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Beginners
Yeji

Yeji

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Korean Teacher | Conversatio

Native
New tutor
Teaching degree
English +1
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
kang

kang

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

You Understand Koreanโ€”But Canโ€™t Speak Yet? Letโ€™s Change That.

Native
5 lessons
None listed
English +1
โ˜… 5.0 (1)
Replies to 100% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“B1

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners
Daon

Daon

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

โœจ Beyond Textbook Korean

Native
New tutor
None listed
Japanese +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners
JIWOO

JIWOO

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

์นœ๊ตฌ์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ ํŽธ์•ˆํ•œ ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด ์ˆ˜์—… | ์ž์‹  ์žˆ๊ฒŒ ๋งํ•˜๋Š” ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด

Native
2 lessons
None listed
English +1
โ˜… 5.0 (1)
Replies to 100% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Beginners
Chan

Chan

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Adjunct Prof | Conversationa

Native
3 years teaching
None listed
English +4
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Exam prep
  • Business
  • Kids
YOON

YOON

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

โ€‹YOON ์„ ์ƒ๋‹˜ | ์ดˆ๋“ฑ & ์™ธ๊ตญ์ธ ์œ ํ•™์ƒ ํŠœํ„ฐ ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿซ ๋น„์ฆˆ๋‹ˆ์ŠคยทํšŒํ™” ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด|4๋…„ ๋‹ค์–‘ํ•œ ๋ฌธํ™”๊ถŒ ํ•™์Šต์ž ๊ต์œก | ํ•ด์™ธ ๋ด‰์‚ฌ 6ํšŒ

Native
3 lessons
None listed
English
โ˜… 5.0 (1)
Replies to 100% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Kids
  • Beginners
Anna

Anna

United StatesNative

AmazingTalker ยท United States

๐ŸŽ“ Conversational Korean ๐Ÿ—ฃ

Native
New tutor
None listed
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Joe

Joe

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

The teacher who makes you keep interested in learning languages!

Native
27 lessons
None listed
German +3
โ˜… 5.0 (1)
Replies to 100% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners
Kim

Kim

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐Ÿ’ฌ Conversational Korean Beginn

Native
New tutor
None listed
English +3
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“A2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
Yeny

Yeny

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

Native
37 lessons
None listed
English
โ˜… 5.0 (1)
Replies to 100% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners
Jonghan

Jonghan

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

๐ŸŽ“ Korean Teacher | Conversatio

Native
New tutor
Teaching degree
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“B1

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Kids
  • Beginners
Dajung

Dajung

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

Speak Real Korean with an Actor ๐ŸŽฌ | Sound Natural & Confident

Native
12 lessons
None listed
English
โ˜… 5.0 (1)
Replies to 100% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners
๊น€์†Œํ”ผ์•„

๊น€์†Œํ”ผ์•„

South KoreaNative

AmazingTalker ยท South Korea

Beginner|Conversation|Basic

Native
New tutor
Professional teacher
English
No reviews yet
Not shown

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Business
  • Beginners
  • Everyday admin & immigration
YB

YB

South KoreaNative

italki ยท South Korea

Powerful Support, Elite Results Master Korean with a Premium Tutor ์—˜๋ฆฌํŠธ ์„ฑ๊ณผ | ํ”„๋ฆฌ๋ฏธ์—„ ํŠœํ„ฐ์™€ ํ•จ๊ป˜ ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด๋ฅผ

Native
10 yrs ยท 13 lessons
Other certificate
English +6
โ˜… 5.0 (1)
Replies to 100% of messages

Korean (South Korea) ยท likely ยท Teaches A1โ€“C2

  • Speaks your language
  • Beginners

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Korean tutors by platform

Cafetalk has the lowest median price ($12), while AmazingTalker offers the most choice (1,077 tutors). Number of tutors, median hourly price and trial policy on each marketplace.

Tutors, prices and trial lessons by platform
PlatformTutorsMedian / hMiddle 50%Avg. ratingTrial lessonLesson length
AmazingTalker1,077$16$11โ€“$225.0โ˜…Discounted trial (25 min)25 / 50 min
Preply889$23$16โ€“$345.0โ˜…Discounted trial (25 min)50 min
italki865$20$15โ€“$265.0โ˜…Discounted trial (30 min)30 / 45 / 60 / 90 min
Tusclases / FindTutors752$22$17โ€“$285.0โ˜…First class free with many tutors60 min
Cafetalk371$12$9.47โ€“$14โ€”Discounted trial (25 min)Set by each tutor
Classgap58$21$18โ€“$254.9โ˜…Free trial (20 min)60 min
Engoo39from $67/monthโ€”5.0โ˜…Free trial (25 min)25 min
Verbling36$32$27โ€“$355.0โ˜…Free or discounted trial (30 min)60 min
Wyzant34$59$49โ€“$655.0โ˜…No trial; money-back guarantee on the first hour60 min
Apprentus32$30$25โ€“$365.0โ˜…No trial lessons60 min
LanguaTalk9$36$33โ€“$405.0โ˜…Free or discounted trial (30 min)55 min
Tutor Hunt4$44$41โ€“$535.0โ˜…No trial lessons60 min

How much Korean tutors charge

Hourly price spread for native and non-native tutors.

All tutors
$19Middle 50% between $12 and $27, 4125 tutors
Native speakers
$18Middle 50% between $12 and $27, 3307 tutors
Non-native
$20Middle 50% between $14 and $28, 818 tutors
10thโ€“90th percentileMiddle 50%Median

Prices by platform

Median hourly price and spread on each marketplace.

AmazingTalker
$16Middle 50% between $11 and $22, 1077 tutors
Preply
$23Middle 50% between $16 and $34, 889 tutors
italki
$20Middle 50% between $15 and $26, 865 tutors
Tusclases / FindTutors
$22Middle 50% between $17 and $28, 751 tutors
Cafetalk
$12Middle 50% between $9.47 and $14, 371 tutors
Classgap
$21Middle 50% between $18 and $25, 58 tutors
Verbling
$32Middle 50% between $27 and $35, 36 tutors
Wyzant
$59Middle 50% between $49 and $65, 34 tutors
Apprentus
$30Middle 50% between $25 and $36, 32 tutors
LanguaTalk
$36Middle 50% between $33 and $40, 8 tutors
Tutor Hunt
$44Middle 50% between $41 and $53, 4 tutors
10thโ€“90th percentileMiddle 50%Median

Where Korean tutors are from

  • South KoreaSouth Korea2,995 / 4,166
  • JapanJapan83 / 4,166
  • ChinaChina63 / 4,166
  • TaiwanTaiwan49 / 4,166
  • United StatesUnited States29 / 4,166
  • Hong Kong SAR ChinaHong Kong SAR China18 / 4,166
  • CanadaCanada12 / 4,166
  • United KingdomUnited Kingdom7 / 4,166

Korean tutors: FAQ

Among 2,639 Korean tutors for beginners, the median price is $27 per hour; the middle half charge between $18 and $36.

We list 2,639 Korean tutors for beginners on AmazingTalker, Preply, italki, Tusclases / FindTutors, and Cafetalk. Use the filters above to compare prices, trial lessons and reviews, then book on the platform you prefer.

Across 4,125 Korean tutors with a listed price, the median is $19 for a 60-minute lesson. Most prices fall between $10 and $37 per hour.

Yes. The median trial lesson costs $5.00. Trials are offered on AmazingTalker, Preply, italki, Cafetalk, and Classgap, usually for 25โ€“30 minutes, and some tutors give them for free.

We read the public profile of every tutor listed on the marketplaces we cover and refresh it daily. Prices are converted to US dollars at European Central Bank rates and normalised to a 60-minute lesson. Platforms can't pay to rank higher.

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How we collect this data

We collect public profile facts (name, photo, languages, price, rating) from tutoring marketplaces and refresh them daily. Prices are normalised to a 60-minute lesson in US dollars. Ratings and reviews belong to each marketplace. Subscription platforms have no per-tutor price.

Updated November 13, 2026

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