Korean to Stay Connected
For intermediate and advanced Korean learners who want to stay connected to Korean through quiet, personal stories.
Korean to Stay Connected is a slow podcast about language, memory, and everyday thoughts.
I am a Korean language teacher. I have taught Korean in several countries.
During my time teaching abroad, students often said:
“I want to keep studying Korean, but there’s nothing I can just listen to.”
This podcast is for learners who already know some Korean and want to maintain it — not through intense studying, but through calm, natural listening.
You don’t need to understand everything.
Just listening is enough.
If you’d like to speak Korean slowly like this,
you can find my 1:1 lessons here: https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1
Korean to Stay Connected
EP30. Spring in My Hometown (고향의 봄)
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In this episode,
I talk about my hometown — and what it feels like to return there in spring.
Last weekend, I took a 4.5-hour bus ride from Seoul back to my hometown.
In just a few hours, the crowded city slowly disappears,
and a quieter place appears — with fewer people, more nature, and a different kind of air.
There’s something about hometowns that can’t be fully explained in words —
a familiar atmosphere, a certain scent, and a feeling of warmth.
For me,
that warmth comes from
my parents’ smiles — the same place, the same love, waiting for me every time I return.
Spring has arrived both in Seoul and in my hometown.
But they feel different.
Spring in Seoul brings me excitement and the feeling of a new beginning.
Spring in my hometown brings me comfort — a quiet sense of warmth and belonging.
Has spring arrived
in your hometown too?
🎧 Take this episode slowly,
and think about
the place that feels like home to you.
Teacher Profile
: https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1