How I Became a Korean Teacher

[@kevinrosenau7048]

Hearing the histroy behind your channel and your "teaching career" as a whole was truly amazing. There simply was a guy who liked to help people with their common interests and to make it more efficient, he started to make video lessons on youtube. This is literally the embodiment of what online communities are all about, helping each other to improve and I am really thankful that you took that step about ten years ago. Thank you for all those lessons, looking forward to everything that is yet to come

[@howme.school]

Billy! I admire how consistent you’ve been uploading every week! And how truthful you are to your own style of teaching Keep being happy and wise! Thank you, Billy ❤️🇰🇷✨

[@GoBillyKorean]

Wow! Thank you so much!!! 😄정말 감사합니다!

[@sesamenightowl9548]

Thank you so much for all that you do! You were the first Korean teacher I found who gave me hope that I could actually learn Korean! I really loved this video; getting to know you a little better and understand how it all works was fascinating and made me appreciate you even more!

[@AmbiCahira]

This is such a random thing but it was cool that we both have milestones the same years, and if I remember correctly we are the same age too. :) 2005 I graduated from an animal care school (in lack for a better translation), in 2007 I dipped my toes into learning Japanese for like a year or two, and in 2011 a friend introduced me to kpop and 2012 I moved to the US. I stubbornly considered myself an English learner up until I had lived here a few years and heard enough native speakers say I speak like a native speaker and through that I had to admit to myself that I rarely encounter new words anymore. I had to detach myself from the identity of being an English learner which I had been for 23 years (since 1996) and knew I wanted to still be a language learner for life and Japanese had felt too steep with the kanji. A random youtube video mentioned that Korean had the easiest writing system to learn and since I already liked kpop I figured it was a good choice because liking American music and TV had helped my English a ton. I typed in learn Hangul in youtube after that video and found yours so my Korean journey started with you. :)

[@LearnKoreanABC]

한국어를 가르치는 외국인들 중에서는 정말 최고의 선생님이라고 생각합니다! 👍👍

[@nicoxc.x]

It's been a while since you've posted this but I only felt it was necessary to comment it here. Thank you for what you're doing, Billy. Truthfully. You have inspired me a lot and helped me realize that beyond enjoying Kpop or Korea in general, I want to learn Korean to teach as well; to be a resource locally or even online. I appreciate your hard work and hope you continue for a long time. Be well 😊

[@SmolCloud]

omg not the butter in the background 😂😂😂 also this was a great video choice , very helpful 😊

[@Learninglotsoflanguages]

I started in 2010 and all I knew of was going to Barnes and noble and buying a couple Korean books and watching k-pop. There was a Korean who went to my college who taught me some things. Recently I looked and saw I had bookmarked TTMIK in 2011 but I don’t remember using it back then. Crazy how today there are so many choices that it’s overwhelming.

[@KoreanArah]

빌리 쌤 '민초파'시군요! 🙂 유튜브 시작하고 나서 매주 쉬지 않고 영상을 업로드를 하신 거만 봐도 빌리 쌤이 얼마나 열정적이고 부지런한 사람인지 누구나 다 알 것 같아요. 👏👏 앞으로도 이 유튜브 채널이랑 빌리 쌤의 책, 다른 한국어 커뮤니티 활동들 지금처럼 많은 사랑 받으시길 바래요. 화이팅!!

[@GoBillyKorean]

민초파 for life :D

[@Laviudanegra16]

This video is so nostalgic. I started learning Korean around the time you started this channel. So I remember your beginnings. I helped donate to publishing your first books, and look where the channel is now. Congratulations on your success and growth 😊

[@KoreanJream]

I think it's really cool that you've been sharing all the genuine moments as both a teacher as well as a learner. I'm sure your old subscribers love the fact that they've been watching your channel grow and become this big over a decade! 😊Plus, not many people share the income from running a KZbin channel, and it's really helpful to know what's possible and what realistic goals can be! Thanks, Billy!!! 👍 I'll be rooting for you and hope you will be able to do this forever too! 화이팅!

[@GoBillyKorean]

I admit I was a bit nervous to share it, but hope it can be helpful to others :D

[@KoreanJream]

@@GoBillyKorean Oh yeah, I would be very nervous to share that if I were you as well! It does help me for sure! Thanks!

[@samg7056]

This is one of the most transparent videos I've seen on youtube. I can't believe you do it all yourself! And that you work so hard every single day to help people learn. Thank you for getting me started on my Korean language learning journey! Your videos were the first videos I watched to start out, and your first book was the first korean language learning book I purchased :) I love how logically you present all of your lessons. I hope you see even more success in the future!!!

[@danielvillamizar5409]

안녕하세요 빌리 선생님. 저는 콜롬비아 사람립니다. You have helped me a lot because as spanish speaker who knows english, you are one of the best korean teachers i could found on internet, you actually do it very well and your explanations are easy to understand even if the topic is not. Hope you continue doing this videos, you keep me getting motivated to learn.

[@micheller.8370]

I am very thankful that you decided to teach Korean, and make this channel. I am on a fixed income, and can't afford to take classes, so this channel helps me a lot. My reason for wanting to learn Korean in the first place is that around 2015 I started watching Korean Dramas, and it became one of my favorite things to do, I also love to read, and those are the two things I love to do to entertain myself the most. I am visually impaired, and I have to make yearly trips to see my ophthalmologist. Last year he told me that I am going to slowly lose what little vision I have. I decided that since that meant I would eventually have to give up one of my favorite things reading, I didn't want to lose the fun of my other favorite pastime. So I decided I would learn to understand the language. My reason for learning may seem kind of weird, but I'm going to do it. So once again thank you for this channel.

[@Sweetcloud28]

Billy 선생님 you have been part of my language learning process so just wanted to say thank u for good content and inspiration. Keep doing what you love and always be happy. 항상 감사합니다

[@GamePlaysPixels]

Hi Billy, I am a beginner at learning Korean. Earlier, I randomly saw your videos on KZbin when I searched for a particular lesson (Mainly your account and TTMK). Which I find very useful to recap what I learnt from class, help me to remember - understand better. Most importantly, I would like to let you know that your passion and love for teaching never get wasted and continuously making positive impacts to students around to world. Study nowadays is fun (Unlink my age, so analogue). Well keep it up, you make the world of learning easy, fun and almost free everywhere everytime.

[@lofit9490]

Thanks for sharing Billy! What an inspirational story of meeting a language-learning need for others and making a living from it. 👏💟 I've been learning Korean on and off for three years and teaching conversational English from time to time, but have been inconsistent with my learning and teaching. Your video has prompted me to reflect on how I might help others regularly and enjoy the Korean learning journey along the way. Keep up the great work!🙌 감사합니다 선생님 🙏😊

[@cloudwatcher608]

I started learning in 2010 or 11, with the textbook Korean For Beginners I think it was, and quickly found TTMIK and used their resources. I got the basics down and then dropped it for a while. I've only been studying again for about a month and the lessons on this channel have been so helpful.

[@MichaelRWright]

It was great meeting you today with my daughter in the Hongik University area! Our son recognized you right away when I returned home. He says, thank you for the pen.

[@GoBillyKorean]

Haha thanks for recognizing me! I ended up staying there filming until around 5. Hopefully I should be able to start uploading some of what I filmed in August or September.

[@MichaelRWright]

@@GoBillyKorean That would be cool. We are sure to look for it and all of your content. Thanks.

[@honestlysame5677]

Hey Billy! I work at Reddit and to hear that part about you mentioning Reddit and being able to help ignite your passion for helping folks out with learning Korean! I'm currently in my Korean learning journey (granted, I'm not too great...) but I've been watching you for quite a while now! Love to hear the shoutout and thanks for everything you do. If you want some cool reddit swag, just let me know and we can get in touch! Keep it up.

[@crossinborderd]

Not me here Uwu-in at Billy and then my eyes go to the Butter albums. But going back Billy, thank you thank you thank you, you are amazing!!!!

[@ceres8428]

Thank you for all your hard work. I wanted to study Korean for a very long time but 10-15 years ago there was barely any resources available (I'm from germany) so I just gave up on the idea. But in the last years there have come up so many options and everythings easily accessible. Your channel & books are my life-saver for self-studying. They are helping me so much understandig grammar concepts and I could already make a lot of progress in the last year :).

[@xuser9980]

Thank you for all your hard work, Billy!! LA, huh? I had a feeling. 😉 Gardena here. 🙋🏻‍♂️ As a military brat, I lived in Korea for 8 years but unfortunately I didn't take more advantage of my situation having stayed on-base most of the time. Anyways, I'm making up for lost time and really hitting the Korean books hard these days. You've been a tremendous asset!!

[@julianam9795]

I really recognized myself in you! I also stopped korean for a while, exploring other new languages because actually I didn't have anyone with who practicing or talking and i felt like It was kinda useless to keep going. Now i decided to go back to it because it's a language that i particularly affectionate and I enjoy doing my conversation class where I can analyze my mistakes and work on it. I also found it another purpose: help my future students, as a French teacher to become who may speak korean😁 Thank you so much for all the content you provide us, it helped me a lot since my first day and i always come on this channel when i have questions! 감사함니다 😊

[@Running11Distance]

Hi Billy! Loved the video!! My sister and I started on Chapter 1 of your Beginner book last night and can’t wait to learn more! Thanks for making such great content!

[@learnkoreanwithKorean]

고빌리 선생님 👏👏👍🏼최고 예요.

[@martinasakura7146]

I remember when I was in grade school back in the early 2000's I got interested in learning Korean and Japanese (mostly because in our area there were some buildings and restaurants with Korean or Japanese names..) but there are very few resources. I can only buy a small pocket-sized travel booklet of those two languages and they were in formal forms and romanized lol

[@Crazyalgorithm]

I cant wait for the Naver Dictionary Video. You are my main resource and I have your books to study. 타 고맙습니다!!

[@sm00re2]

til now i didnt realize how much i take the amount of resources available to me for granted😅 thanks for all your hard work~ i think teaching korean would be fun cause im super passionate about it but im super... like SUPER... far away from being good enough 🤣

[@dutchessdreamer4543]

You can still teach English and maybe Korean (if you study hard enough). Maybe both.

[@lexanspov]

Thank you for everything. I started my korean learning journey with you. And still learning from/with you. I hope you can keep doing this forever as you said. ✌🏻

[@fammnak852]

Greetings from Dublin, Billy. Thank you for all your effort 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@jennyramos8471]

You are awesome! Continue doing it for ever!

[@magyar997]

Thank you for sharing your story, Billy! I initially started dabbling in Korean back in 2000 because I had started listening to Korean music in 1999 and wanted to be able to read along with the lyrics. I learned 한글 and lots of common words from songs. There really weren't resources back then! Sogang had an online course I did a bit of, and some Rosetta Stone. I had been interested in languages since I was little (English is my 2nd language) and I was also studying a bit of French and Italian around 2000. Then I ended up focusing on Japanese instead for a while. Around 2011-ish I did the first 2 levels of TTMIK and some time later I found How to Study Korean and Mango languages. I took another long break and restarted TTMIK from the beginning around 2016. I don't remember how many years ago I found your channel but your videos are super helpful and you are great at explaining concepts. I hope you can continue to teach Korean forever also!

[@anameraz6338]

Your videos help me so much, I am learning korean bc I was offered a job to teach english and spanish language in south korea for next school year in 2023, and so far I love learning korean. 😁😁😁

[@TheAimeeRT]

I just wanted to thank you! Korean will be my third language and I think something I missed when learning my second was someone who it was also not their native language (does that makes sense??) I'm still making my way through your beginner playlist and I was able to have a short (VERY short) conversation at the grocery store with an older Korean gentleman. It was so encouraging, and I could not have done it without your work! I can't wait to purchase your book as well! Thank you!

[@lexica510]

감사합니다 빌리 선생님! Thank you for all you do to help people learn Korean, and thanks for giving us a look behind the scenes. When I'm studying and have a question about something, Korean Made Simple is the first thing I reach for. 💜🍏🍎

[@OmarManejwala]

Your passion and dedication really shows. Thanks for sharing the personal side of your work.

[@PersonManManManMan]

This video is very inspirational to start any type of channel or follow passion in life, thanks Billy

[@wilsonaguirre6702]

Korean is really awesome, and I am learning very well and in big part thanks to this man right here! Thank you!

[@bigplayer4928]

I am glad to find your channel Billy, thank you for sharing your knowledge to us. Your explanation is very good, deep and clear. I took a Korean language course and I got the basic, it's good. But I need more deeper explanation about that and more advance knowledge about Korean language such as Korean people habbit when they're talking or slang version of it or other today's new thing about it.

[@kathy-di9no]

Loved this!!!!!! Also you should make a video dedicated to thinking in korean instead of translating everything . Im having trouble with that 😭😭😭

[@neelimaa1998]

It must've taken immense strength to continue it for a decade long. Congratulations on that 🎉🎉

[@Holly-kj6rs]

Thank you for your hard work Billy! Your videos are very helpful to me. I'm very much a beginner and I've found that you explain things in a way that is easy to understand.

[@knightshade1463]

Lol, yesterday evening after watching yet another two of your videos I was thinking that I have to see if you have a video about how you got into Korean and started teaching. So this is perfect timing 😄

[@Sweetcloud28]

So true I started learning Korean in 2015 and there was not the amount of resources as today.

[@Sweetcloud28]

*were

[@HaneenIAdam]

Respect to you and your hard work ❤ great channel and content... and I can see Butter in the background 😍 so lucky.

[@fairyofdaisies]

thank you for all the work you do! your videos have helped me immensely in my studies, and they've made some topics that i found hard to grasp with other resources actually very simple and easy to understand. i'm especially a big fan of your abridged live classes and hanja explanations! keep up the great work billy! :)

[@Avionne_Parris]

It's so nice that Billy can scrape together enough cash to get a new equipment setup despite the fact that Keykat owns 10% of whatever he earns through teaching Korean on KZbin - according to his Learn Korean Beginner's Course contract - That's so nice of Keykat! And so resourceful of Billy :P Seriously though, great video! I am encouraged to keep trucking along with my studies :-)

[@abudhabi9850]

Hi Billy, thanks again. Very inspirational

[@amandar3467]

WAIT i just noticed the "Butter" in the background. I know you say you shouldn't learn Korean from K-pop songs but I love watching those Learn Korean with BTS type videos. They have such beautiful lyrics.

[@differentvibes9644]

I also have same feeling as you as I also want to try learning many languages I learned Spanish,Japanese and Chinese before Korean Hope I stick to this language lol!

[@howme.school]

Keep loving this video! Thank you for sharing and learning, Billy 😊❤✨

[@uklife1628]

Loving this

[@corgisrule21]

Love this so much!! Thanks for sharing😊. Also digging all the “Butter” in the background…😅💜

[@wonkyu1qlee66]

Respect !

[@chimchim8694]

Thanks for what you do 🤗

[@baldog2561]

mint choco gang let's goo

[@SmolCloud]

yesss

[@TifasaurusRex]

Loved it!!!!! 👏👏👏👏 I would love to start teaching *How I personally am learning* Korean … specifically Korean vocabulary 😎

[@dutchessdreamer4543]

I might start teaching.

[@Learninglotsoflanguages]

I teach Korean on a platform called outschool that’s just for kids. I started with just how to read and o had so much fun so it was the motivator for me to work hard to get better myself and start a few grammar things too because students and parents enjoyed it so much they keep asking for more. But now I’m getting tired on working online. Not sure how long I can keep doing this format. It’d be fun if a school in person ever wanted to add Korean language. I used to be a classroom teacher and a trained ESL teacher so the teaching part was easy for me.

[@Heenashaikh-hx4ym]

i really liked the video. you are an amazing korean teacher. thank you and good luck.👍

[@arlynremo4760]

hi billy, watching from Philippines 🇵🇭,

[@mermaidmoon8967]

Thank you soo soo much for all that you do!! You're an amazing teacher and I'm thankful for people like you!😁 If you have time, I do have a question that I haven't seen answered anywhere. So you know how people can have accents when they speak, like Spanish for example. And if someone's native language isn't Spanish, they sound foreign when speaking and not just because of the mispronunciation, but because they just say the words like they would in English. So my question is, when speaking Korean, should we try to emulate the accent to pronounce everything better? I don't even know if this makes sense haha, but hopefully it does!

[@GoBillyKorean]

I address that question a bit in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioLbpo14ramUm7c

[@qureshi.561]

You are the best teacher Sir I learnt alot from your videos Thank you so much 💓 💗 Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 ♥

[@shegone7760]

Billy you are literally my favorite korean teacher! You've been helping me sooo much! I didn't know you had a book nut i will definitely have to get it! I do have a question that i couldn't find in the videos. Did you ever address 되어 있다/ 게 되어 있다?

[@GoBillyKorean]

This video covers the general form, but not that specific one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKjHkpWParCEg6c

[@shegone7760]

@@GoBillyKorean thank you

[@milenabts9562]

great to hear from somebody that has taken an interest or hobby into what seems a well paid career. Two questions: where do I buy your books and is there shipping to the UK. Thanks. (also, the Butter albums 👀👀)

[@GoBillyKorean]

Thanks! You can find a link in the video description, or you can directly find them at Amazon or BookDepository (free shipping).

[@Ariber1]

You're doing an amazing job! Does it help to not "skip ads"?

[@GoBillyKorean]

Don't worry about that. Just keep watching and commenting :)

[@chefpizza4677]

Been learning with you since 2012, been in and out because of my work but i have learned a lot from your youtube. Thanks for everything its very educational. Still not perfect or fluent but i can understand what people say, its hard to speak back but working on it. Thanks billy! Are your books available in korea?

[@GoBillyKorean]

Yes, you can always get my books shipped to Korea online (Naver has several stores), or directly from BookDepository.com

[@LostNTranslations]

I love this channel thanks for everything. I want to teach ESL in Korea but also if I can get fluent enough, I'd love to teach Korean. I wonder how comfortable with the language one must be to start teaching? B1? C1? I just wanna help as soon as I'm able to. At what point or points did you realize you could be a good resource for students? If you've ever done ESL or know anyone who has, What are some key differences between teaching English to Korean speakers and vice-versa? I want to do both.

[@GoBillyKorean]

For teaching English no Korean is usually required. But the more you know, the better you'll enjoy your time living in Korea :)

[@rode8173]

Hey Billy. Great channel. In 2011, I remember the books. Not the best. Trying to find someone to explain in English the meaning of certain Korean words and especially honorifics was challenging. I live in Korea. Your KZbin channel really helps. One question: How did you come up with the name for your You Tube site?

[@Fluglecheese]

How many identical shirts do you have?

[@nicoleyoshihara4011]

❤

[@jjkoreanjjkorean]

우리 빌리 선생님은 영어도 정말 잘하세요. ^^!

[@anistaru_]

I start 2009 but not serious just because the hype drama boys before flower lololll 2010 i buy local book, learn korean in 24hours lolll silly if i think of it now and then i busy working.. finally i get a chance at 2015 i take a korean course at korean cultural center here in my country. Now i teaching basic korean online. Really basic level lolll but i enjoy it so far and will continue

[@kitsuneoni7420]

Hi Billy. Have subscribed to the channel and ordering some of your books. I'm about to start a TESOL degree and I'm also trying to learn Korean. My question is regarding older people teaching English in Korea, is it possible? Or is it a younger person's thing? Ps I'm in my early 50's. Many thanks if you have any views on this.

[@GoBillyKorean]

I believe that depends on the location. You'd have to check when you apply to see what ages they accept. I've seen older people who also teach English, but I'm not sure which companies they go through.

[@kitsuneoni7420]

@@GoBillyKorean Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. It will be at least a year and a half away before I am able to hopefully go to Korea due to gaining the needed qualifications (fast-track degree). So fingers crossed using your resources my daughter and I will hopefully be conversationally able. Again thank you for replying.

[@Marisol3132]

Subscribed! Billy, do you offer private online lessons?

[@GoBillyKorean]

I occasionally offer language coaching on my Superpeer: superpeer.com/gobillykorean

[@Marisol3132]

@@GoBillyKorean Thanks for your reply! Do you recommend the calls for beginners?

[@GoBillyKorean]

They're for any level, but it depends on exactly what you're trying to do.

[@MarkH-f3f]

I will go to SK with ya if you want to make a really funny video. I have been working on Korean for a few years and think it will be hard but funny as hello going to Seoul and going around practicing. Up to you but I am going soon. I'd LOVE to join up with you.

[@ramikla_146]

Eh bien le français est une langue utile pour apprendre 😉

[@socotrocoway]

I use an ad blocker, should I disable it when I watch your videos in order to help you? You've helped me a lot since I started learning Korean so I really want to give back in any way that I can.

[@GoBillyKorean]

I wouldn't worry about that. I'm just glad when you watch the videos :)

[@seajames1690]

Hey Billy, it seems a bit odd that you skipped over getting BA in Korean. That seems like an important milestone. Also I don't understand how you're a self-taught learner if you majored in Korean in university?

[@GoBillyKorean]

I started learning Korean long before I took Korean classes in college :)

[@The70sDiscoKing]

Generic comment to boost algorithm

[@GoBillyKorean]

Reply to enhance viewer interaction metrics.

[@종만김-q3t]

당신의 열정을 응원합니다 ~~~~ ^0^

[@Leon-dw1jm]

So billy, do you get free ice cream from KZbin or no?

[@melissat9120]

WHY DOES THIS COMMENT NOT HAVE MORE LIKES?! 😂

[@TravelEndleslie]

Hopefully, I can be fluent as you.

[@GoBillyKorean]

Anyone who studies/practices a lot can be :)

[@gennaromigliore5240]

것임이요 could you exlain why in korean lots of sentences end with 것임이요 what is the meaning and why is used ?

[@invisible.x]

You look like John Cena😂

[@theresnomap]

Please consider not using the piano track for background music. 🙏

[@bh3326]

It’s fine

[@SmolCloud]

why?

[@theresnomap]

@@SmolCloud I can't separate his voice from it, my head starts to hurt... So I am not able to hear this story.

[@SmolCloud]

@@theresnomap i cant tell if youre trolling, the piano music is so quiet i can barely hear it ?? not sure why youre having issues

[@theresnomap]

@@SmolCloud Not sure why you felt the need to jump on the comment and make fun of someone else’s sensitivity expressed in a polite way.

[@ambercandy1616]

Billy is the best! When I get a job after my anxiety, I promise to donate for all you’ve helped me 🤟🥹💕

[@talkiehere]

it's really good to hear your story, i'm sure there are lots of people who inspired from you. Actually i knew that you were all by yourself but i'v sent you a message from instagram that says i would like to work with you and when you replied i was shocked:)) Even though you said you can't hire someone to help you i know this channel will keep growing and you'll need one. So i'll be here all the time and even sometimes when i do not wanna study korean i keep thinking that i will work for you one day and that's what keep me going!! Thank you soo much!! 수고하셨습니다!!