Korean language school Singapore

John Park

John moved to Thailand when he was 15 years old with his parents. He went on to complete his degree in Thailand at Thammasat University Bachelor in engineering major in Electrical Engineering.

Teaching is a deep passion of John. After graduating with flying colors, he has amassed several years of language teaching experience in the private sector. He has worked as a Thai / Korean teacher in a private school for two years before he came to Hana Korean language centre as a full-time language teacher.

John knows what it is like to learn a 2nd or third language. He had to learn Thai to complete his University education in Thailand. He can easily relate to the challenges that the student would face and has come up with various solutions and techniques to overcome this. One of which is to use music and catchy tunes for adults to remember vocabulary. He is extremely talented in Piano and performs regularly in Temasek Club. 

Since 2018, John has turned his attention to tutoring adults. At Crystal Learning, he has had plenty of opportunities to help adults who wish to improve their proficiency in Thai and Korean in an everyday or business setting reach their goals. He is proud to have improved both the confidence and ability in the Korean language of his students. His motto is: “If you are willing to learn, I am willing to teach.”

 Lee Jeeeun

Ms. Jeeeun graduated from the prestigious Yonsei University aka SKY University in Korea. She then travelled to the US for her Masters and spent 5 years in the States. With her extensive time spent in the US, Jeeeun could speak English far better than her Korean contemporaries.

She believes in delivering engaging, student-centred Korean lessons to support learners to grasp the language in fun and effective ways for meaningful usage in their daily lives, be it for social integration or work purposes.

 Jeeeun enjoys travel, languages and music and is always eager to hear about the experiences of others!

Kim Areum

Areum Kim lives in Korea but works in Singapore and she handles most of our Zoom lessons. She is an experienced and dynamic Korean language trainer with excellent communication skills and patience. Able to design and deliver a variety of training programs to students at varying proficiency levels. She chose to teach at Hana Korea due to our emphasis on small class sizes. Before that, she worked as a childcare teacher and witnessed the amazing developments of children in smaller classes compared to the ones in bigger classes.

A bit more about Ms. Kim herself: Areum has always dreamed about experiencing life in other countries. And after graduation, instead of following her friends to stick to an office job, she decided to travel.

13 countries later, she didn’t regret her choice as she has experienced what few Koreans have. She taught Korean while living abroad and learning about foreign cultures. If you love to travel, you will enjoy learning Korean with her.

And through her overseas experience she developed a sense of empathy for language learners. She tries to see the learner’s point of view and explain the Korean language as easily as possible.

She is determined and willing to give her 110% to help you learn Korean.

Yeo Seung Jae

Seung Jae prefers in-person group classes as he likes the personal interaction he gets from meeting the person.

He adjusts his teaching methods to suit individuals of different fluency levels, from the fun activity-based young adult’s Korean classes to the thoughtful and provoking discussion in higher level classes. Seung Jae likes to bring in extra learning aids that he feels can improve the learning of the particular class. In fact, the only thing we complain about is the amount of paper he uses to prepare for every lesson! But his students love his attention to detail.

Seung Jae is a very focused and passionate individual, eager to help anyone achieve their language learning and life goals.

Kim Ki Min

Ms. Kim moved to Singapore with her family in 2004.

She loves meeting new people and is curious about how human minds work. Apparently, different people pick up a new language differently, and Ms. Kim loves finding ways for each student to learn Korean easily.

To her, teaching a language is not only about how well the student can speak, but also about exposing them to a different culture. She is a firm believer of the close relationship between language and culture.

Through learning Korean, you can attempt to understand the thinking process and social behavior of the Korean people. This is key to establishing a successful relationship in a multi-cultural business and social environment. She is excited to be able to drive the love of Korean culture to Singapore and beyond.