💡 In one line: Arirang Lesson is a 1:1 online Korean lesson platform where your tutor speaks Korean and you read every word as a live caption in your own language — in 60 languages, with no English needed on either side.

Most online Korean lessons quietly assume a shared third language — usually English. If your English is shaky, or your tutor's is, half the lesson goes into explaining the explanation. Arirang Lesson removes that layer: tutors teach in Korean, learners read along in their own language, and the lesson stays in the language you came to learn.

What is Arirang Lesson?

Arirang Lesson (아리랑레슨, sometimes written ArirangLesson) is HyperBabel's 1:1 video lesson platform for learning Korean, at ariranglesson.com. Finding a tutor, booking, payment, the lesson room and your lesson history all live in one place, in your browser — on a computer or on your phone.

Arirang Lesson at a glance

Why live captions change the way you learn Korean

• Learn straight from Korean-speaking tutors. Your tutor does not need to speak your language or English, and neither do you.
• See the Korean and its meaning together. Each caption shows the tutor's Korean exactly as spoken, with the translation into your language beneath it — sound, spelling and meaning connect in real time.
• Try speaking Korean and see if it landed. When you speak Korean, the captions recognize it as Korean and show it back with a translation into your language, so you know at once whether you said what you meant.
• Nothing gets lost. In-lesson chat is translated automatically, and a live transcript panel runs for the whole lesson.
• Review afterwards. The full transcript — the Korean original and the translation — is saved in My lessons, searchable and downloadable as a text file, for about 12 months.

How it works

1. Find your tutor. Search by name or headline, sort by recommended, top rated or price, and filter by price or by other languages the tutor speaks. Every profile has a 1–3 minute intro video, an accent tag (standard Korean or a regional accent), the number of lessons taught, the next open time and reviews. Tutor bios are translated automatically, with the original one tap away.
2. Book in your own time zone. Choose a single lesson or a 5- or 10-lesson pack. Book at least 30 minutes ahead; your slot is held for 10 minutes while you check out.
3. Pay securely in USD through PayPal — a PayPal account is optional, any major card works. Coupons apply at checkout.
4. Get reminded. A booking confirmation arrives by email with a calendar file, followed by reminders 24 hours and 10 minutes before the lesson. Browser notifications are available too.
5. Check your setup, then enter. The waiting room opens 10 minutes early for a camera, microphone and caption check, and "Enter lesson" unlocks 2 minutes before the start.
6. Learn with captions on. Captions are on by default for the whole lesson.
7. Review and rate. Only students who paid for and completed a lesson can leave a review — stars, up to four tags and an optional comment — so every review comes from a real lesson.

Before your first lesson you can try the captions yourself: the caption self-test gives you three 60-second tries a day to see how your voice is recognized and translated.

Fair rules for students

• Free cancellation up to 12 hours before the lesson. Within 12 hours, 50% of that lesson's price is charged; once the lesson starts there is no refund.
• If your tutor does not show up (not in the room within 15 minutes), you get a full refund plus a coupon worth 10% of the lesson price.
• If something fails on our side, you get a refund or a free make-up lesson coupon; if only the captions fail, a coupon worth 20% of the lesson price.
• Packs: within 7 days of purchase (or of your first lesson, if later), unused lessons are refunded at the price you paid. After that, lessons already taken are recalculated at the regular price, with the extra deduction capped at 10% of what you paid. Pack lessons can be booked for 6 months and remain refundable after that.

For tutors: teach Korean to learners abroad — in Korean

• Teach in Korean; the captions interpret. You do not need English. Regional accents are welcome — a caption reading test lets you check how your voice comes through.
• Set your own price and schedule. $20–$60 per 50-minute lesson, a weekly calendar with repeating slots, and vacation mode when you need a break.
• A simple application. A profile, a 1–3 minute intro video and your price; review takes 24–48 hours, followed by identity and bank details and an electronic contract.
• Transparent earnings. The platform fee is 20%, dropping to 15% from your 51st completed lesson, and founding tutors (limited to the first 50) pay 15% for their first 12 months. Payouts are monthly in KRW by the 10th of the following month; payment, currency-conversion and transfer fees are covered, and tutors receive 80% of late-cancellation fees.
• Who can apply: adults (18+) who are tax residents of Korea — foreign residents of Korea are welcome. Lessons are taught from a computer.

Built on HyperBabel

The lesson room runs on HyperBabel's real-time video and speech-interpretation platform — the same technology behind ArirangX's live-interpreted video calls, and available to developers through HyperAPI.

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Arirang Lesson is not offered to people living in the EU, the EEA, Switzerland, the UK and nearby territories.