I’ve been working with LLMs for language learning over the past year and have found them extraordinarily useful. The moment OpenAI introduced custom GPTs I immediately rushed to create My Korean Tutor to address some specific challenges for Korean language learners.

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It does a lot, but my primary goal in creating it was to make the process of daily journaling in Korean a little bit easier for learners who are still struggling to acquire vocabulary and basic grammar. My Korean Tutor helps reduce the friction by letting the user propose a topic and then giving them some basic vocabulary, grammar, and examples that they can use to get started.

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As for the other features, some of them are visible via action buttons but if you ask it “What can you do?” it will reveal even more features:

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My Korean teacher is so patient with me. Created with Midjourney.

A woman struggles to teach a monkey Korean

지금은 나플라의 노래 ‘사과상자’ 듣고 있어요. 비트가 좋아요. 나플라 씨는 한국계 미국인이에요. 저는 나플라의 웨스트 코스트하고 올드 스쿨 스타일이 좋아요.

Translation: I’m listening to Nafla’s “Apple Box”. The beat is good. Nafla is Korean-American. I like Nafla’s West Coast and old school style.

Korean R&B is 🔥 🎵 🔥.

매일 일찍 일어나기가 힘들어요. (It’s hard to get up early every day). 🇰🇷

My teacher likes to assign me motivational translation homework:

아무리 한국어 어려워도, 포기하지 않을 거예요 = No matter how difficult Korean is, I won’t give up.