TTMIK Stories - Learn Korean 4+

Praise and Idea for Developers

I’m really enjoying using this app! The stories are a nice length because even when I’m very tired after working all day I still feel motivated to complete my daily learning and it’s not overwhelming. It’s nice that the new vocabulary is repeated in multiple stories to give you different examples of its use. The stories are entertaining while still teaching vocabulary and grammar that I can actually use in daily conversation.

Is it possible to add a feature where we can search a word present in the stories and then get a list of all the sentences it appears in? (For example, I’m learning the word 유명하다 and I’d like to see all the sentences it appears in one one place.) Even if the story the word is used in in later levels is “locked” until I progress further, it would be nice to see the sentences.

There is also one small issue with the app that can make navigating a little bit annoying. If I go back to a previous level to review old stories (through the book icon, not the headphones icon so that I can click on vocab as needed) when I exit that story it takes me out of the level I’m trying to review and puts me automatically back into the later level. (I mean if I was reviewing a story in level 1, when I exit the story the app automatically puts me back in the Level 2 content list). So I have to backtrack to continue reviewing the various chapters of old stories. Can this be fixed or is there a way to turn this feature off that I’m missing?

Great app, needs English

I really like the app and others have already mentioned some things that I agree should be changed or updated. My major request would be that the stories have English or at least a short summary about what the story is (at least for early levels, like 1-3). For example, in Easy Korean Reading, it has the story in Korean first then you’re allowed to read the English after. Even if you gave a summary—such as for the first story in level 1–that said “a recent college graduate going to their interview meets an old lady while waiting for the bus” would be fine. It just gives a general idea of what to expect.

Also, every single word should be available to click on for absolute beginners. I read it’s for extensive reading, but I think subscribers should have a choice—especially at such a high price point. However, the price isn’t too excessive since it is does include real voices reading. So I would subscribe for a month or two just to get a nice burst of fresh and interesting reading material.

Developer Response ,

안녕하세요!
Thank you for your constructive feedback and for bringing the issue to our app.

We've put a lot of effort into this app to provide our learners with the best learning experience, and we also wanted to provide you with the most authentic texts.

Thank you for bringing the issue to our attention, and we will take that into account in the future as we continuously try to enhance our service while keeping it competitive in the market.

Your opinion matters to us, and we'll take it into account as we work on improving our app! We hope you continue to enjoy studying Korean with our graded reading app. 감사합니다!

I love TTMIK

UPDATE! Thank you for the help! I just found the article stack with your guidance. I’m a beginner - just about to start TTMIK level 3 - and I find the articles quite a bit easier for me at this point.

TTMIK is awesome for learning Korean. I like this app because they are working on new methods to help us improve. I like the highlighted words that can be added to a list. The stories and articles are short allowing me to complete one when I don’t have the time for a complete TTMIK lesson. I love that the speed of the reader can be changed. Even if I don’t know all of the words - I can improve my reading and speaking speed. I don’t mind the price - it’s easily worth more than the cost per day. I would like the ability to go back to previous articles - I can only go back to previous stories. A translation would be great. I would also like the ability to print the articles and stories (double spaced!) so that I can write things out as I translate - although writing them out by hand as I do now is good practice :) The vocabulary test could be more difficult - it’s too easy right now. For example - the “to do” words need both choices to have “to do” endings. The vocab test is fun - it would be nice to have the ability to keep it going longer. Three times is a bit early to learn a word.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your overall positive feedback on TTMIK Stories!
We truly appreciate your valuable opinion :)

We read the suggestions you gave carefully, and we understand that you want to provide us with some suggestions to make our app greater! Again, thank you for your creative ideas and suggestions.

Regarding the articles, you can swipe to read the previous articles when you go to the book stacks. Please tap the icon on the top right of the screen and you will see all the articles and series. Please try it first, and if you are not sure how to do it, feel free to contact us and we will try our best to explain it :) 감사합니다!