The right level isn't a level. It's what you've studied.
Comprehensible input only works when it's calibrated — and no podcast, textbook, or "intermediate" playlist knows what's in your notes. Here's the same problem, three ways:
정부는 어제 발표된 경제 지표가 예상보다 부진했다고 밝혔습니다.
You catch "yesterday" and "economy." That's noise, not input — nothing to hold on to.
안녕하세요. 저는 학생이에요. 한국어를 공부해요.
You understood this in week two. Comfortable — and it teaches you nothing new.
오늘은 친구하고 카페에 가요. 커피를 주문하고 한국어를 공부해요. 조금 어렵지만 재미있어요.
Built only from grammar in your profile, plus this week's new vocab. You follow it — with a little reach. That edge is where listening improves.
Your notes are the only record of your level
Not "beginner," not "intermediate" — your level is the exact set of grammar and vocabulary you've covered so far, and your study notes are the only place it's written down. up103 reads them and generates listening practice that stays inside it.
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From your notebook to your headphones
A short Korean text, spoken aloud, delivered as an Anki deck — audio on the front, the text and your notes on the back. Your reviews stay where they already live.
오늘은 친구하고 카페에 가요. 커피를 주문하고 한국어를 공부해요.
Today I go to a cafe with a friend. I order coffee and study Korean.
Honest expectations: the texts are somewhat understandable by design — just past comfortable, because that's where listening improves.
Thirty seconds after you study
Log your session
Photograph your handwritten notes, or type what you covered.
Your grammar profile grows
Every entry adds to a running picture of what you've actually studied.
Get a short Korean text
Written only with what's in your profile, spoken aloud.
Review in Anki
Download the deck — audio on the front, text and notes on the back.
I built this for my own Korean study — so far it has exactly one user: me. I'm opening a small number of seats to find out whether it works for other self-study learners, especially if you already review with Anki. It's a beta run by one person: rough edges included, and I read every piece of feedback myself.
— Koen, up103
Study tonight. Listen tomorrow.
For self-study Korean learners who already use Anki. It slots into the routine you have — it doesn't replace it.
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