Award-Winning Korean Tutors
serving Indianapolis, IN

Lucy Je is a native-level Korean instructor with a TKSOL certification and over fifteen years of teaching the language. Whether a student is mastering Hangul for the first time or working through honorific speech levels and complex verb conjugations, she tailors each session to the learner's current proficiency and goals. Her academic degree in Korean adds depth to lessons on grammar, vocabulary, and cultural context.

Jake prepared for the SAT Subject Test in Korean with Listening, which means he's studied the language with the kind of disciplined, test-oriented rigor that sharpens grammar accuracy and listening comprehension alike. His engineering mindset shows up in how he teaches — verb conjugation patterns and particle rules get treated like systems to decode, not lists to memorize. Rated 5.0 by students.

Michelle grew up bilingual in Korean and English, which gives her an intuitive sense of where English speakers get tripped up — especially with verb conjugation patterns and the cultural context behind choosing the right speech level in conversation. Her International Relations degree from Tufts deepened that cross-cultural awareness, making her particularly effective at explaining not just how Korean works grammatically, but why certain expressions carry the weight they do.

Sophia's pharmacy doctorate required years of dense scientific reading and precise technical communication — skills she now channels into teaching Korean at the beginner level, where careful attention to hangul syllable blocks and basic sentence patterns makes all the difference early on. She keeps lessons relaxed and conversational, building vocabulary and grammar fundamentals at a pace that doesn't overwhelm new learners.

Seong is a heritage Korean speaker who also prepared for the SAT Subject Test in Korean with Listening, giving her both native fluency and an understanding of how Korean grammar is formally tested. She digs into the particles, honorific levels, and sentence-ending structures that trip up learners at every stage. Whether a student is building conversational skills or preparing for a standardized exam, she can adjust the pace and complexity accordingly.

As a native-level Korean speaker with a philosophy background, Moon breaks down the language's hierarchical speech levels and grammatical particles in a way that actually makes structural sense to English speakers. Whether a student is tackling 존댓말 for the first time or working through reading comprehension of longer passages, the explanations stick because they're grounded in logic, not rote repetition.

Learning Korean means tackling Hangul, sentence-ending particles, and an honorific system that changes verb forms depending on who you're speaking to. AJ teaches the logic behind these structures so that grammar rules feel like a system to navigate rather than a list to memorize.

I'm a rising sophomore at the University of Notre Dame currently studying Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics with a concentration in Biology. I personally enjoy teaching mathematics (algebra, calculus, geometry, SAT/ACT mathematics), chemistry, biology, and editing essays. Previously, I taught American history, European history, and mathematics for 2 years as a tutor at Turning Point Tutoring Company; I worked as a teacher's assistant at a Korean SAT Academy for around 2 months over the summer as well. As a teacher, I try to provide my students with numerous different methods for approaching a problem before giving them practice problems to work on. Most importantly, I strive to first understand my students' learning styles. After doing so, I shape my method of teaching to match their form of learning so that the students could better understand the topic at hand quickly.

Peace teaches Korean with attention to the specific hurdles English speakers face — from mastering Hangul's syllable blocks to internalizing subject-object-verb word order and the honorific speech levels that shape everyday conversation. Her approach connects grammar patterns to real usage so vocabulary and sentence structure stick beyond flashcard drills.

I am a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where I received my Bachelor of Sciences in Anthropology and Human Biology with a minor in Predictive Health. After I graduated, I worked as a laboratory assistant at a cardiology lab at Emory University School of Medicine. While I am interested in chemistry, math among others in STEM, I am very passionate about biotechnology and general biology including genetics, physiology, and cell biology. As an aspiring dentist, I am currently working towards getting a dental degree. During my undergraduate career, I had several experiences of helping other students with learning materials and quiz/exam preparation. I am excited to have another opportunity to help other students again through Varsity Tutors because I truly believe that education is absolutely imperative to a better quality of life and that everyone is fully capable of learning and making potentials to reality. As for tutoring, I put much emphasis on active participation and positive reinforcement. A learning environment should stay interactive, fun, but challenging. By encountering challenges, I believe a student's potential could rise. Besides my life in academia, I enjoy traveling, photography, and physical activities including hiking, running, and skiing during winter.

I graduated from Mechatronics Engineering in University of Waterloo located in Canada, and am currently enrolled in Masters program, researching stochastic systems and computational neuroscience in University of Toronto. Currently, I am qualifed to teach computer programming, with a focus on Python language, but am able to transfer my skills to other languages. As someone that started programming later compared to my peers in university, I constantly remind myself on how difficult the initial learning curve was in programming, and aim to use this as an advantage to guide my future students into the world of programming in an interesting way, where they can enjoy the learning process and challenges, instead of being frustrated. Whether you want to learn for school, or just personal reasons, I believe that I can offer a tailored experience for teaching computer programming. I am also hoping to get qualified to teach mathematics, especially linear algebra. As an added bonus, I am also willing to share my knowledge in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence as it is the field that I have a lot of experience in. Teaching is not just a trasfer of knowledge, but aiding the students in making a concept their own, so that they have freedom to use it for different applications. I will try my absolute best to make what seems like a difficult topics, your own!

Addison is a Korean speaker who has prepared for the SAT Subject Test in Korean with Listening, giving her familiarity with formal grammar patterns, honorific levels, and vocabulary that trips up heritage speakers and new learners alike. She explains conjugation rules and sentence structure with the same precision she brings to her science coursework at Rice.