K-pop group BTS launches lessons to help fans learn Korean
If you're looking for the perfect hobby to take up while on enhanced community quarantine, look no further because BTS will teach you how!
Korean boy band BTS is launching a web series titled Learn Korean with BTS to help fans teach themselves Korean.
The group will host 30 lessons on the social media app WeVerse starting today, March 24.
According to their label, BigHit Entertainment, the episodes are designed “to make it easy and fun for global fans who have difficulty enjoying BTS' music and contents due to language barrier.”
The news was first announced by BigHit back last February after the band's passionate fan base called for English subtitles to be added to their videos.
BigHIt's founder, Bang Si Hyuk noted, “There are only limited ways our fans could learn Korean with ease.
“Now, BigHit has created Korean learning media using artist content for a more rewarding and immersive experience for our fans.”
The series will use materials from the band's shows like Run BTS!, Bangtan Bomb, and V-Live sessions.
Each episode will focus on simple Korean grammar and expressions developed by Professor Heo Yong of the Department of Korean Education at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
To be able to watch the series, fans can sign up at WeVerse and look for the banner "Learn Korean with BTS.”
To date, there are three episodes uploaded covering the following lessons: learning to practice the Korean consonants, learning how to say “hello,” and learning how to pronounce “how are you?”
It's no secret that numerous fans have taken up Korean after discovering BTS and judging from tweets, it looks like the Philippine ARMY are very much excited to learn Korean with their favorite boy band.
As of writing, the hashtag “#LearnKoreanWithBTS” is the number one trending topic in Philippine Twitter.
Here are some hilarious Twitter reactions from international ARMY after watching the first three episodes:
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