Keyboard Practice
Learn each key and the finger that presses it in nine steps. Take the level test, then practice from the first step you have not passed — accuracy before speed.
My keyboard level
MasterEvery dan you pass for the first time earns 100 Study Town points (signed-in members).
Before you start: six things every beginner should know
Typing practice teaches your fingers where each key lives, so you no longer need to look at the keyboard. Learn these six points first and every lesson will feel easier.
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Sit up straight and let your wrists float
Sit with your back against the chair and your feet flat on the floor. Keep the top of the screen near eye level, bend your elbows to about a right angle and keep your wrists straight, just above the keys. Good posture lets you type for longer without sore shoulders or wrists.
Good typing posture: straight back, screen at eye level, elbows near a right angle, wrists floating, feet on the floor. -
Find the home row with your index fingers
The F and J keys have a small bump you can feel. Put your left index finger on F and your right index finger on J, then rest the other fingers on the keys beside them: A S D F and J K L ;. On a Korean keyboard the same two keys are ㄹ and ㅓ. After every reach to another key, your fingers return to this .
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Every finger looks after its own keys
Each finger presses one slanted column of keys, and each index finger looks after two columns. Both thumbs share the space bar. The finger colors in the lessons follow this map, so a green key means an index finger.
Finger map: pinky in pink, ring finger in orange, middle finger in yellow, index finger in green and thumbs on the space bar in lavender. The bumps on F and J guide your index fingers home. -
Keep your eyes on the screen
Typing without looking at the keys is called . At first you will be slower than when you look, and that is normal. Every glance at the keys breaks the memory your fingers are building, so use the on-screen keyboard and hand guide instead of the real keys.
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Accuracy first, speed later
Speed is shown as , words per minute, where every 5 correct keystrokes count as one word (a Korean syllable takes 2–3 keystrokes), and as , correct keystrokes per minute. is the share of keys you pressed correctly. Reach about 95% accuracy before you try to go faster, because fixing mistakes takes more time than typing slowly.
Slow and correct climbs higher than fast and wrong. Speed grows by itself once your fingers stop making mistakes. -
A little every day
Ten to fifteen minutes a day works better than one long session a week. When one key keeps tripping you up, slow down on purpose and type it correctly a few times. If your hands or wrists start to hurt, stop and rest.
How to practise on SONUB
- Level test Start here. It tests levels 1 to 9 in order and shows the level where you should begin.
- Steps Each level adds a few new keys. Rounds grow from single keys to words and sentences, and a check test without hints decides whether you pass.
- Typing Games Type all kinds of words in three games when you want a break from lessons.
- SONUB typing test Copy a passage within a time limit to get a score out of 100 and a grade from 3rd to 1st.
- Study Town Logged-in members earn farm points the first time they pass each level.