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Musoeun
United States4324 Posts
Moreover, the teachers at the school I'm with haven't been particularly helpful (or I haven't been persistent enough, or something). So I thought this over, and decided, "Hey, maybe somebody on tl has a good idea." So, I'm asking for your ideas (see how that works?) For anybody else in Korea who's interested, I'm in Suwon, south of Seoul.   | ||
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Chef
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Otherwise you gotta do it the hard way, books and classes. | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
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Elric
United Kingdom1327 Posts
Anyway, normally my advice is to join a language course at one of the unis in Seoul. Suwon though.. is a bit far from the ones in Seoul. Maybe you could try Seoul University.. as its prob the closest place to you. (They might not offer evening courses though which is a problem if I assume you are working full time). If you can't join a uni course, I suggest just trying to buy your own books and studying in your own time. This is actually the best method if you are serious about studying. Go to a library and study there. If you look foreign and you have books with huge "한국어 공부하자!!!" on your desk, I will guarantee you will have Koreans coming to you to help you/ask for language swaps. This leads me to the obvious point of just making more Korean friends and hanging out with them more. Obvsly it's the most fun way of learning but actually it's not that effective, especially if are just a beginner. Serious language swaps are good though. edit: also, you did try the search function.. right? | ||
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clazziquai
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GoSu
Korea (South)1773 Posts
I live in Hongdae. Suwon is arround 40 minutes by subway. We could meet if you want. Send me pm if you want I will give you my e-mail. | ||
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McCrank
204 Posts
That's how I learned english in elementary school. Of course english and norwegian has the same sentence structure. Makes it a bit easier I guess. | ||
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Too_MuchZerg
Finland2818 Posts
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ShloobeR
Korea (South)3820 Posts
other then that, the obvious advice is get a korean gf (works wonders) or meet someone who wants to do some serious language exchange... I dunno about Suwon... I've only been there once but I'm sure you'll have no problem finding people who are interested... Because I live in Sinchon it's dirt-easy to find people who want language swap (nice people too... not weird ass freaky people)... or hey if you're really eager you could always try a foreigner/korean meeting (like the mathews club meeting at the end of every month)... Elric might be able to help you there! I dont go too much anymore | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
My friend was in Korea for 8 months and he's practically a native speaker even though he is white. Learning the writing system isn't a big deal, it was made with simplicity in mind. | ||
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Musoeun
United States4324 Posts
On July 06 2009 13:16 Elric wrote: Suwon... ah. are you GEPIK? or Hagwon-ing? Anyway, normally my advice is to join a language course at one of the unis in Seoul. Suwon though.. is a bit far from the ones in Seoul. Maybe you could try Seoul University.. as its prob the closest place to you. (They might not offer evening courses though which is a problem if I assume you are working full time). If you can't join a uni course, I suggest just trying to buy your own books and studying in your own time. This is actually the best method if you are serious about studying. Go to a library and study there. If you look foreign and you have books with huge "한국어 공부하자!!!" on your desk, I will guarantee you will have Koreans coming to you to help you/ask for language swaps. Thanks for all the help. Next step: find the library. Shouldn't be too hard. For your first question: I'm teaching at a hagwon. It's not a bad school but I'm starting to really dislike the hours. 2-9Pm is not my cup of tea. On July 06 2009 13:16 Elric wrote:edit: also, you did try the search function.. right? Yes, I did, but you'll notice the last result is seven months old. It seemed easier to make my own thread than to search for information which might or might now be relevant. On July 07 2009 06:25 ghostWriter wrote: How do you stay in a country for 7 months without picking up the language? My friend was in Korea for 8 months and he's practically a native speaker even though he is white. Learning the writing system isn't a big deal, it was made with simplicity in mind. It's really easy when you don't know almost any Koreans outside the school you teach at. Which is also my fault, of course, but that's the current situation. | ||
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Elric
United Kingdom1327 Posts
7 months isn't too long really, there is a lot of good info in the old threads, like internet learning links and things. On July 07 2009 06:25 ghostWriter wrote: My friend was in Korea for 8 months and he's practically a native speaker even though he is white just lol. | ||
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clazziquai
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