Not that much feedback yet, so no idea how interesting it is. Not that many views yet, but that is fine. I'm doing this for myself and for TL. I just did rather bad on my midterms, but even though I feel slightly down I'll have to do lesson 2 today. Got some friends from Norway coming tomorrow so this is the only possibility I think.
Lesson 2 will go live in 3 hours 20 minutes (6PM KST) - www.twitch.tv/snipealot - I know this is pretty different from last time, but I hope at least some people can join the chat. Asking questions is always good.
Does anyone have suggestions for a good Korean grammar ? I am planning on using the Integrated Korean series to learn, does it contain all I need to know about grammar if I end up buying the six volumes ? Thank you in advance !
On November 01 2012 14:41 snipealot wrote: Not that much feedback yet, so no idea how interesting it is. Not that many views yet, but that is fine. I'm doing this for myself and for TL. I just did rather bad on my midterms, but even though I feel slightly down I'll have to do lesson 2 today. Got some friends from Norway coming tomorrow so this is the only possibility I think.
Lesson 2 will go live in 3 hours 20 minutes (6PM KST) - www.twitch.tv/snipealot - I know this is pretty different from last time, but I hope at least some people can join the chat. Asking questions is always good.
Watching your youtube lesson now, great for vocabulary review, and I'm also picking up some things I haven't learned yet!
Nice video! I'd recommend it for everyone who's wanting to learn even if they're newbie level, it never hurts to listen to and read good Korean even though you don't understand it. It's all about immersion!
Finally caught some time to watch your videos! They're very good but I also think it helps that your videos are currently residing more or less at the same level I'm on, so I learn something new here and there and get to review some stuff as well. Keep up the good work!
Seconding 'learn hangul' - it takes no time at all to start reading. A bit longer to master, but you don't need to read fast to do lessons on your own. Pause/rewind whenever you need to take your time
Also, I'll be looking to do the third lesson on Monday night. I apologize for the different times, but my schedule is too weird lately.
On November 07 2012 04:11 Maluk wrote: Does anyone have suggestions for a good Korean grammar ? I am planning on using the Integrated Korean series to learn, does it contain all I need to know about grammar if I end up buying the six volumes ? Thank you in advance !
I recommend "Korean Grammar for International Learners" published by Yonsei University Press. It has 5 example sentences for every rule and there is an additional workbook you can buy.
Sogang University also has some pretty good learning material.
Here's a question for y'all:
I'm looking into the possibility of going to summer school or something in Korea next year. Is it something any of you have done and what can you say about it? Oh, and what school/program/classes did you attend?
On November 21 2012 02:09 Left4Cookies wrote: Sogang University also has some pretty good learning material.
Here's a question for y'all:
I'm looking into the possibility of going to summer school or something in Korea next year. Is it something any of you have done and what can you say about it? Oh, and what school/program/classes did you attend?
I know numerous people from my university that went to Yonsei, and generally had a very positive experience with the summer program, although they characterized the non-korean classes as far less than intensive.
On November 21 2012 02:09 Left4Cookies wrote: Sogang University also has some pretty good learning material.
Here's a question for y'all:
I'm looking into the possibility of going to summer school or something in Korea next year. Is it something any of you have done and what can you say about it? Oh, and what school/program/classes did you attend?
I know numerous people from my university that went to Yonsei, and generally had a very positive experience with the summer program, although they characterized the non-korean classes as far less than intensive.
Oh, well, we'll see. Applications should come up some time in January for next years summer schools, so I'll look into it by then. I expect to be butchered this upcoming Spring semester, so a less than intensive course during summer isn't something I'm going to lose sleep over
ㅋㅋ 이거 지금 처음 봤네 내가 고등학교때 스타 때문에 한국어를 때로때로 배웠었는데 재작년 연세대에 여름학기 다니느라 서울에 이개월 동안 살았고 금년 2월부터는 한국말을 다시 열심히 배우는게 시작햇다 내 생각하기에 만약 외국인들이 한국말 잘하고싶다면 한국친구들이랑 자주 얘기해야되는거 같아 한국어를 혼자서 공부하는건 충분하지않자나 한국인처럼 한국말 잘하려면 한국친구들 만들고 걔들이랑 한국말로만 자주 대화하면 돼 그렇게 하면 빨리 배울거야~ 나는 한국인 어학원생이 많은 뉴욕에 가까이 살아서 행운있지 ㅋ 만약에 내가 무슨말하는지 알아듣고 친구할래면 피엠으로 메시지를 보내줘서 내 카톡아이디를 알려줄게 한국말 배운거 도와줄 친구나 똑같은 수준 친구가 있으면 좋겠으니까 좋은 하루~
I am a Chinese student. Does Korean use Hanja a lot? What is the intended purpose of it? I understand the Japanese adopted it and used the Chinese characters, Kanji, just for their writing while their phonetics are the same. Are their names in Hanja?
Native Korean here with perfect English w/o accent.
What makes people want to learn Korean so much? Is it just because starcraft e-sports is centered in Korea and people want to occasionally talk to native Koreans in their language? Is it to possibly meet a Korean pro gamer and have a chat with him in Korean? I'm just curious why someone would take the effort to learn a language they may use just slightly.
However, if the person is constantly surrounded by a Korean environment and/or has a high appreciation for the language (not saying everyone else doesn't have an appreciation for it) I guess those are worthwhile reasons to learn Korean.
On December 11 2012 22:54 Pucca wrote: I am a Chinese student. Does Korean use Hanja a lot? What is the intended purpose of it? I understand the Japanese adopted it and used the Chinese characters, Kanji, just for their writing while their phonetics are the same. Are their names in Hanja?
Although I haven't studied Korean in Korea, I can tell you that Koreans use Hanja just as much as Japanese do. Although our writing system doesn't have an equivalent to the Kanji of Japanese, many Korean words are derivatives of Chinese Hanja. For example, 音 which is Chinese for 'sound' (I'm sure you already know this, you're Chinese) is known by all Koreans despite not using the actual Chinese writing. Japanese however use the writing in Kanji 音 and its read as おん. So you can kind of say that Japanese probably have a slightly larger Chinese vocabulary because they use the actual characters daily while Koreans don't have that system. They instead have their own alphabet but because they are derived similarly, some よみ (readings) are similar. For example, 山 is read as さん (san) but in Korean its read as 산 which is read as san as well but with a slightly less stressed s sound.