Korean Job Discussion Forums

[the_beaver]

[sunhelen]

Someone asked about studying at Soon Chun Hyang University in Asan. I am studying there currently and I would not recommend it. However, there are not many options in the area. I also attend free classes at the local migrant workers center. Those are excellent, but they only meet once a week.

Are there any good Korean classes in the Daejeon/Chungnam area?

[Johnwayne]

Does anyone know anything about the Sogang individual (i.e. 1 on 1) classes? For example cost, how it compares to the normal classes, etc.? I saw that option on their website, but it has realtively little information about it on there.

(The normal classes Sogang offers (e.g. morning and evening) don't work well with my schedule, so that is why I am exploring the individual option. Plus I already studied Korean some at my university back home, so I have the foundational stuff.)

[Drew345]

I study at Ganada Language school near Hong-Dae Station. It is nice and near my apartment. I choose it because they study only 12 hours a week (4 days x 3 hours), and the university schedule (5 days x 4 hours) seems like too much stress. Also, you can study month by month, not a 10 week schedule.
But now I am having second thoughts. I think maybe Ganada took a 10 week course and made it 8 weeks by removing all review days. The book actually has review chapters but we totally skip them. Then Ganada made a 20 hour week 12 hours by cutting down on practice. This is just my feeling anyway. Maybe it is the same at other schools.
At Sogang, do they really spend one day a week on review only (like shown on their website). For that 4 hours a day at Sogang, are there really 2 hours practice? If it really is more review and practice at Sogang, I might switch to there. If that extra time (20 hrs instead of 12hrs a week) is spent plowing through the book to get the the next chapter, I'll just stay at Ganada.
Thanks, Drew

[SuperHero]

[Mirabilis85]

Anyone have input on classes OTHER than those at sogang and yonsei. Uni's like Hanyang or Konkuk that are much closer to me?

[the_beaver]

[Mirabilis85]

Thanks for the info. Id assume the smaller, more recently established programs wouldnt be as good. How about Korea U.? I really want to devote the time and energy to studying Korean, so I may just make the trek to Sogang every morning.

[Mirabilis85]

bumpp...

info anyone?

[the_beaver]

[Toon Army]

I studied a couple levels at Sogang and found it very good. A lot of ex-Yonsei language students quit Yonsei (too grammar orientated) and head to Sogang and that says it all if you`re comparing the 2.

Would be interested to know about Korea Univ course too. Ganada in Hongdae seems interesting and cheap and I might consider there in future if I here more about them....

[Mirabilis85]

I would head to Sogang if it werent for that 45 minute subway ride from the east side of Seoul everyday...

I think I may end up at Konkuk U. because its right next door, and because I can tolerate many different teaching styles I feel like Ill get something out of the course...Ill give a review in March.

[joekim1]

Do you guys know of any institutions or universities where people can study high-level Korean and/or cross-cultural studies? Somewhere that can bring you to fluency in Korean while allowing you to study differences between Korea and other countries like America?

By the way, I've tried Yonsei University's Korean Language Program up to levels 3 and 4 and was quite unsatisfied with it Compared textbooks with Sogang, and I think Sogang is definitely more practical (Yonsei is way too awkward and formal. Even my Korean friends were like "what the heck kind of textbook is this? no one talks like that" type thing.

Anyways, those with some knowledge in my area of interest, please help out ^^. I'd make another thread but for some reason I can't

[sillylily]

Does anyone have info on classes that are on weekends? I don't live in Seoul so can't attend anything on weekdays....thanks

[eunjeong]

I studied at home through books for years and found that I can understand 80% of what people are saying. However I still find it hard to speak, but its getting easier with practice.