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JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
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 Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:49 am Post subject: Need to Learn Korean, but F A S T |
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So all of you Koren-learnid types, a job opportunity came up in the corporate world for Jejujitsu in central europe and jejujitsu would like to know how to learn conversational Korean by summer. I need to be able to do this at all cost--no matter the time of money involved.
Background: I can read and write the Korean (sort of limited vocab), but I haven't formally studies at all. I have Rosetta Stone Korean, but haven't really tried it. Grammar I'm told wouldn't that tough because I know another Uralic/Altaic language.
Why?
I'm a bit lucky in this, as they happen to need someone that speaks Hungarian, Swedish, Korean, some Spanish, and English...which just happens to be exactly the languages I speak, except the Korean. It would just be a liaison-type job escorting executives around town and such.
The Headhunter wanted to know if I was familiar with Korean culture and Korean ways. "Boy am I ever!" I told her, then further explaining how subtle and intricate Koreans are in their ways, and blah blah blah, all the while chuckling off the stumbling, street-whizzing puking ajosshi image dancing around in my head.
Can you learn Korean in 6 months? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| 10 hours a day X 6 months X 30 days = 1,800 hours. Using part of the time to practice (both focusing on discrete points and more open practice) and part of the time to study that would put you at low intermediate. |
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:58 am Post subject: |
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| move into a boarding house with only korean students around sinchon... study sogang in the mornings.. yonsei and night.. or vice versa... |
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JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| 10 hours a day X 6 months X 30 days = 1,800 hours. Using part of the time to practice (both focusing on discrete points and more open practice) and part of the time to study that would put you at low intermediate. |
Well, I'm already at what they consider low-intermediate. I can ask directions, talk to grocer and waitresses, co-workers regarding school-related stuff. So from this point, where would you estimate me in 6 months (likely I will be at it 7-8-hours total a day, as I'll use part of the work day to do this)? |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| JeJuJitsu wrote: |
| the_beaver wrote: |
| 10 hours a day X 6 months X 30 days = 1,800 hours. Using part of the time to practice (both focusing on discrete points and more open practice) and part of the time to study that would put you at low intermediate. |
Well, I'm already at what they consider low-intermediate. I can ask directions, talk to grocer and waitresses, co-workers regarding school-related stuff. So from this point, where would you estimate me in 6 months (likely I will be at it 7-8-hours total a day, as I'll use part of the work day to do this)? |
Can you really be productive for 7 hours a day? My Korean is at the upper intermediate level but I have never studied for more than 2 hours a day at the max. Any longer than that and I just lose concentration and the remaining 5 hours would be wasted. My advice for you is to get a one on one Korean teacher. I currently study at a Korean language school once a week. You could really improve if you have a class for even just an hour everyday. You could then take the stuff you learnt in class and practice at home. I have attended this school for a year now and although my Korean was quite decent before I started attending the results in a year have been nothing short of amazing. Still, it required me to put in a lot of effort too. From the sounds of it you would too. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:38 am Post subject: |
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| JeJuJitsu wrote: |
| the_beaver wrote: |
| 10 hours a day X 6 months X 30 days = 1,800 hours. Using part of the time to practice (both focusing on discrete points and more open practice) and part of the time to study that would put you at low intermediate. |
Well, I'm already at what they consider low-intermediate. I can ask directions, talk to grocer and waitresses, co-workers regarding school-related stuff. So from this point, where would you estimate me in 6 months (likely I will be at it 7-8-hours total a day, as I'll use part of the work day to do this)? |
Everybody's different and it really depends how you go at it.
Here's what I'm basing it on:
Ericsson's studies indicate that it takes 10,000 hours to go from nothing to expert and those 10,000 hours must include:
1. Full concentration directed to improving.
2. Practicing generally as well as practicing specific exercises to improve ability.
3. Work with progressively difficult stuff and master previously learned things.
4. Get guidance from somewhere and timely feedback.
You can subtract from 10,000 hours what you already have done and additionally, because you have already learned some languages, these skills are transferable and will make the process faster and easier.
If you already are at intermediate you're that much closer and if you do 7 hours a day X 6 months X 30 days you'll be adding another 1,260 hours to what you already have and, if you are indeed intermediate, that would probably move you up to the intermediate, intermediate high.
But this isn't science and a million variables can come into play. |
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