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t-hype



Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:41 pm    Post subject: Studying Chinese in Seoul Reply with quote
Has anybody studied Chinese in Seoul at a hagwon?

I dropped by Pagoda and Sisa in Gangnam to inquire about classes. (I'm pretty low level and only know about 200 characters.)

Both places said their lower levels are taught in Korean. My Korean ability is about the same as my Chinese so I'm wondering if I'll be ok. Sad
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Yaya



Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can easily find a Korean Chinese to teach you Chinese for like 10,000 won per hour for a private lesson. Or advertise that you need a Chinese tutor at the international departments of universities or something.
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t-hype



Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
at this point, i'd prefer a classroom environment.

thanks, tho.
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jomiro



Joined: 10 Jan 2010
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
id say thats very difficult to find.
after all.. the majority of people wanting to learn chinese are koreans. therefore the classes are in korean.

you can try find study groups online. but then again, i wouldnt know where to look.

best bet would be for you to actually get some books and study yourself. i think there are some korean books that teach chinese, but also have english translation to their texts and vocabularies. maybe theres even books that teach chinese in english. you gotta look.

but i think those two options are all youve got. since you know some chinese already, it shouldnt be that difficult.

good luck!
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Yaya



Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Isn't it also better to only be able to use Chinese?
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morrisonhotel



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
jomiro wrote:
id say thats very difficult to find.
after all.. the majority of people wanting to learn chinese are koreans. therefore the classes are in korean.


I looked and couldn't find anything in English. I ended up finding a friend of a friend who teaches Chinese to teach me. Got a very reasonable deal as well.
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plato's republic



Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Ancient Greece
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Have you thought about looking for a language cafe? I studied Korean at one of those places around three years ago. The teachers were all volunteers, and you could choose either private or group lessons. They offered classes in Korean, Spanish, Japanese, French, Chinese and Russian from what I remember. I paid 4,000 won for a two hour private lesson once a week. It was a good experience overall and I managed to pick up a fair amount within the nine or so months that I studied there. I don't remember the name of the place, but it was a five minute walk from Ewha station. Try Google, or perhaps a search on here.

Best of luck!
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t-hype



Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
hmm. a language cafe sounds cool even if it was only as backup to my actual lessons... not too familiar with the ewha area tho but i'll try to google it...

i'm leaning pretty heavily toward pagoda in gangnam but i'm totally open to other (and cheaper) options. ^__^
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samd



Joined: 03 Jan 2007
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yaya wrote:
Isn't it also better to only be able to use Chinese?


For a beginner? I doubt it.
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Yaya



Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
samd wrote:
Yaya wrote:
Isn't it also better to only be able to use Chinese?


For a beginner? I doubt it.


And you're a language expert? Don't think so.

It might prove difficult at first but when you have no other option than to use the target language, it can result in faster and more effective learning. I knew this one Greek guy who was in the same Korean class as I was who said his Korean greatly improved outside of the classroom after he got a girlfriend who could speak Korean only.

Migrant workers in Korea can't afford Korean classes but many speak Korean WAY BETTER than people who take classes.
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samd



Joined: 03 Jan 2007
PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yaya wrote:
samd wrote:
Yaya wrote:
Isn't it also better to only be able to use Chinese?


For a beginner? I doubt it.


And you're a language expert? Don't think so.

It might prove difficult at first but when you have no other option than to use the target language, it can result in faster and more effective learning. I knew this one Greek guy who was in the same Korean class as I was who said his Korean greatly improved outside of the classroom after he got a girlfriend who could speak Korean only.

Migrant workers in Korea can't afford Korean classes but many speak Korean WAY BETTER than people who take classes.


You're comparing apples and oranges.

A migrant worker who spends all day using Korean at his workplace is going to learn the language. That's obvious, and is a totally different proposition to an English teacher who doesn't speak Chinese trying to learn Chinese in Chinese a couple of hours a week.

Student: What does this mean?

Teacher: 狂牛病

Student: ???

Immersion doesn't work a couple of hours a week. It works for those who are actually immersed, like migrant workers.

Beginning to learn a foreign language part time totally in that langauge is inefficient. You'd learn much faster with someone to explain things in your native tongue.
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