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r.
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 Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:31 pm Post subject: Amazing ways to learn the Korean alphabet? |
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I am going to have some fun and teach my family members how to read, speak and write Hangul. I was wondering if you could share tips on cool ways you learned it or tips with specific parts of the alphabet, or what order it should be taught in. Perhaps specific books or online resources you used that you thought were great. I don't want to use books or online resources, because I want to teach them live, but maybe I can use bits and pieces of good methods.
I used a book when I learned it, but I don't think the method was that efficient and I'm sure I could have saved myself 1 or 2 hours if I had used a better method.
Now that I already know the alphabet, I can't really judge other methods well. I want my lesson to be highly efficient, accurate and, perhaps most of all, fun. No more than 3 hours.
Any input would be great!
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chrisinkorea2011
Joined: 16 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Amazing ways to learn the Korean alphabet? |
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| r. wrote: |
I am going to have some fun and teach my family members how to read, speak and write Hangul. I was wondering if you could share tips on cool ways you learned it or tips with specific parts of the alphabet, or what order it should be taught in. Perhaps specific books or online resources you used that you thought were great. I don't want to use books or online resources, because I want to teach them live, but maybe I can use bits and pieces of good methods.
I used a book when I learned it, but I don't think the method was that efficient and I'm sure I could have learned it in 50%-75% of the time it took me with that book if I had used a better method.
Now that I already know the alphabet, I can't really judge other methods well. I want my lesson to be highly efficient, accurate and, perhaps most of all, fun. No more than 3 hours.
Any input would be great! |
Difficult to say because it really depends on their learning level. But i recommend teaching the vowels first because there is less of them? lol and also the consonant ㅇ because that is what is required for vowels most of the time!
a few ideas, write the phonetic on a flash card and the sound on the back and then test them that way. Also learn how some phonetics change the sounds as well would be a great thing. write down basic words so they can get the gist of it as well. |
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Xylox
Joined: 09 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Make a char with the characters and phonetic sounds beside them, then stick it in the bathroom. That way you can learn while you deuce. |
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r.
Joined: 06 May 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| I like the idea of the flashcards with the sound on the back... I can make some computerized flashcards so they can quickly study it to review after we finish our "class". I know I've already seen some on Anki. |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| Someone showed me that the characters actually resemble the shape the mouth makes to create the associated sound. It's helpful, but still will require some time for memorization. |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| DorkothyParker wrote: |
| Someone showed me that the characters actually resemble the shape the mouth makes to create the associated sound. It's helpful, but still will require some time for memorization. |
How exactly does one shape their mouth into a ㄹ? |
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DorkothyParker
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| DorkothyParker wrote: |
| Someone showed me that the characters actually resemble the shape the mouth makes to create the associated sound. It's helpful, but still will require some time for memorization. |
How exactly does one shape their mouth into a ㄹ? |
Well I guess the top line in the roof and the two horizontal lines reference the tongue positioning and the bottom I suppose is the jaw.
It definitely references with some sounds better than others, but there is a definite association at places. |
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fezmond
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:03 am Post subject: |
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http://www.aeriagloris.com/LearnKorean/
i put my sister onto this, seems to be doing the trick.
you can choose only vowels, consonants or both i think (and to choose from roman or korean answers).
useful in my opinion |
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DaHu
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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I hate the mouth pictures, I never know what the hell they're talking about.
I like flashcards, but everyone learns differently, so ask your family members what they think. |
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Vox_Populi
Joined: 04 May 2009
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Amazing ways to learn the Korean alphabet? |
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| r. wrote: |
I am going to have some fun and teach my family members how to read, speak and write Hangul. I was wondering if you could share tips on cool ways you learned it or tips with specific parts of the alphabet, or what order it should be taught in. Perhaps specific books or online resources you used that you thought were great. I don't want to use books or online resources, because I want to teach them live, but maybe I can use bits and pieces of good methods.
I used a book when I learned it, but I don't think the method was that efficient and I'm sure I could have saved myself 1 or 2 hours if I had used a better method.
Now that I already know the alphabet, I can't really judge other methods well. I want my lesson to be highly efficient, accurate and, perhaps most of all, fun. No more than 3 hours.
Any input would be great! |
It's a little unclear whether your family is in Seoul or not. If they are, you can try the method I used. Get on the subway. As you ride, start noting a few of the Korean letters in each subway station's name. 90% of the stations' English names are just a simple translitteration from their Korean names. Then, the next station down, check yourself. Keep going until you've memorized all the letters. There are a couple of really rare letters that you might not encounter in subway station names, but I actually learned just about the entire alphabet this way in only a couple of weeks of trying AND it was fun. |
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northway
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| My girlfriend (who is a teacher, if that counts for anything) had me write the characters in the air with my finger while repeating the sounds. After an hour I could read. Pretty efficient. |
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RMNC
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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If you can learn to read Hangul in one hour then you might be hopeless!  |
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DaHu
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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I find that girlfriends make learning any new language easier  |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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seoulsucker
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you in Seoul? After a bare-bones introduction to the structure and pronunciations of each character, I took a small cheat sheet on subway line #2 and took a lap. Hangul learned. |
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