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[itiswhatitis]

I hear many great thing about Sogang but Sookmyung is closer to my home. I'm a beginner, I wonder if anyone has any feedback please.

Thanks!!!

[OBwannabe]

Is this for Korean language classes?
If so, I took the evening classes for a semester back in 2007 I think.
I was not at all impressed. The teacher tried her hardest, but was clearly inexperienced and ineffective.
There were about 12 students who started the program at the beginner level and only 2 of made it to the end of the first semester. It just wasn't worth anyone's time. I didn't even bother writing the final exam as I knew there was no way I would bother moving on to the next level.

I never attended Sogang, but I have a few friends who have. Expensive, but worth it. They have all improved significantly. One seems to be fluent or nearly so. Sogang has a great reputation and there's a credible reason for it.

[ironclad80]

Do you have any link with information for the Sookmyung program? I couldn't find anything (it's not one of the more popular programs) but then again I probably didn't search very hard.

Anyway, I've heard great things about Sogang from my friend who goes there. She attends the full-time day program but I'm sure the evening program is just as good.

I'm leaving Korea next week for a few months but if I come back I definitely want to take classes at Sogang. My Korean abilities seem to have become stagnant and I can't reach the next level.

Just a heads up, registration for the Fall evening semester is due by July.

[Yaya]

I heard Sookmyung teamed up with a famous language school chain Inlingua but yes, it seems Sogang is the choice if you are a beginner in that it'll teach you Korean that you use daily.