Korean Job Discussion Forums

[tomato]

On another thread, I said:

[the_beaver]

I've tried but usually I don't get much response from the other side or the conversation takes a turn out of my Korean depth.

[rapier]

Nice idea. But There is no reason to practise faulty Korean conversation with other foreigners, when there are plenty of Koreans all around you who speak to a far superior level.
If we were studying Korean in America, and had no Koreans to talk to, it would make sense then to practise among ourselves, but not here.
Koreans should practise English with eachother, because they don't have native speakers to practise on.

[shakuhachi]

I voted no. However I would qualify it by saying that I would speak in Korean to another westerner if we were in a group of Koreans, and I would speak to a non western foreigner in Korean.

[the_beaver]

[Son Deureo!]

Sure, I do all the time. With my Japanese friends, with classmates during class, with my Western friends when we are with Koreans who don't speak much English, and sometimes as code when I don't want nearby non-Koreans to understand me.

It can be useful.

[ladyandthetramp]

I see no reason not to. I've done it with every language I've learned. Rather than teach others the wrong way to speak, we often correct each other and ask questions about vocabulary grammar. Actually, people who learn a language as a second language are often better equipped to explain grammar to other foreigners than native speakers are. The native speakers often answer "it's just like that" or "I don't know why."

[OiGirl]

[Yangkho]

Sometimes you have to speak Korean to another foreigner...ever talked with any migrant workers who didn't speak English?

[rapier]