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[Son Deureo!]

There are decent Korean classes available in Seoul. The free Saturday classes near Sookmyoung Women's University are decent, and the price is definitely right. The only problem with them is that they are on Saturday, and only Saturday. I liked YBM's classes, and I found that there was a good mix of grammar, conversation, and listening practice. That's all I have experience with, but I'm starting Sogang next month ( ), I hope it's as good as everyone says it is.

As for the OP, it definitely sounds like you need a different teacher. If you stay with your current school, will you get a different teacher? Don't give up on the classes, it sounds like you have a crappy teacher, but that's easy to change. If you get out of the habit of going to class, it's all too easy to never go back.

It sounds to me like you should try doing something different. I like to try doing "real" things with Korean when I'm getting sick of textbook study. TV has a lot of choices, the karaoke cotests and close-captioned concerts are great. Learning songs from bugs is good. Reading is great, you can always find something that suits your level. Try doing a language exchange or finding someone to talk to (cab drivers and the extraneous college kids who work at bars are great for that). When I find Korean actually useful I feel motivated to try harder at it.

[steelhead]

Hey,

Are we in the same class??? now I am curious. There arent many native english speakers in my class so it would seriously limit the possibilities of your identity.

You are right.... we do 3 different grammar "formations" a class, then a once or twice aroudn the room and move on. I have an hour of homework a night. No time to really identify with it.

Personally I am going take 2 steps back, start again with the start of the beginning of the text and go hard with repetition and vocabulary. I am just hoping I can keep motivated. That was the big reason I took that class. It made me work.

I feel sorry for the "tramp" who cant make friends. But looking at most of the foreingers here it doesnt surprise me.

[Manner of Speaking]

[Chillin' Villain]

I know it's been talked about tons already, but using Bugs for studying through songs is teh greatness... I've been doing it since I came here and only had the very basics to just learn little bits of vocab and such, all of which I have retained FAR better than through typical studying. I just wanted to understand songs like �豤��'s "�̵��� �� ����" and DJ Doc's "Run to You"... It doesn't even feel like studying to me, cuz I just want to fully understand the songs' meanings. Did the eternal classic "���޸���" by Crying Nut ("����!") and "����! �׳�!!" by Witches ("��� ���� ���� �� ����") today- This song actually had a really good flash animation done on it... check out http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/ddautta.php.

All the better if you like singing, too... Vocal abilities notwithstanding, doing 'em in �뷡�� is ultra-fun, and it helps me cement the language connections, too.

I've actually only really attended a month's worth of classes (just a few hours a week) since I started studying. They definitely help and everything, but with work and stuff, there's so many other ways I prefer to learn... That said, my grammar is usually pretty funky, so there's definite merit in attending classes, too...

[ladyandthetramp]

[steelhead]

Sorry,

HAHA no you didnt hurt my feelings. It just came off wrong I guess............
Sometimes sarcassim is a little hard to pick up. I have grown a distaste for alot of the foreigners here. The ones who get frustrated or even when people here dont speak English well. They have that "what do you mean you dont speak English" tone in their voice.

Or the guys who talk about the people they know as "contacts" or "connections" not friends or aquaintences.

Sorry if I took your shot as serious but like I said, sarcassim is a little tough to pick up.

Cheers

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