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mysterious700 · Joined: 10 Mar 2006

Are there any Saturday or after work Korean classes for English speakers IN the Seoul area? If so where would they be and how much would they cost? Is Korean first taught by speech, then learning the characters afterwards? Are English-Korean dictionaries easily available? (I assume they are.) Also, are there bookstores with English books in them (in Seoul)? How widely used is English in Seoul.

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

Fredbob · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:30 am Post subject:

There a sticky in the FAQ section that's up to date, i don't know to post an url to it though. All the information is up to date and accurate.

Cedar · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:12 am Post subject:

Oh come on, why post something like this without looking around the site a little. And yes, if you come here to teach English, you should know that the Koreans also use K-E and E-K dictionaries as they learn your language.

English is not widely used in Korea. Kyobo and Youngpung bookstores in Seoul have large selections of English books. They might be expensive, but you'll be fine.

(and I recommend the Longman EE-K dictionary or any English, English Korean dictionary over a straight E-K dictionary.)

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

When I first got to Korea (about four years ago) I attended a bunch of classes at this place, and they're evidently still going. They only accepted a donation of 1000 won (about a dollar) for each (~2 hour) Saturday afternoon lesson to cover the cost of photocopies, etc. Everyone was very nice, and the head organizer, Sunju Lee, was very funny. I regret not going past level 2 though, but I moved a couple hours away (and they started giving a lot of homework and teaching at a faster pace than I could keep up with - being overworked at my hogwan and half asleep in class...) The first link is to an article about them in Seoul Times, and the second link is to their website...
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=140
http://myhome.naver.com/tartan/

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

Bandi & Luni's is a good bookstore too. And of course there is Whatthebook in Itaewon.

JZer · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Location: South Korea

Well you might want to try some language exchange with a student. I am currently working at a university and have a language partner that teaches me everything. I have a textbook and we go through it at my pace.

philinkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2003

i did a saturday class at YBM in jongno. 3 hours each time. it was pretty good i thought but fast moving. have to work in between