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[jlb]

What do you recommend for studying on your own? I've been checking into Rosetta Stone. Anyone used it before?

Thanks.

[Son Deureo!]

I've said it before, so I may as well say it again....

[tomato]

Hello, JLB!

Here are some reasons why I forgo the Korean grammar textbook and study Korean sign language instead.
See if any of these reasons might apply to you:

�� It involves physical movement.



Meet James J. Asher.
You have probably heard of his marvy brain child, which he calls Total Physical Response.
His students do not learn while sitting down.
Rather, they walk while they say "I am walking" and run while they say "I am running."
They learn foreign languages better that way.
But how do they learn words other than verbs?
How can one house? How can one tree?
The sign language classroom is the only place where a person can house or tree.
Someone on this forum assured me that Asher has ways to incorporate other parts of speech, but I never got any details.

�� It��s good listening practice.

Most Korean foreign language teachers do not realize that
their students need to listen in the second language.
Korean English teachers speak Korean the whole hour.
Korean teachers teaching Korean to foreigners speak English the whole hour.
On the other hand, in a class where all the other students are Korean, the teacher will speak Korean.

�� It��s a good place to escape from Koreans speaking to me in English.

I live across the street from Suweon Station.Since there are so many foreigners there, the stereotype is strong.Nearly every time I go there, someone asks me, "ĵ ���� ���� ��?��
I like to find places where I am not treated like a helpless infant.

�� It��s a good conversation topic.

Sign language is a good conversation topic with my English students.
When they call each other �ٺ�, I show how to say the word in sign language:



Sign language is a good conversation topic with adults, also.
You will probably get very tired of being asked "Do you like kimchi?"I use sign language to escape such inane questions.
One day, in the lounge at the English school, the bus moms and I practiced a couple of Korean songs in sign language.

�� I hope I will win recognition.

At fall festivals, I show little kids how to play the kayageum.
Since this is the first time that anyone has seen a foreigner who can play the kayageum, this usually draws a crowd.
I hope that someday I can also draw a crowd by using Korean sign language.

�� I might need Korean sign language some day.