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maitaidads
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| Just remember to devote a ton of time. Eight hours a day. Serious. For non gypo/non Japanese/non Chinese students (which is most students learning Korean there) getting good at the language is going to be hard as hell. |
What exactly is your goal with learning Korean? Some people are fine with having basic conversations, and somewhat I'm sure that those who married a Korean had to be pretty satisfied with their communication abilities at the time to take the step.
Just out of curiosity, are you looking to do something specific with fluency? Broadcast news? Fishmonger? VP of Design and Marketing at Spicy Color? Why hammer threads with it being too difficult and outrageous unless you have a lofty goal in mind? Local politics? Why not just live a normal life and learn it, if you want to, at a comfortable rate? |
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World Traveler
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I was commenting on the amount of time one should dedicate per day in order to pass the Yonsei levels. Long term expat TJ said the exact same thing. There are four class hours per day; one should put in an additional four hours on their own if one wants to do well. Those who underestimate the difficulty and time necessary will fail. |
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maitaidads
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| But what's the endgame? |
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aq8knyus
Joined: 28 Jul 2010
Location: London
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| World Traveler wrote: |
| I was commenting on the amount of time one should dedicate per day in order to pass the Yonsei levels. Long term expat TJ said the exact same thing. There are four class hours per day; one should put in an additional four hours on their own if one wants to do well. Those who underestimate the difficulty and time necessary will fail. |
It is indeed a hard language.
However, it is not that difficult to get to a level where you can easily read newspapers, understand TV programmes and converse conversationally with Koreans. As long as you are reading, listening and speaking Korean a little bit everyday you will get to a good level after 2 years or so.
An English teacher who speaks Korean at least for a couple of hours everyday will progress far.
@OP
Metro Korean Academy in 광화문 is very good, if a little pricey. |
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World Traveler
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wanderkind
Joined: 01 Jan 2012
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| World Traveler wrote: |
| I was commenting on the amount of time one should dedicate per day in order to pass the Yonsei levels. Long term expat TJ said the exact same thing. There are four class hours per day; one should put in an additional four hours on their own if one wants to do well. Those who underestimate the difficulty and time necessary will fail. |
To clarify (there are a few different Korean language programs at Yonsei), the program I was referring to was the University Korean program, the 6 week intensive course they offer (each 6 weeks being 1 level, of 5). It's taught in Incheon, Songdo (a shall we say, 'tranquil' area, as opposed to the Sinchon campus where all the other courses are offered), and is actually 7 hours every day. Most students, aside from a couple language prodigies and gyopos with very strong bases put in at least 4 hours a day outside of the class. It's designed to prepare students to attend Korean universities (usually Yonsei or Ewha), but it also has wider appeal as the most condensed curriculum available. Teaching methodologies leave a lot to be desired though.
**I heard they decided to change it to 6hrs/day over 7 weeks starting this term because the attrition rate was so high.
"Those who underestimate the difficulty and time necessary will fail." For serious. |
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