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[baguingr]

I have been living in korea for 3 months and I really want to learn to speak korean. I don't have that much time and am going to go to a lesson once a week, but I really want to learn faster and suppliment my learning. I spend at least about 7 hours a week on the bus and subway and I could be using this time to learn even though audio lessons aren't really ideal. I have been listening to a couple and when I have checked my learning with korean friends they have told me that lots of the words aren't what koreans would use or just not really right.
Does anyone have any suggestions on which audio lessons are best or would at least not mess up my korean so that I have to relearn stuff.

Korean class 101 is pretty good so far does anyone know any others?

thanks

[Chet Wautlands]

Korean class 101, which you mentioned, is by far the best site I've found. Every lesson is useful and Koreans are often surprised by how natural the phrases are. I have a subscription to them and download all the lesson to my ipod touch. This way I have tons of material.

If you're on the bus and you are able to, why not try writing your new vocabulary words until you've got them locked?

Anyway, that's what I do. Well, it's what I should do more often. I'm getting back into it.

good luck!

[BrianInSuwon]

One thing you might try. Hand a Korean English dictionary to a student and have them check off the words they think are the most common/useful Korean words. Then, get a microphone for your computer and have them read off the word list, repeating each word 2 or 3 times and record the list. You will be surprised how many words can be recorded in 5 minutes.

Listen to the recording as you look at the word list to work on your pronunciation.

Then memorize the words. Making flash cards if it helps or just cover up one column to test yourself.

And then listen to the recording to test your audio recognition.

[BrianInSuwon]

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