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wanderkind
Joined: 01 Jan 2012
Location: Japan
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| aq8knyus wrote: |
| The guy in the middle speaks pretty well for only three months. |
lol, I think it says the guy in the middle is from a Korean language learning website, I expect he was grading his language down for their benefit. That would be pretty great after 3 months.
SeoulNate, I feel like we've discussed this before maybe, but it seems like maybe you've had a bad run interactions. With...maybe 80% of the classroom teachers I've had, they were excellent at grading their language and cadence appropriately, and the exceptions were high school students volunteering in a community centre. And every tutor I've had has been great at speaking at or just above my level since I specifically select them for that trait.
The average person on the street however, yes, I totally agree, they rarely grasp the notion of adjusting their language to accommodate less proficient speakers. Not to go all SR on this though, but I've seen loads of co-workers / foreigners do the same thing to Koreans. Say something to a random Korean and English and when it goes over their head, just repeat it the exact same way but louder. Good communication skills are universally not universal. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| wanderkind wrote: |
| aq8knyus wrote: |
| The guy in the middle speaks pretty well for only three months. |
lol, I think it says the guy in the middle is from a Korean language learning website, I expect he was grading his language down for their benefit. That would be pretty great after 3 months. |
His site:
http://www.howtostudykorean.com/other-stuff/meet-the-teachers/
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How long until I can speak Korean?
A long time. It takes a really long time. |
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Kepler
Joined: 24 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Their music video about learning Korean:
https://vimeo.com/116512456
They explain why their no English rule enabled them to learn foreign languages much faster than usual in a TED Talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1RRbupCxi0
I think it would be difficult to attain fluency in a second language without some type of immersion experience. |
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