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waterbaby
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:01 am Post subject: Studying Business Korean |
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Does anyone know of any classes that focus primarily on learning business Korean for foreigners?
Or how about any books or online resources that you'd recommend? |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: Studying Business Korean |
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| waterbaby wrote: |
Does anyone know of any classes that focus primarily on learning business Korean for foreigners?
Or how about any books or online resources that you'd recommend? |
what exactly does the student want to learn and what is his/her level of korean? |
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komtengi
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| most classes at about level 6 should cover business Korean to some extent |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:47 am Post subject: |
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Korean language teaching just doesn't seem to be very well developed at an advanced level. I'd be surprised to see teaching materials for any specific purpose.
Waterbaby, if I remember right your level of Korean is pretty high so I'd recommend doing what I do when I want to increase my vocab in a specific area. Find a Korean book or two on business and read them. Books that have been translated from English to Korean tend to be a bit easier to read. Write down key vocab words you think are particularly important to know on flash cards and study them. Reading an article or two a day about business on Daum news should also be helpful, and I find Daum news a bit easier to read than most actual newspapers. |
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waterbaby
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: Studying Business Korean |
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| Mashimaro wrote: |
what exactly does the student want to learn and what is his/her level of korean? |
My level of Korean is probably intermediate beginner. I just really want to learn formalities of business meetings, the cultural side of things that goes with it, what's polite, what's not etc. and some basic phrases to give me a bit of an idea of what's going on.
I don't in any way imagine that I would be fully participating in business meetings conducted in Korean, but believe it would be to my advantage when dealing with Korean businesses to be able to speak a little and get the gist of what's going on.
| Son Deureo! wrote: |
Korean language teaching just doesn't seem to be very well developed at an advanced level. I'd be surprised to see teaching materials for any specific purpose. |
Yeah, I thought it was an off chance kind of thing... I couldn't find anything when I did my own internet search. Was thinking about how "business English" is taught here and was wondering if there would be a similar thing with "business Korean".
I'll check out the Korean language books again before I return to Australia later this week.
| Son Deureo! wrote: |
| Waterbaby, if I remember right your level of Korean is pretty high... |
Unfortanately it ain't! Especially since leaving Korea almost 18 months ago and not practicing enough 
But fortunately my husband TJ speaks excellent Korean  and my business partners and I will just have to put him in a suit and pretend he's our CEO when we deal with Korean business people.
Any thoughts on foreign women doing business in Korea?
I'm just wondering how we'll be perceived, accepted (or not) and whether it's best to bring TJ into things (or not). He's not a "salary man" himself and has never worked in a corporate office environment before, so I can't really rely on his advice alone, but he's the best I've got as an itermediary at the moment! |
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waterbaby
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| komtengi wrote: |
| most classes at about level 6 should cover business Korean to some extent |
I wish I were at the level
*sigh* |
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