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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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 Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:30 am Post subject: Studying Korean in Bundang |
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During my seven years (so far) here, I've studied Korean off-and-on (more "off" than "on", I'm afraid).
I consider myself to be very-low-intermediate. My vocabulary isn't bad, I can use different tenses, and I can tell time, dates, etc. I can get my ideas across, and understand the gist of what people are saying to me, but I would like to someday be fluent.
I would like to take Korean classes, but they all seem to be in Seoul.
Does anyone have information about classes in Bundang?
Thanks! |
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Gnawbert
Joined: 23 Oct 2007
Location: The Internet
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| I'd be interested too, but I'm an absolute beginner. Just barely 2 months into my first stay here. I'm in the Ori/Miguem area, and if I find anything out I'll let you know. |
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jou ma se poes
Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| Seven years in Korea and you know no Koreans to help you with this? Well done, Mr. Man. Well done indeed! |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:05 am Post subject: |
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| jou ma se poes wrote: |
| Seven years in Korea and you know no Koreans to help you with this? Well done, Mr. Man. Well done indeed! |
The Koreans that I know, including my wife, don't know much about Korean lessons.
Apparently they don't need them. |
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jou ma se poes
Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| Joe Boxer wrote: |
| jou ma se poes wrote: |
| Seven years in Korea and you know no Koreans to help you with this? Well done, Mr. Man. Well done indeed! |
The Koreans that I know, including my wife, don't know much about Korean lessons.
Apparently they don't need them. |
Your wife can't speak/teach you Korean? Only the cream of the crop in Korea when it comes to foreigners and logic, eh? |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| jou ma se poes wrote: |
| Joe Boxer wrote: |
| jou ma se poes wrote: |
| Seven years in Korea and you know no Koreans to help you with this? Well done, Mr. Man. Well done indeed! |
The Koreans that I know, including my wife, don't know much about Korean lessons.
Apparently they don't need them. |
Your wife can't speak/teach you Korean? Only the cream of the crop in Korea when it comes to foreigners and logic, eh? |
Actually, as I mentioned in my first post, I'm looking for classes.
I'm not sure how long you've been in Korea, but many people would agree that learning Korean from your significant other is not always ideal. That's my opinion as well.
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:58 am Post subject: |
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| Gnawbert wrote: |
| I'd be interested too, but I'm an absolute beginner. Just barely 2 months into my first stay here. I'm in the Ori/Miguem area, and if I find anything out I'll let you know. |
Ok, and I'll do the same! |
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Lynns
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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Dankook University moved to Bundang, but I think they're still running their language programs in Seoul, which is too bad, because Bundang/Suji could really use a good language program.
I don't know of anything in Bundang, but there's a Korean hagwon right at Kangnam station. By subway it takes about an hour from Bundang, but there's probably a bus that's faster. Look up "Korean Language Academy," they offer various classes and they're close to Kangnam station. |
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gojulie
Joined: 08 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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The university in Imae (Choson?) offers Korean language classes. I wish you had of posted this about 3 weeks ago because they are in week 2.5 of a free 12 week course and it is too late to start.
I don't know how much the classes are normally but they do run longer, and more comprehensive than the 12 week freebies. |
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pidgin
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| jou ma se poes wrote: |
| Your wife can't speak/teach you Korean? Only the cream of the crop in Korea when it comes to foreigners and logic, eh? |
Horrible advice to learn from your wife, imho.
Unless you want to speak like a 'poof.' |
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patongpanda
Joined: 06 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| The YMCA near Ori station does lessons. |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the replies! I'll be checking out the school in Imae, as well as Ori YMCA. |
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Chris Kwon
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:50 am Post subject: |
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Your wife is incapable of finding the classes for you??? 
I would feel ashamed if i was back in the states and a foreigner asked about a place to learn English and I wasn't able to provide them with help... especially if the foreigner was my wife! |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| Chris Kwon wrote: |
Your wife is incapable of finding the classes for you???
I would feel ashamed if i was back in the states and a foreigner asked about a place to learn English and I wasn't able to provide them with help... especially if the foreigner was my wife! |
Chris Kwon,
The original post asked if anyone knows about classes in Bundang. With all of the people on this board, perhaps there would be someone that had taken (or is taking) Korean classes in my area.
Maybe they could give me some basic information, as well as whether they would recommend the place.
Unhelpful posts from you ("I would feel ashamed") and jou ma se poes ("your wife can't speak/teach you Korean?") are a waste of your time, and mine as well.
Anyway, you needn't worry about me. I'm sure you feel ashamed enough at your inability to speak your own language. |
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Chris Kwon
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: |
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What are you talking about? I speak my own language very well, thank you very much.
I also speak Korean better than you 
and I got you to read my post again, wasting more of your valuable time  |
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