Whew! After a week off (due to moving), I’m back at my Korean studies, and it feels good. Hello Stephen and Lisa! Nice to see you again!
Whenever I post from work, I’m at a disadvantage, because I am unable to type Korean characters in this blog. Still working on getting the IT department to change that...my request is obviously not their highest priority. I’d like to include some of the new things I’m learning and some of the old things I’m remembering. In addition, my Korean typing and spelling skills need a lot of work. Pecking around the keyboard when I’m composing in Korean induces a headache!
Posted by kangmi on February 10, 2004 at 4:14 PM0 comments
Learning to speak Korean fluently is one of my life goals. It would have been easier had I made this determination during any of the four and a half years I lived in Korea...but I didn’t.
Sure, I studied Korean, both formally and informally, off and on, but never enough to become fluent.
Last fall, I started to study again. It was a fitful but increasingly consistent start. Nowadays you’ll find me in my office during my lunch break watching Arirang TV’s new Let’s Speak Korean program. I study one ten-minute program per day. The VOD option allows me to pause and rewind when necessary. I watch the program as many times as necessary for it to stick, which means my language study actually extends beyond lunch. I wear headphones and continue to repeat the program throughout the afternoon. I will also preview the next VOD, so that I have an idea of what I’ll be facing the next day.
I also am reviewing what I already know by studying book 1 of the Korean Through English series. I hope to have finished reviewing this book by the end of February, when I will continue with book 2.
That’s all I do right now. There are other courses that I could study, but through some trial and error, I’ve learned that this is the right mix right now.
Posted by kangmi on January 31, 2004 at 11:59 AM2 comments
강미 | learning korean