강미 | learning koreanLanguage Preparation
From the University of California Education Abroad Program recommended methods of preparing to study in Korea:
- Read Korean newspapers and magazines, using a dictionary as necessary.
- Read aloud (anything in Korean) for 20 minutes at a time. Strive for correct pronunciation; read progressively faster, maintaining correct pronunciation.- Become acquainted with Korea prior to departure. Keep up-to-date on Korean current events by reading articles in newspapers, magazines, and journals.
- Read a book or two in Korean, preferably one fiction and one non-fiction.
- Talk to yourself in Korean, practicing phrases picked up from conversation and reading.
- Seek out people fluent in Korean for conversations and vocabulary practice.
- Keep a journal of Korean phrases, expressions, whole sentences, and structures that you would like to add to your vocabulary.
Posted by kangmi on May 18, 2004 at 8:50 AM0 comments