It's so refreshing to see a "newbie" if I may. It reminds me of my own Korean language learning journey. Jeremy is cool, funny, and down to earth. And yes! I highly recommend living in the Korean country side (not Seoul) to be fully immersed in Korean language and culture.
I love how analog his study is. I do this too with physical notebooks, workbooks, flash cards. Digital tools are also awesome but analog habits are great because I’ll get distracted less
“keep foaming” took me out 😂😂😂 and good for you, jeremy!! i seriously respect the attitude of just talking and learning despite not being perfect at it. that’s still a barrier for me as a korean language learner, and i’ve been learning 8+ years and have a literal korean spouse lol. safe to say i’ve got some work to do 😅
Its nice to know you dont have to be at an advanced korean level to study at a korean university, I'm a junior at TXST and kind of want to study in korea
I’m attending 순천향대학교 in February😱 I was alerted by my home university that there are usually a lot of applicants, but this next semester, I’m the only one going from our uni. I’m extremely nervous but also very excited. I’ve been trying to use your videos to prepare myself because I’m adopted from Korea, so I have an inkling people might try to speak to me in Korean😅😂
oh, good luck! I was attending this school for year and a half, I can tell you some stories if you want! Some of my friends who came with me to SCH back in February 2020 had to leave back home bcs of covid, but they're coming back at the same time as you, so we might meet eventually!
@@AnnySoprano I do have a scholarship. I have one from my school, and I was enrolled into Soonchunhyang’s cultural internship language exchange program
@@AnnySoprano I also do have a scholarship, GKS (Global Korea Scholarship) which covers a year of language school and 2 years of master's degree for free along with monthly tuition
I'm planning to enroll in a short-term Korean language program at Yonsei this summer! I'm kind of nervous about it, being only an upper beginner, but hearing about Jeremy's experience is really encouraging! 😊
Oh gosh, Jeremy's so funny! The "keep foaming" comment almost made me choke :P On another note, Yonsei University is absolutely GORGEOUS! Cant wait to travel to Korea :-)
Just got back from a study abroad at Yonsei. Weird to think that I could have seen you on campus if I had stayed another semester. I'll be back in March though :D
I am Latin and I find it really hard just to even find stuff related to Korea here in my country. I wish I could go to Korea to learn but it seams people from English speaking countries have a priority when given this opportunities than we do since I see them going to Korea all the time to earn and teach. To anyone that actually went to Korea on a whim, please appreciate that opportunity that a lot of us wish we could have. And to the ones that went because they fell in love in love with some aspect of the Korean culture, I wish you the best and continue learning more of it.
I empathise for you. Korea wants native English speakers. You could also look at it another way. English speakers generally only speak English and expect everyone else to speak English to them, so most of us never explore another language. And we native English speakers are the poorer for that. A lot of native English speakers are culturally ignorant. I'm only just learning another language (Korean, of course) now in my 50s. Learning another language is immensely important, because the language is only a part of what you learn when learning another language, and most of us native English speakers missed out on that. 🙂
It’s a dream of mine to one day study in Korea. I’ve taken lessons in the past but have decided to start them back up and give myself more motivation to one day visit and possibly study there.
Crying at the "keep foaming" reaction XD I appreciate what he's saying though (I just watched the year later video you posted and wanted to see where he started last year!)
I love this. Reminds me a lot of my first "study" trip to Korea. Everything from his experience with Taxis to restaurants that don't seat one person (very hard to find Dakgalbi for one). I wish I had the opportunity to go there as a uni student but it was as a digital nomad so was trying to self-study during the day and work in the evening. I also had my little vocabulary cards, post-its, study notebook, stayed in a goshiwon and love gimbap 😆 I found a friend group by attending language exchanges in coffee shops and I'm still in touch with them through Kakao years later. There's also a boardgame cafe with an international meet-up on Saturdays and a language exchange night. I'd love a follow-up interview at the end of his year to see how he got on. Makes me want to start planning another trip there.
yes! follow up video is good for reality-checking on how much a native English speaker can realistically pick up with that much effort in one academic year. Korean is not like Spanish which are so similar that > 50% of every vocab list is partly or wholly a cognate. Korean vocab and grammar is incredibly difficult. I honestly think a student would get more out of a year in Korea if they reached well into Intermediate level before they arrived there. I'm speaking from experience learning Spanish and Korean (at different times) and having spent time studying each language in it's home country. Both were fantastic experiences but I benefited less from Korea and I think it was because I wasn't advanced enough.
Oh man I've also always wanted to live in a rural part of Korea. At the least I want to try it for a year, sounds like it would be a really interesting thing to do
amazing video, thanks so much!! really helpful and also reassuring to know that you don't need to be an expert in Korean to study in Korea!! i'm hoping to study abroad next academic year :)
I love your comment. I started learning Korean because of kpop and I was so ashamed, but now I trying to be proud, I'm still putting in the same amount of effort as everyone else and art is subjective so people who look down on kpop aren't superior, but just have a different opinion.
@@teshi1424 Honestly, I don't think the reason matters why you learn another language, because it all boils down to the same thing: You want to understand. You want to make connections. Be it to travel, for music, for tv shows, to make new friends, or just because, learning another language is a good thing!! Never let anyone make you feel ashamed 💜
@@jfishxx thank you so much, that’s so true. I think that anyone who is willing to put the time and effort into learning a language should be a applauded for the determination they are showing.
I actually just got back from Korea after a semester at HUFS and this video brings back so many memories!🥲 I also took Korean courses there (not the intensive course, though) in addition to an internship, and i lived in one of the dorms. It was so much fun and I miss it already! Hope I can go back soon.
Hello everyone. I live in Switzerland and have been learning Korean independently for 10 months. My biggest wish is to learn the language in South-Korea. But I don't know how or at which school I can do that. Since I am 50 years old, a university is probably out of the question. 😉 I would be really happy if someone could give me tips on how to realize my dream.
I want to go to South Korea, I just don't when or how I'll get there. I work a full time job right now and I'm trying to learn a base level of Korean from lessons I'm taking online.
I teach in a small country town in South Korea. I LOVE it! I specifically chose to teach in a small traditional town. I wanted to see traditional Korea. And I wanted to teach in a small country town because I knew that I would get to know people a lot better. I've been here 5 years now and still love it. If you take the time to honestly try to speak the language, people warm to you, particularly when they see you trying over time - years - and see a gradual improvement. I found the best attitude when I first came here was to leave expectations completely at the door and find originality and intrigue in everything that was new, "Oh, they do it this way here. Okay. I wonder why?" and know that there's always a reason. There was no 'culture shock' for me at all (coming from Australia), just amazing and intriguing cultural differences. Teaching here is fun and the kids are lovely, as you get to know them. And they DO learn English well if you take the time and effort to teach English to them well. But PLEASE come here ONLY if you actually want to teach kids well. There are too many English teachers here that come here and teach very badly, indeed. Remember that you are often the only representation of an 'English kind of person' that the kids know in real life, so they need to see a happy, empathetic human person, who shares their school life and cares about them, just like their other teachers do. And that there is a LOT of self-esteem issues here about how bad (sadly) people THINK they are at English (Korean people vastly underestimate themselves, usually), mostly because of bad teaching, not because they can't learn English!! If you come here, please, PLEASE dedicate yourself to teaching English WELL!!! If teaching English well is not YOUR FIRST priority, please don't come here to teach!! I would recommend teaching at a small country school to anyone with the above attitudes, and with an open and accepting attitude towards other people and an extroverted personality - note that being extroverted is very important - they don't want shy teachers here!
