i think these tips are especially great for intermediate and advanced learners to evaluate how much you actually know and where you might be lacking. advanced learners might catch themselves thinking "I already know everything" and not tackle areas that aren't as solid yet, so its a good way to test yourself!
I’m so very proud of myself just by watching this video! I’m about to start to TRY keeping a Korean diary of my days so I can also practice writing and speaking when I re-read the entries. I also use Papago app for looking up new words that I may come across as opposed to Google and also NAVER dictionary. I guess if I keep on the path in on I’ll see improvements! Thank you for this video! I thought I was doing all of this in vain but this video actually inspired me to keep going!
I started learning Korean with TTMIK in 2022 but life got in the way... I have been doing short daily practice and need to get back to my books as I miss it! My daughter, meantime (and the reason I began to learn, so I could keep up with her), is doing well learning lots of words, phrases and teaching herself with your books while she finishes high school. Recently, her dad also decided to start learning Korean as a pastime/downtime activity after work! So now, we watch K-dramas together (before, he would leave us to watch his own shows). And we invented a game one night as a family: we start one of the Seoul-walker videos on RU-vid and pause at various street/shop signs, challenge ourselves to read it out loud, then speak the word into Google translate to check our accuracy.... it's quite fun and has sped up our learning, surprisingly! We're understanding more about Korean street/road and traffic signage as well!
That's amazing! I wish I could convince my family to do something similar, but in their minds I've set myself an insanely difficult task and they're happy to just watch me struggle and say, "Good job!" 😛
@@hannasizemore8028 oh the resistance was real from my husband for a couple of years there! But I don't know, it just happened kind of like a "challenge accepted" 😂 It does feel like the more I learn, the more I realise I don't know (may never!) about the language and that's daunting but hey, onwards, right?! Good job! (you ought to teach them to say 화이팅 to you and get them involved haha)
Thank you so much!! I say this as a beginner in korean & as english is my second language that i've learn since primary school and just about 2 months ago i started learn korean. I did'nt learn it using my native language but instead i'm using english even though my english is'nt perfect yet. How i improve my english is just speak comfortably even though it's not perfect. It's okay to make mistake because you'll learn anyway. I actually tried a lot of this tips (in this video) but for english, i did'nt really enjoy much english content but i used to watch a lot of english youtube & movies but with english subtitle. I just need to do the same but with korean now. As a language learner, i could say that learn a language need a lot of patient, don't worry if your progress is a bit slow. Trust the process 🌟
예지 선생님, 안녕하세요? 잘 지내셨죠? 이 동영상을 만들어 주셔서 감사합니다! 추천해 주셨던 팁들은 다아아~ 도움이 많이 돼요 ^^ 선생님 말씀 해 주시는대로 하면 한국어 인풋과 아웃풋에 관한 습관 갖을 수 있고 한국어 실력도 훨씬 빠르게 늘 수 있다고 생각해요. 한국어를 더 열심히 공부해 볼게요! 감사합니다! ㅎㅎ
I bought the level 1 to level 3 book, it is a very slow process, the audio does not allow you time to repeat the phrases when you studying on your own, the book and packages are overpriced in dollars. I bought the book series in korea.I am doing all these recommendation but still hard studying on your own. I feel stuck in beginner level forever
I guess I’m on the right track! Objects in my home are covered with sticky notes of that particular word of the item, I listen to 2pm songs/albums everyday, I watch K-drama every day, I watch variety shows most days, watch 2pm interviews and variety shows, I listen to podcasts (also TTMIK) and I even made an Instagram page for only my Korean learning journey. For active watching, what I’ve noticed is that for interviews without closed captioning, I still watch and actually enjoy their intonations, facial expressions and also do a bit of shadowing even when I don’t understand everything but only can pick up on some words. As a baby beginner, I think I’m doing my very best to learn and understand the Korean language ❤
I've also switched my phone to Korean, hoping it will help. I've been doing most of these, I even talk in Korean in my dreams 😂 But I have no one to actually talk to and my progress is super slow and not going anywhere pfff
I’m the exact same! I’m A1 level still but I have no one to talk to/learn with so it makes it quite harder sadly. So my progress is also slow 😭 but I’m keeping at it! I’m also full of anxiety speaking out loud in Korean I feel like I sound ridiculous and like I pronounce everything wrong 😫
I'm glad that I do some of these habits already as a beginner! I started watching kdrama to improve myself and I focus on the language not just read the subtitles and if the sentences are short I repeat after them! Thank you for the tips!!
TTMIK HELP ME!!!!! i purchased the ttmik level two book, along with the ttmik level 2 workbook. They're both great, but for the workbook, I can't find the mp3 file that was supposedly attached to the workbook. it says that there is an audio file attached to it, but i dont have it!! i really want to practice my listening, so this bugs me a lot. I have the book on kindle and got it off of amazon. can you help me???
as a person who's trying to learn multiple languages at the same, I think these tips are really helpfull, but sometimes it's kind of a chaos in my head. When I need to search for some information I'm trying to do this in english, korean, my native language (russian) and kazakh. And when I want to express myself, share my emotions or ask something, I use all of them. Sometimes i get confused cause all these languages are mixing up in my head and when I wanna say something it's just gibberish that come out out of my mouth lol Language learning process is quite tricky sometimes but it's fun for sure
Oh, thinking in another language really helps. I've been thinking in English about half of the time for so long, and it has become second nature. (My native language being German.) ... But thinking in Korean? ... Er - we'll try that another time. 😂
At the two year point, I feel like I have a lot of these habits, but there's a kind of wall I'm not getting over. I thought I'd be "intermediate" when I got to TTMIK level 5, but I'm really not. In fact, for the past few months I've been feeling like I know less over time, even though objectively (based on tests, reading, and listening) I know more. It's like I'm only learning enough to see my enormous deficits. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if this is just a stage that I have to plow through. I'm trying to plow ahead . . . 🙂
I personally plan to use this approach to break the silence. I already do it some. like when asking why? what? food/eat, and a couple others. I feel like a baby has to start saying words at some point. and now , for me, is my 'jumping in' point. I will also need to work on the things in my room, on my desk, etc.... GREAT REMINDERS
이 비디오를 너무 좋다! I’m Brazilian, so Portuguese is my Mother Language. Korean is my third language and because I teach a foreign language (English), I’m well-acquainted with all these tips and have included them in my study. It’s been so fun learning a new language AND being aware of every step in the process. I learned English by immersion, so it was completely different from what I’m doing with Korean. 여러분, 예지의 말을 들어세요 🥰
There's always Italki if you have the money for it. Language exchange apps as well, if you aren't too shy for that. I've also seen quite a lot of people say that they go to their local Korean church to meet Korean people there, but that one's obviously not for everyone.
*For Italki you can find a teacher specifically for conversation if you want, which means you can pick a community teacher and their classes are generally less expensive