Learning a new language, specifically Korean & Spanish?
I travel down to Central America alot. Mexico. Argentina. And I’ve finally decided to take the initiative to learn spanish.
My mom is Korean, and both of my parents speak Korean very well, (and for some reason they didn’t teach me) I know, I could have learned so easy.. But they didn’t teach me…
So I’ve got two languages that I really want to learn.
Should I just take a class for high school? I know It’s required, but for some reason I don’t think school will teach me as efficiently and well as I want to learn.
I’ve heard of those programs that “are the fastest ways to learn a new language” … Have you used one of them? Do they really work? Aren’t they quite expensive?
Thank you so much for reading. If you have any tips, suggestions ect… I would love to hear them.
And of course I’m willing to really spend time, and learn it. I will be able to speak Korean with my parents so I’ll have good practice… And I have a couple of friends who speak Spanish.
So I’ll work hard.
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Spanish is pretty simple since it is just another language like English.
Korean is an interesting language to learn because it has many different politeness levels and although you may deliver the same message, the listener can get different impression; thus it is mood-sensitive language.
Korean is not easy grammatically, although the writing may be easy to digest. Foreigners typically say Korean writing is super easy but in fact, native Koreans even spell commonly wrong, not by mistakes, but by ignorance. Statistic actually show that average native Korean adults get 7/10 on spelling test that require you to write few basic sentences(yup, it’s true, I didn’t make this up). My first language was Korean yet English is easier for me than Korean.
But since both of your parents speak Korean, you have an advantage to learning it. The best and the fastest way to learn is always to speak with a native speaker in this case, your parents. No guarantee they will teach it well since knowing how to speak fluently and teaching it well are 2 different things. It might take you few years to master it but it will be worth it in the end since Korea has been arguably the most developing nation recently.
You can email me at mit923@yahoo.com if you need any help with Korean.
Hm. I’ve tried Rosetta and Pimsleur… for Indonesian. They’re OK. I got bored with it really quickly though :/
However, I really don’t think the question is whether these programs work or not. Whether or not the programs work is wholly dependent upon the learner. You need a lot of self-discipline (of which I don’t have enough, evidently).
Also, in my opinion, learning a language on one’s own is really for those who’ve already gone through the process of learning an additional language — those who already how they learn best and know of the many frustrations that lay ahead.
Anyway… I’d recommend you take a class. Nothing beats a classroom environment, especially if you’ve got a teacher who’ll stress a no-English rule. Yep. It’s also just nice to have an actual person there who can provide you with good answers to the many questions that will arise… and who’ll give you plenty of homework! Homework is good
uhm…
just get your parents to speak korean to you
and watch lots of english movies with spanish/korean subs…
or vice versa
veoh has lots of good korean movies with english subs
and I’m not sure about the software programs, aslo I’m taking french and stuff at school its not too hard so just take some classes