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| Audix Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3909 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean | Message 1 of 6 17 March 2014 at 7:12pm | IP Logged |
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So, i decided i want to learn a new language and i chose Korean.
I have lots of links for sites and currently have 2 books on learning Korean Survival Korean Elementary Korean + workbook If anyone want's links to all the sites just ask and i will post My question is whats the best way to learn new words and what words are better to learn. I already know the alphabet so i just need to figure out what words i should learn, Any help will be appreciated 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5260 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 2 of 6 17 March 2014 at 7:44pm | IP Logged |
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Welcome to the forum, Audix! What are your goals with Korean? Do you want to take the language to proficiency, to be able to do most of what you can do with English? Or is your goal somewhat less? Do you want to develop all skills, speaking listening and reading, or, just read or just speak? The reason I ask these questions is that the answers will help others to give you better advice.
There are many different ways to learn words- brute memorization, spaced repetition system- "SRS" such as Anki- a free program and android app- or "Memrise", word lists, even paper flash cards. There's also learning words through context, for instance using Google's Korean site to enter Korean text into an "image search". There's also "K-pop" lyrics and their translations along with bilingual, parallel texts. If you have a sufficient base of words built up, this can be useful. Learning random words out of context may not be so useful, at least in my opinion. Also beware of letting SRS become an obsession and your primary tool in language-learning. When you start to work for the system instead of letting the system work for you (i.e.: obsessively counting words, spending too much time entering words and reviewing, going nuts entering random words) then at that point you should probably dial it down. SRS, word memorization strategies should be one tool out of many. There is no "best way" to learn words or a language. You'll have to try and determine what works best for you. We all learn differently. That being said, many members have success with SRS systems. I don't use it, it's not my thing, but then again I don't study an Asian language. Again, welcome to the forum and good luck. Edited by iguanamon on 17 March 2014 at 7:59pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Audix Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3909 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean | Message 3 of 6 17 March 2014 at 10:06pm | IP Logged |
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My main goal is to be able to understand Korean by someone speaking it as well as
speaking it myself, I looked into Anki and i'm trying to find some Korean decks but i'm noticing mistakes in some of the decks so i don't know if its worth trusting Anki decks unless i make my own 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| oldearth Groupie United States Joined 4893 days ago 72 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 4 of 6 17 March 2014 at 10:35pm | IP Logged |
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The best Anki decks are always the ones you make yourself. If you're using decks created by others, or
decks you've created using a mass-import tool like subs2srs, delete aggressively anything that seems wrong, boring, or too hard. This will include most of the cards you come across. If it's important, you'll run into it again, so don't worry about deleting stuff. My best advice is to pick just one of your two resources, or a different one if you come across strong recommendations for where to start, and work with it every single day. Then pick a different resource and work with it every single day. Enter things into SRS as you see fit, but be careful not to overdo it because there's definitely a limit to the volume of things you can learn with that technique. I flamed out at a low intermediate level on my first attempt at Spanish because I was trying to do too many things at once, including around 500 tortuous SRS reps per day. It stopped being manageable and it stopped being fun, so I stopped studying for almost 2 years. I now do a small amount of hard study every day (usually 30 minutes with a formal resource, divided into two 15 minute sessions) and as much fun stuff (reading, radio, tv, etc) as I have time for and feel like doing. I use a stop watch and stop when I've done my daily time. I'm no longer in a big rush or looking for shortcuts, because I know a sustainable approach is the only one that can take me to fluency. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4663 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese | Message 5 of 6 18 March 2014 at 7:42pm | IP Logged |
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I know almost nothing about Korean so take this with a healthy pinch of salt.
There are (at least) two well known Korean language exams: TOPIK and KLPT. I've no idea whether you'd be interested in the exams themselves, but if you find vocabulary courses for either of those on Memrise you can get an Anki add on that will download the vocabulary lists into an Anki deck. You would then have a list of (presumably) graded vocabulary that may form a useful starting point. (I basically did this with the Japanese equivalent, the JLPT. I was quite happily using the memrise courses on memrise.com but then it started to slow down for me, so I downloaded some select courses and have now modified them via Anki). Of course there may well be suitable beginner vocabulary courses available to downlaod directly via the Anki website. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Audix Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3909 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean | Message 6 of 6 18 March 2014 at 8:07pm | IP Logged |
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i'm grateful for all the help and information that everyone has given me.
What i'm going to do is make my own Anki deck from the words i'm given from my Books (Survival Korean + Elementary Korean) since i already have Audio disks with the books, that way i can progress through the books easier with having the app on my phone, 1 person has voted this message useful |
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