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| KevinJCT Newbie France Joined 4984 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Studies: Japanese | Message 1 of 9 30 October 2011 at 11:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Hello everyone this year I'm attending college and I chose to take a Korean Language
Major !! However I have already done 1 year of Japanese before that !! I should focus on Korean ,but the problem is if I don't focus on Japanese I'll forget it ,and I don't want that to happen !I've learnt most of the grammar ,I can remember about 1200 kanjis right now(and I'm really proud of it.),I try to practice it everyday by reading manga in Japanese and repeat the sentences out loud , listen to the news (but that's hard), read news about my favorite idols (I know it's childish but it really helps me remember kanji and learn some new ones)sing in Japanese. I can't stop it like that! About Korean I know some grammar since it's similar to Japanese but it's a lot harder ! I'm watching dramas (i'm not very fan of those) listen carefully to what they say but it's hard though I wanted to ask if learning both of them wasn't crazy ?is it efficient or inefficient? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Leurre Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5360 days ago 219 posts - 372 votes  Speaks: French*, English*, Korean, Haitian Creole, SpanishC2 Studies: Japanese | Message 2 of 9 30 October 2011 at 2:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's not crazy at all, it is certainly doable, especially with Korean and Japanese. How
efficient it is I'm sure will ultimately be up to you. Your knowledge of Japanese will help you with Korean a lot at the beginning, and there is no reason that you cannot learn more Japanese even as you study Korean. If Korean is your major, then you will have lots of time already dedicated to its study, which will enable you to study Japanese in your 'free time'. I find myself in a similar situation, majoring in Korean here in grad school while studying Japanese on the side. It works out just fine; it's simply a matter of finding the right balance and dedicating the right amount of time to each language. Edited by Leurre on 30 October 2011 at 2:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6485 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 3 of 9 30 October 2011 at 3:08pm | IP Logged | ||
Why did you choose Korean? Why didn't you choose Japanese? Why are you watching dramas you don't like? Why are you asking us whether it's efficient? Why do you use so many "!" and so few "."? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Fabrizio Pentaglot Senior Member BelgiumRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5117 days ago 103 posts - 157 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2, French, SpanishB2, Portuguese | Message 4 of 9 30 October 2011 at 3:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Generally speaking, I'd say that tackling simultanously two languages - no matter what
families they belong - isn't a very smart strategy unless you've already passed the intermediate stage in at least one of them. I don't mean to discourage you with my words, - I sincerely believe you're the only who can say what your own limits are - but if I were you I'd rather focus on Japanese for the moment. There will be plenty of time for Korean, no worries. If you cannot really resist or you compulsorily have to add another language to your university schedule, well, make sure that you pick an "easier" one (whatever "easier" means to you.) All the best, I'm also a language learner in love with Japanese :) Keep us posted!!! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| KevinJCT Newbie France Joined 4984 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Studies: Japanese | Message 5 of 9 30 October 2011 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | ||
Sorry about using "!" I'm used to it that's why ! I chose Korean language because I'm really fond of Asian Culture for a long while now I love its long history and I love East Asia (China, Taiwan,Korea and Japan) ! Why didn't I choose Japanese ? Well I forgot to mention it . Last year I already studied it at college but it was so difficult to succeed... Actually in my college the Japanese Major is the most taken(actually French people who graduated from high school and wants to learn Japanese have a great passion for manga and J-pop and there's nothing else that's interesting for them) so during exams teachers' grading is REALLY REALLY harsh... they do that because they want those "fans of Japan" to quit Japanese Major. Only to have the best students to stay . Why did I quit ? It was because I wanted to study in Japan for 1 semester but selection was harsh too , there were a lot of people who were better than me (Some have lived over there, others are bilingual ) I wasn't that bad but still I could not challenge them!In some classes the level of Japanese was too high , I mean they wanted us to translate some texts (2nd semester ), even though most of us have only started some months ago .Even if I was studying a lot ,I did not make it out... That's one bad experience. You might think I was also worshipping Manga or J'pop ,I wasn't ,I liked J-pop and manga but not to the extent of not be interested in Japanese culture or reading Manga in classes or talking about my favourite idols with my friends in class , I sincerely love it,but it was too much pressure . But I'm happy to have learnt a lot in Japanese Major. About korean dramas it's not the fact that I don't like it , but some are really the same (2 people who hate each other at first ,but end up loving each other and some time get married) Why did I ask you if it's efficient or not? Because some say it's not good to learn 2 languages at the same time Some Say there's no problem I wanted to know if I learned 2 asian languages wasn't crazy for a Westerner? Edited by KevinJCT on 30 October 2011 at 4:20pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6485 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 6 of 9 31 October 2011 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Good answers, but I wish you'd work on your English punctuation a little. I agree with the other posters. It's
hard, but possible. Is the Korean course much easier than the Japanese course? I hope for your sake, it is. Anyway, if you have a good start in Japanese, it's really just a matter of time management.
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5316 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 7 of 9 31 October 2011 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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You never told us what your goal is.
There is no intrinsic reason not to study 2 languages at once, except that it will mean that each language will take longer to learn than they would if you only studied one. A lot of people take a 3-year university degree and don't come out with a good enough knowledge of the language to claim to be fluent and comfortable in it, certainly not in an academic context, and even less so with Asian languages. So what is your goal with these languages? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 6060 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 8 of 9 31 October 2011 at 8:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is it the norm among language majors to study two? I've run into several people majoring in Chinese who, as part of their degree, study Japanese also. I sometimes notice a little Chinese influence among these guys, but they seem to get to a pretty good level of reading comprehension, at least.
Yes, and nothing is more sad than to be a Korean language major who doesn't speak Korean. I have also met a few of these. For your own sake, don't let this happen. You remind me. I'm in a class now where almost everyone has lived in Japan and seems really fluent in Japanese, and I'm like, uh, uh. But when it comes to classwork, I find I keep up okay. The guys who are really fluent sometimes don't have as good study habits, whereas I'm relentless with textbooks and things. Though I'm not worried about grades or anything, so this situation is maybe not as stressful as what you experienced. I'm sure falling behind in a language class, would be a really dreadful experience. Do they allow minors at your college? Can you switch to something like Asian Art or Asian History as a major and then continue studying Japanese as part of that? Edited by cathrynm on 31 October 2011 at 9:10pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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