Study methods
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Korean subtitles – a real language booster
I wrote in my previous blog post that I had started watching the much-hyped drama 별에서 온 그대. I’m now halfway into it, and I am amazed on so many levels. I simply just love the story, the characters, and the chemistry. I had known of this drama for a while, but somehow the idea of a non-aging…
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On my own… But everyday I’m learning
Okay, maybe my situation is not as hopeless as Éponine’s in Les Misérables (Yes, I’m a huge theater/musical fan), but I couldn’t resist using some of the lyrics from “On my own” to introduce this post. Today, my über-awesome language partner left for a two-week trip around Europe so for the time being I’m on…
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Inspiration for getting the most out of your language exchange
Depending on your goals and the time you have available there may be several ways to have a productive language exchange. Since I’m currently meeting my LP several times a week I thought I’d share with you guys how we go about our meetings. First of all, we have decided to designate one day a…
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Korean drama update
The weekend finally rolled around once again. Although I can’t say it has been a long week, I have been looking forward to Friday as this would be the day where I could finally watch two brand new episodes of Yong Pal. It’s been a few episodes since I turned off the subtitles, and I…
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Language learning: Self-studying vs. classes
I’m sure all of you out there who are studying Korean on your own have heard this sentence more than once: “You’re learning Korean? Alone? Is that even possible?” I have personally encountered this more times than I can possibly count and constantly having to defend myself, assuring the other person that self-studying a language is…
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Mindful Korean learning
Heavily inspired by a tweet from Jeremy (founder of Motivate Korean), I got to thinking about how I go about my language learning and how I may improve my learning approach. On an average day I start out early in the morning so that I am able to study Korean for 1-1.5 hours before heading off to work. I…
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Learn Korean with Naver
Naver (pronounced in Korean as 네이버) has come to be one of my favorite resources for learning Korean. For those unfamiliar with the site, Naver is similar to Google and the #1 search engine in South Korea. And Naver has it all. News, Hallyu updates, videos, blogs, webtoons, weather updates, anything really. Whenever I want to search for…
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News in Korean
I have long been a fan of TTMIK’s News in Korean, and since my reading comprehension and vocabulary have expanded dramatically after six months of use, I’ve gradually started to embrace “real” news in Korean as an additional learning source. For the past couple of weeks I have made a habit of reading a Naver…
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How to build Korean speaking confidence
About a month ago I took advantage of one of TTMIK’s sales and bought two e-books each containing 10 episodes of their latest feature, TTMIK Story Time. The concept is very simple; one of the teachers speaks into a camera about something related to everyday life such as walks in the park, birthdays, shopping, and hairstyles…
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Video post: My first interview in Korean
Last Sunday marked my one year anniversary with Korean. I cannot believe it’s already been a year. In some ways I feel like I’ve just started, and in other ways it feels like I’ve been studying it my entire life. Kindly invited by Jeremy from MotivateKorean, I celebrated my 한국어 기념일 by appearing on his awesome youtube channel…
Sofie to Korea 