South Korea is an economically developed, beautiful and convenient country for living, where they treat Europeans very well - both tourists and emigrants.
If you come here for a week or two to rest, then the knowledge of English will be enough for you.
But if in your plans - to live and work here, you will have to master the official language of this country.
How to learn the Korean language quickly and without much effort?
You can not say that you set a simple task, because Korean does not belong to the languages that you learn - just spit.
And yet, with this task, an intelligent person who is not afraid of the difficulties that meet on his way can easily cope.
7 reasons to learn the Korean language
Some of my readers are probably outraged:
"What is this theme? Well, it is clear that you need to learn English or Spanish - after all, the main languages of international communication. All right, we would still learn Chinese - in view of the opening prospects or one of the beautiful European languages - for the soul. But Korean here and? Let his Koreans and teach! ".
And these my readers will be wrong!
Even if this is not the language of your ancestors, this does not mean that you do not need it.
There are at least 7 good reasons to learn Korean:
- In the popularity rating of languages, Korean occupies 12 lines, whereas German, French, Italian and other more raspiarennye languages are in the rating behind it.
- In Korean, a total of nearly 80 million people speak.
And this is not only the inhabitants of South Korea and the gloomy North Korea, but also the numerous representatives of the diaspora scattered all over the world. - The history, culture and traditions of Korea have ancient roots and are very interesting, but you can learn them only by owning the Korean language.
- South Korea is a country with a strong economy that willingly provides living and working conditions for foreigners.
And then without knowing the state language can not do. - In 2018 in Phenchhane there will be a winter Olympics and if you want to visit it as a volunteer, it's not too late to try to learn Korean.
- Several Korean companies operate in Russia.
Knowledge of their language will be a powerful advantage when employing. - South Korean universities have a good reputation and willingly accept foreign students, however, they are taught in the state language.
You can not learn the Korean language without knowing the alphabet and the basic words
Naturally, study should begin with mastering its alphabet.
The Korean language has a system of hieroglyphs that seem very exotic to people who are accustomed to Cyrillic or Latin, but this is only at first.
The alphabet, which is still in use, was invented in the middle of the 15th century during the time of the government of the imperial Joseon dynasty.
Now it has only 24 letters( consonants - 14, vowels - 10), but do not rush to rejoice at this discovery, because there are still two consonants and vowels, along with which you get as many as 40 letters.
And this is not all the "good" news: Koreans decided that their own hieroglyphs are not enough for them, so they borrowed another 3,000 marvelous signs from the Chinese.
They are used to refer to Chinese words and concepts.
If you have just started the study, then do not touch these Chinese characters yet, focus on the main alphabet.
When you master the alphabet, go on to remember the basic words:
- of the names of digits, months, days of the week;
- greetings and farewells;
- of running verbs;
- of so-called "tourist phrases", etc.
You yourself understand that the more vocabulary you have, the quicker you will speak fluently.
How to learn Korean by yourself?
People for various reasons want to learn new languages.
And, of course, each of the interested people chooses the most convenient way of studying themselves in order to demonstrate good results as soon as possible.
Some, especially brave, decide to learn Korean independently.
If you are among them and have chosen self-study( that is, without a tutor or courses), then you treat people who are not looking for easy ways.
Korean can not be called very simple, and the hieroglyphs of many are confusing.
To simplify your task, you should use various tools:
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Audio and video tutorials.
As Korean becomes more and more popular( especially among young people), it is possible to find enough sites on the net with special exercises, lessons and courses that help in a few months( with due diligence, naturally) to show good results.
You can search for help on such resources:
- http: //lingust.ru/korean/ korean-lessons,
- http://www.goethe-verlag.com /book2/RU/ russki-koreyskiy-online.html,
- https: //hosgeldi.com/kor/
and others.
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Tutorials and dictionaries.
If you prefer to learn new things in the old fashion, then go to the bookstore.
Of course, the assortment of dictionaries, tutorials and phrase books may not be as rich as, for example, in English, but you will find something for sure.
- The application https: //play.google.com/store/apps/ details? Id = com.bravolang.korean & hl = ru, which you can conceive on your smartphone to be occupied not only at home, but also to use for training every free minute.
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Films and serials in the Korean language and with subtitles - on the native.
Here on this resource you can learn more about this method: http: //maximof.com/ kor.html.
How much can you learn English?
How to learn Korean with qualified help?
If you do not find the strength to learn the Korean syllable yourself, then no one will blame you for cowardice and cowardice, because it is really complicated.
Today in major cities of Russia and Ukraine there are courses and tutors where you can learn almost any language.
You can:
- Attend group courses if you are not ashamed of a large number of witnesses and quickly grasp new information.
- To work with a tutor at home - so all the attention of the teacher will be given only to you, and individual training allows you to plan lessons as you need.
- Dealing with a skype tutor is relatively new, but a growing method.
Tips for step-by-step learning of the Korean language
are presented in the video:
Immersion in the language environment is a pleasant and effective way to learn the Korean language
Naturally, no linguistic schools, courses, tutors, tutorials, online lessons and other tools can not be equal in efficiency with thisway.
Completely immersed in the language environment, you can achieve decent results in a month.
But let's be honest: this method suits people risky, not poor, having enough free time to realize their plans.
To begin with, you can go to South Korea as a tourist and try to communicate with the local as much as possible, even if it does not work very well for you at first.
There is another way - to find work here, for example, in the tourism sector.
Knowledge of English can be enough at the first stage, and you can learn the state language in the course of communication with local residents.
By the way, hotels oriented to tourists coming from former USSR countries are happy to hire those who speak English and Russian well.
To those who think how to learn the Korean language in a short time, I would advise combining the above methods.
This will help shorten the training period.