When reading Korean non-verbally, I learned that Korean is actually quite similar to English. If you do not know what a word means, you can still pronounce it as long as you have the alphabet memorized. Sentences go from left to right and only differ from English by the fact that each word is organized in a 'block.' If an English sentence has words that are spelled left to right, and has the words lined up from left to right, the Korean language has words that are spelled out in two rows in block formation and the words are lined up from left to right.
There are some differences, however, between Korean and English. If a sentence in English is organized as [noun-verb-direct object], then the Korean language organizes with a [noun-direct object-verb] format.
Also, when pronouncing Korean words, I realized how important it is to have correct pronunciation. One example is the difference between the "b" and "p" sounds. One mistake between pronunciation could mean a totally different word.
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