To be honest, I don’t really like learning from online sources because prolonged hours in front of a computer screen hurts my eyes. Also, my past language study has been primarily textbook- and print-based so I’m used to offline studying. However, I’m willing to give it a try. I looked through Mango Languages and it seems to offer very basic and practical Korean lessons, which I appreciate as a beginner but unfortunately it seems that I’m only able to access a limited number of lessons, so I don’t think I’ll use Mango too often beyond the first couple lessons. Diigo seems surprisingly useful: it’s a nice place to store any potentially informative Korean study and culture websites I come across on the Internet. BYKI is more comprehensive than Mango and arranges useful vocabulary words into lists, which makes it super easy to plan out lesson times. Overall, I think I’ll use Diigo most; Mango and BYKI will be nice transitions after I learn Hangul.
I recently purchased a Korean self-study book called Korean Made Simple by Billy Go. It appears to be a holy grail book for a lot of Korean self-learners and it received high review marks on Amazon, so I thought ‘Why not give it a shot’? I think that book accompanied with a high-quality Korean dictionary will be a good start. I’ve started learning Hangul because I was advised by my Korean friend that it’s a wise first step if I really want to understand the language in the long term, and I do. And based on my past experiences in education, I want to try my best to avoid leaving gaps in my learning because it will make learning the advanced material a lot easier. So, Hangul first.
My plan for the week:
Task 1: Learn Hangul (~3-5 days)
Task 2: Study basic everyday phrases (using Hangul, no Romanization) via Mango and BYKI (daily)
Task 3: Do Chapter 1 of Korean Made Simple Book (KMS) (2 days, after learning Hangul)
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