More Korean Resources

[Labiba Khan]

My biggest worry for learning Korean is the pronunciation. After listening to some videos in Korean and trying to repeat some common phrases I’ve heard here and there, I realized it is not easy. But with the BYKI program I can learn the essential Korean vocabulary words, alongside repeatedly listen to them. Like mentioned in one of my previous journal entries, one of more useful skill in learning languages is that I am pretty good with listening. Another aspect that helps me learn language is visual aid. If I am watching an education video and hear the associated with vocabulary with it, I’m positive I will be more likely to remember it. This is why I posted the two videos from YouTube on the Diigo “Asian Language” forum. One of the videos slowly teaches the pronounces each of the letters. She slowly repeats herself after each letter, and then talks about the common misconceptions with one of them. Unfortunately, unlike Spanish you can simply read the Romanized letters of each letter directly. The other link that I posted was a link to a YouTube channel for “Korean Language 101”. What I really liked about this link was the fact it has videos both for the language and culture. I personally believe you can never fully grasp a language without learning about the respected culture as well. This is why learning Spanish and Japanese was somewhat not too brutal learning.