Tag: Resources

Reading for Korean language learners!

seoulfullstudy:

whatisfluent:

So i found this site the other day and it’s actually amazing? 

It’s a comic written in Korean and you have the option to see the English translation below the comic. What i really love about this is that it also has cultural notes! That way you are not only learning the language but about the culture too.

There’s also a vocabulary section so you can check that too if you choose the unsubbed version of the comics.

The dialogues and sentences are pretty simple so if you are a begginer like me you’ll probablly be able to understand most of it, except for some specific vocabulary words but, as i said earlier you can check the vocabulary section or read the subbed version and that’s it!

Thanks for the resource!

After attempting to learn Korean, I’m using How To Study Korean, but besides that and Talk To Me In Korean, what other websites/sources do you use to study and learn?

Hi, if you mean for learning grammar then I’ve also used the websites Berkeley intermediate Korean, Korean Wiki Project, Korean Grammar Dictionary. Honestly I just type what I want to learn into google and look at all the pages that come up there’s usually other websites and blogs as well. 

For practising writing and language exchange: lang-8, hinative, hello talk, italki. I also like youtube videos, mostly TTMIK’s videos. 

I’ve posted most things on my blog before! Here are some links: resources, listening practice, reading practice.

How do you manage to remember Korean words? I can’t seem to remember them and I hate mere memoirzation :( do you have a good workbook recommendation?

I don’t remember them haha. I hate memorisation too, learning vocab is so boring and is one of my biggest weaknesses! My advice is to try and use them in producing language as much as possible so that you can remember them in context. Usually I make a note of new words i’ve learnt on my desktop or in a notebook and then i refer to that to try to use them as much as possible in conversation. 

Or when you learn new words you could practice putting them into sentences on lang-8 so you learn by using them. Also quizlet is a flashcard app/website but it also produces some tests with the cards and practice spelling and match the word games etc. which might be more interesting for you. 

Chrome app and extensions for Korean/other language learners.

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ReadLang (app) is AWESOME. Read an article of your choice or one from their library (some even have videos for audio) and click on the words you don’t know. Translations are automatically generated so you have to allow for them being incorrect sometimes. It can show dictionary entries as you read and will add words you clicked on to your flashcard deck. Korean is still in Beta but looks good. ReadLang Web Reader also lets you translate words on any webpage. 

Whilst I’m here I’ll mention a couple of chrome extensions I use:

1. Toktogi (똑똑이) Korean-English pop-up dictionary. Hover over Korean words on any page to see definitions. Automatically generated translations are sometimes incorrect.

2. Flewent. A certain percentage of words on any page are translated into your target language. You can then hover over them for the definitions. (also Lingua.ly seems better but this doesn’t have Korean yet). Automatically generated translations are sometimes incorrect. You have to be especially careful with this because it translates words out of context. 

3. FlashTabs. Create a set of flashcards and view one every time you open a new tab.

Hi! I was just wondering if you could recommendd me good online EnglishKorean dictionary. I started Korean during the previous semester and I’d like to improve myself outside the classes as well. I’m a Japanese major student and for my Japanese I find fairly useful Tangorin dictionary with examples and things like that and I wanted to know if you by any chance don’t know about something similar for Korean. If not sorry for bothering you~ Have a nice day ^^

Hi, it’s no bother! I use Naver Dictionary which I like because it usually has pretty good example sentences. It also often gives entries on idioms and expressions and usages notes. Also, when your level gets high enough to read Korean explanation you can use it to look up Hanja (Chinese characters) and more in depth discussions of word usage. 

Lots of people use Daum Dictionary, too. And this is unrelated, but Dongsa Conjugation Dictionary can be useful especially for verbs with irregular conjugation.