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Since COVID I’ve noticed more Korean teachers posting lessons on Youtube. A lot of them have criminally low views so I thought I would provide some links as I think they would be useful to many of you. 

While the lessons are mostly in Korean please don’t be put off. The teachers speak slowly and clearly so even low intermediate learners should have no problem understanding :)

아임달imdal Korean teacher

Grammar and vocab videos both TOPIK specific and more everyday content. Beginner through to high intermediate level.  I really like all of the videos I have watched. In some of her videos she sets ‘homework’ and asks viewers to post in in the comments and she will personally mark it for you! 

현명한 선택,知好樂

Mainly intermediate level grammar comparison videos (ie, what is the difference between similar grammar points). She takes requests from viewers.

10분한국어 10min Korean

As the channel name suggests most of her videos are around 10 minutes long. Predominately intermediate and advanced grammar lessons but she also has videos on hanja. 

베이직 코리안 basic Korean

Beginner content from reading and pronouncing hangul through to basic grammar. Videos are in Korean but have English subtitles. 

PARKSSEAM OK-KOREAN

Intermediate level. It seems like she goes through a whole textbook in her videos. There are also TOPIK writing videos. 

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Korean Textbooks Master Post

Hello everyone! Here are some textbooks I had time to scan and upload (marked with an asterisk) or had found somewhere online. I hope you find something here that helps you! This post will be updated as I get more time to scan books, purchase more books, or if I happen to find more books online.

Can’t find the textbook you’re looking for on this list? Please feel free to hit up my ask! I may have it, but just haven’t scanned it yet. 

Ewha Korean

Ewha Korean 1-1 Ewha Korean 1-2 Ewha Korean 3-2 Ewha Korean 4 Ewha Korean 5 Ewha Korean 6

KIIP Korean 

KIIP Korean 0 KIIP Korean 1 KIIP Korean 2 KIIP Korean 3 KIIP Korean 4 KIIP Korean 5 KIIP Korean 6

Korean Grammar in Use

Korean Grammar in Use Beginner Korean Grammar in Use Intermediate Korean Grammar in Use Advanced

Sejong Korean

Sejong Korean 1 Sejong Korean 2 Sejong Korean 3 Sejong Korean 4 Sejong Korean 5 Sejong Korean 6 Sejong Korean 7 Sejong Korean 8

Sejong Korean Conversation 1 Sejong Korean Conversation 2 Sejong Korean Conversation 3 Sejong Korean Conversation 4

Sogang Korean

Sogang Korean 1A Sogang Korean 1B Sogang Korean 2A Sogang Korean 2B Sogang Korean 3A Sogang Korean 3B

TOPIK 

빈도별 토픽 중고급 어휘* 빈도별 토픽 중급 문법* TOPIK Essential Grammar 150 Hot TOPIK 2 Reading

Yonsei Korean

Yonsei Korean Grammar 1-1 Yonsei Korean Grammar 1-2 Yonsei Korean Grammar 2-1 Yonsei Korean Grammar 2-2 Yonsei Korean Grammar 3-1 Yonsei Korean Grammar 3-2 Yonsei Korean Grammar 4-1 Yonsei Korean Grammar 4-2 Yonsei Korean Grammar 5-1 Yonsei Korean Grammar 5-2 Yonsei Korean Grammar 6-1 Yonsei Korean Grammar 6-2

Yonsei Korean Reading 1 Yonsei Korean Reading 2 Yonsei Korean Reading 3 Yonsei Korean Reading 4 Yonsei Korean Reading 5

Miscellaneous: 

Korean Stories for Language Learners* TTMIK Real Life Conversations (Intermediate)* Korean Reader for Chinese Characters Korean Slang Expressions Volume 2 Survival Korean

Last updated: 9/12/2019

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Attention Management: How to Take Control and Live Intentionally

We live in an age of information, and it’s becoming even more difficult to be in control of our attention. Every second, it seems like there’s something new to be consumed, something new to pay attention to. Because of this, it’s important to take control of our attention and more intentional about how we spend our time, and we can do so by practicing attention management.

Keep reading below for a transcription + some other posts you might be interested in:

Energy Management

Flexible Time Blocking

The Mandatory Midday Break

A Small Guide to Journaling

Staying Focused while Studying

Hope this helps!

Keep reading

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language learning tip: an interpreter’s guide to learning vocabulary

If I had a penny for every time someone told me they had trouble memorizing words, I’d probably had hundreds of pennies, which is not very helpful in terms of paying rent but hey, could just possibly lure a tiny dragon under my couch, so.

Anyway, if you’re one of those people and feel like you don’t have a good head for words, here are a few tips.

1) Sounds silly, but stop focusing on how bad you are at this. Vocabulary is most of what you need in any language - if you’re serious about speaking that language, you’ll need to find a learning technique that works for you, and if you keep convincing your brain you just can’t do it, you’ll end up believing it. Not helpful.

2) Learning anything gets much harder with age, and also when you’re stressed. Be patient with yourself, and manage your mental health. if you’re learning for school or for some important test, give yourself time to get there and plan ahead, because vocabulary learning is not the kind of studying you can get done by pulling an all-nighter. And if you’re an older learner, just remember what you’re doing is extremely healthy for your brain, so however long it takes you to achieve some results, you’re doing something really good for yourself: kudos!

3) Whether you’re writing your own material or studying with online apps, keep vocabulary lists short. You’re not going to learn 100 words in one go. It’s much better to work with groups of 20, or even 10, so if you’ve been given a list from a teacher, or are compiling one from your textbook, remember to chop it down in smaller units.

4) The sad thing is: many people learn better by writing things down, especially by hand*. Personally, there are still words I write down fifty times, but thanks to the current magic of technology I mostly go on websites like Memrise or Quizlet and use the ‘write’ function. As a warning: it’s going to be difficult and irritating, especially at first, because obviously these programs won’t forgive you spelling mistakes, but in the long run, I find writing things forges a direct path to your brain that’s not easily undone.

(*This is also why you shouldn’t use a computer when taking notes in class.)

5) Another good way of learning is creating context. You can simply associate a word to another (for instance, noun + adjective, which also helps you memorizing gender if gender is a thing in your target language), or you can write lists centered around specific themes (animals, family, the nuclear winter we’re all headed towards). One thing I find helpful are lists based on clusters of similar words - think stuff like sun, sunrise, sunny, sunglass and so on.

6) Speak as often as you can - not necessarily with people. A conversation with a potted plant can be just as helpful, and placing a new word you’re learning in the context of a sentence is a very good way to give life to it.

7) If you have access to an etymological dictionary, use it. Remembering words is much easier if you understand how a specific word was born, and the logic behind it. 

8) Use post-its or change your computer’s wallpaper to difficult words. Seeing stuff all the time is an excellent way of making it seep into your subconscious. I used to write on my arms, which is Quirky and Interesting, but also not very kind to your skin, so maybe stick to the bathroom mirror.

9) Remember there’s a difference between active and passive knowledge, and that both are normal and good. Active knowledge are those words you’d use in conversation; passive knowledge are words you recognize and understand, but wouldn’t use yourself. Depending on your level, education, linguistic curiosity and reading habits, the number of words in each category and the ratio between them will vary, but your passive knowledge is always going to be much deeper than your active one. Don’t be stressed about that.

10) Finally, some good news: you need fewer words than you think. Many native speakers around the world function on as little as 500 words of active knowledge; 2000 words is considered a good base for reading most texts. If you find it helps you, keep track of how many words you’re learning, but don’t let it obsess you. Human brains are built to fill in blanks with reasonable solutions, and the more familiar you become with grammar and basic words, the more you’ll find that you’re able to guess the meaning of new words simply by their context or what they look like.   

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11) Don’t learn an excessive number of ‘weird’ or ‘cute’ words, especially if you’re a beginner. Writing lists of elf-related words can be fun, and a way to keep yourself motivated, but ultimately what you need are normal words - stuff you can use in conversation, in a restaurant, and to read the news. I met people who stubbornly fill their notebooks with absurd lists, and it’s all very nice and instagrammable, but what tends to happen is that sooner or later, they feel they’re not making any progress and get discouraged. So please remember - whatever language you’re learning, it’s most probably a human language human people use to speak to each other, which means you’ll need all sort of boring words to understand them and make yourself understood. Embrace the boring, the average and the mundane - they’re never as boring, average and mundane as you fear.

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some easy to follow tips on how to organize your digital life for a stress-free experience while trying your best at school! ✨📖

other posts: 

advice on choosing your major

self-studying in three steps

being productive at home

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Korean Textbook Reviews

A collection of all the k-textbook reviews that I’ve done over the years :) 

Beginner

韓語語法50課-呢句韓語點樣用

100시간 한국어 1－5 (100 学时韩国语)

COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE TOPIK (BASIC)

HELLO KOREAN~ 안녕하세요 한국어 1

COLLEGE KOREAN 대학 한국어

EWHA KOREAN LEVEL 1 & 2 이화 한국어 (simple review)

EWHA KOREAN 1-1 TEXTBOOK / WORKBOOK

EWHA STUDY GUIDE 1-1

EWHA KOREAN 1-2 TEXTBOOK / WORKBOOK

TTMIK BOOK LEVEL 1

Korean Made Simple

KOREAN MADE SIMPLE 2

Real TOPIK 리얼 토픽 1

SIMPLE KOREAN

HANGEUL MASTER

KOREAN GRAMMAR FOR SPEAKING

PATHFINDER IN KOREAN (BEGINNING)

Intermediate

ONCE UPON A TIME IN KOREA

PRACTICE OF KOREAN GRAMMAR

SPEAKING KOREAN II

인터넷에서 가장 많이 틀리는 한국어

KOREAN GRAMMAR FOR INTERNATIONAL LEARNERS

한국사람들이 일상생활에서 많이 쓰는 관용표현

EWHA KOREAN 4 이화 한국어 4

EWHA WORKBOOK 4 이화 한국어

EASY KOREAN FOR FOREIGNERS 4

LEARNING KOREAN THROUGH TRADITIONAL FAIRYTALES

새롭게 바뀐 TOPIK 쓰기 – 중고급

외국인을 위한 한국어 문법

빈도별 토픽 (중급)

INTERMEDIATE TOPIK 어휘 문법 다지기

SNU Korean 5B New Edition

SNU KOREAN 5B WORKBOOK

ESSENTIAL KOREAN

ADVANCED KOREAN / KOREAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY

ESSENTIAL KOREAN GRAMMAR

유학생을 위한 대학한국어 1 (말하기|듣기)

TTMIK NEWS IN KOREAN (suitable for advanced learners too)

NEW TOPIK II 읽기 (중고급)

Advanced

YONSEI KOREAN 연세 한국어 6

YONSEI KOREAN READING 6

EWHA KOREAN 6

INTEGRATED KOREAN HIGH ADVANCED 1

TOPIK 어휘로 잡아라! (Advanced)

토픽 필수 문법 (고급)

KOREAN LANGUAGE FOR ACADEMICS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

SOGANG WRITING 4 서강 한국어 쓰기 4

서강 한국어 5A SOGANG KOREAN TEXTBOOK 5A

Others

KOREAN GRAMMAR DICTIONARY 외국어로서의 한국어 문법 사전

드라마사진만화 (Drama Manga)

CHILDREN FOLKTALE 방귀쟁이

한국어 유의어 사전

AS MUCH AS A RAT’S TAIL KOREAN SLANG

MY DAILY ROUTINE IN KOREAN

SURVIVAL KOREAN

EVERYDAY KOREAN IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

똑똑한 만화 교과서 – 속담

똑똑한 만화 교과서 - 사장성어

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‘5 a Day’ challenge (learn around 500 new words by 2018)

This wonderful post here got me thinking about how realistic and manageable learning five new words a day actually is, and I’ve come up with a challenge. It’s primarily aimed at language-learners, but if you have a butt-load of definitions to learn it could be useful (although, I recommend only learning 3 longer definitions a day) or for law cases if you just need the name and a sentence about the case eg - Ireland;Burstow (1997) - silent phone calls can be assault.

The challenge:

Starts - Monday 4th September Ends - Sunday 31st December

How it works:

Monday to Saturday, you learn five new words each day, and on Sunday you revise the words and focus on the ones you find difficult.

Monday to the next Saturday, you learn another five new words each day, and on Sunday you revise that week’s words AND the previous weeks’ words. 

And so on.

Each Sunday you revise all the previous words - just a brief check for those you know, and spend a little more time on those you don’t.

By the end you’re should have learned around 500 new words!

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I think it's so sad that English is taking over the Korean language. Whenever I watch like tv shows or youtube or whatever it feels like in every other sentence (especially said by younger people) there's a loanword or two. :( In 10 or 20 years the situation will probably be even worse...?

I get this sentiment. It feels like English is taking over so much that Korean is slowly fading away, and a lot of basic nouns/emotions/phrases that would have been expressed in Korean even 10 years ago are now expressed in English (or rather, a Koreanized version of English). 

Not to mention the way that Korean society demands English proficiency of all Koreans regardless of whether they actually need it in their everyday lives is linguistic imperialism in action.

But there’s two positive takeaways from this situation!!

1. Korean-English (colloquially known as Konglish) is so linguistically different than “real” English (has its own unique words, has huge semantic differences etc) that it’s not really English, it’s just an interesting hybrid (as seen in words like 드립, 원피스, 스킨쉽, 레알, etc).  And in many cases, the English word doesn’t actually replace its corresponding Korean word, because the English and Korean versions are thought to have slightly different meanings and are used in different contexts. A 밥상 isn’t the same as a 테이블, a 마트 and a 시장 are distinctly different, and 리더쉽 and 컴뮤니티 are appropriate in a different context than one would commonly use 지도력 or 공통체/사회. In some cases these types English words are filling in gaps in the Korean lexicon or adding words with a distinctly different nuance. 

Even when the English word is used in the same context that its Korean counterpart would be, the English is often regarded as so colloquial that only Korean gets used in “official” documents/texts/speeches. So the Korean words still exist as more formal versions of those words.

2. Korean also happens to be used in a country which has been completely isolated from the rest of the world for the past 50+ years. North Korean remains relatively untainted by any ~dirty foreign words~ (one of the reasons I am totally fascinated by it) and if the country ever ends up opening up in our lifetimes, we will be some of the few international people who can somewhat communicate with all the North Koreans who weren’t privileged enough to learn English!! And it will be a super pure Korean experience!! (OK aside from what’s been affected by Japanese colonialism and juche ideology but nothing stays 100% pure in this world). How cool is that plz North Korean let me love you someday.

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Last night’s fiery sunset over Seoul, seen from the Banpo Bridge. 

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Discord server with Korean natives and Korean learner (Intermediate +)

I recently discovered discord and as well its servers.

I randomly, thanks to Google, ended up on a server for Native Korean and Korean learners. I’m not going to lie, I thought it would be a mess and full of people not even knowing hangul.

Well, no, it’s the opposite actually. You pass a placement test so they now your level. How great is that!?

They have a group where only Korean is authorized, aka no English and another one where you can discuss grammar and vocabulary.

Every day they post a WOD (word of the day) with explanations and examples. Here their tumblr with all of their WODs:  https://gongbu4life.tumblr.com/

They also have GOW (Grammar of the week), reading practice (), lessons and voice group (you speak in Korean, not in English). They also have mentors.

Here is the link to their discord server: https://discord.gg/e3H9Pde

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스위밍풀 - Look For A Star

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For anyone who’s looking for real Korean speaking practice, here’s a plug for this cool startup thing my fellow Fulbright alum is doing! Learn and practice Korean with seniors of Korea! With Seniors and Youth (SAY), he’s trying to bridge the gap between generations by empowering elderly Koreans, esp. relevant as Korea has the fastest aging population in the world. 

From their Facebook page, “As these seniors navigate through their second acts of lives, many are searching for meaningful activities and relationships. That’s where SAY comes in. We provide seniors high-quality employment with unrivaled opportunities to engage with students from all around the world. We believe that our SAY tutors have so much untapped talent and knowledge left to contribute to society. Our company provides them a way to regain their dignity, interact with the youth, and become cultural ambassadors of Korea.”

https://www.sayspeaking.com/

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Humans of Seoul is recruiting new translators! If you are a native English speaker with a high level of proficiency in Korean and love for Humans of Seoul, please send us an email at recruit@humansofseoul.com with a brief introduction of yourself, Korean language proficiency, current city of residence, work, and other information that you might want to share! Applications are due on February 14th, 2017. Feel free to email us if you have any questions!

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Korean Study Group~

안녕하세요! Recently I got an anon message about a Korean study group and I’ve received some messages from people who are interested in participating so I thought I should create one!

Information:

• Korean language learners and lovers of all levels are welcome to join this group!

• Group message will be created on KaKao Talk (A good international messaging app that doesn’t reveal your real number or information without consent. Plus it’s adorable^^)

• Reblog this post so I know to message you my KaKao user to add you to the group!

That’s about it! Please don’t feel intimidated to join. The Korean langblr community is an extremely friendly place, so take this opportunity to not only improve your language skill but make friends while doing it!

Please reblog to spread the word! If you have any questions please message me.

감사합니다!~