In this post I wrote some tips for beginners of Korean. This next post is for people who have studied for 2-3 months.
At this stage you should be able to:
- identify words and short phrases in songs, conversation, films etc.
- make short sentences about today, tomorrow and yesterday
- read and write short sentences and even paragraphs
- Talk to Koreans on a very basic level (ordering food or saying hello etc.)
As you can see I've gone from a kindergarten book that focuses on writing only letters to elementary level 1. The first book (국어 읽기 1-1gook-eo ilk-ki 1-1 / Korean reading 1-1) is much easier than the second (국어 읽기 1-2gook-eo ilk-ki 1-2 / Korean reading 1-2), but there are lots of great stories with pictures. I have to admit, even after 2 months I couldn't understand very much of it, but it was good to encounter some real Korean. Just keep trying and you'll be amazed when suddenly it becomes easy!
Also there's a grammar reference book. This can be very helpful or totally useless depending on how you use it. This is a reference book. Use it when you come across a grammatical ending you don't understand and look it up in this book. Do not use it to learn new grammar, do not use it as a text book and read it from beginning to end. You will just get confused and learn nothing. There's a long explanation for why this is, so if you want to get in touch and I will explain it.
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