Today I want to talk about something that I am currently struggling with where my Korean studies are concerned. I am not exactly a beginner but I'm not intermediate either...at least not exactly. I have enough grammar to be at level 3 in Talk To Me in Korean. I can make long sentences on my own if I think about them beforehand but I can't do it on the spot, although sometimes if it is everyday vocabulary I can. I can watch Superman Returns (a Korean reality show where celebrity men look after their babies) and understand everything because the dads are talking to their children so their vocabulary is geared towards their age. I have tried to watch Korean dramas and tried to understand what is going on before putting on the subtitles but I ended up understanding like 20 to 30 percent of what they are saying. So I was thinking about how to improve my vocabulary skills, my listening skills, and my on the spot answering skills.
This is what I am going to do based on my research and asking my Korean teacher.
1. What dramas with Korean subtitles before watching it with English subtitles and see how much I can pick up with reading and listening.
2. Listen to Korean only podcasts and Youtube channels even if I don't understand anything at first to get more used to hearing the language and discerning words.
3. Read Korean books. I bought a bunch of beginner and intermediate reading books which I am going to start reading.
4. Besides Kpop also listen to Ballads as they tend to be slower and use more common words than Kpop.
Hopefully, these things will help me advance a little more in my studies.
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