How I Learned Korean FLUENTLY & My HONEST Opinion on TTMIK 🇰🇷📚
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- Learning a new language, let alone KOREAN, is never easy - but advice is always welcomed help, and thats what I hope to provide with this video!
My name is Marlon Aleister, and I have been living in South Korea for three years. I make content about my everyday life, ideas, and experiences while living here in Korea. Join along for daily updates of Korean life, society, language, culture, and also my daily thoughts and rambles.
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Could you make another video about the language program cause I really want to learn and know how to be at least semi-fluent in Korean
PLEASE make a more in-depth video about the language programs!!!
As someone who speaks Korean as well but wouldn’t call themselves fluent by any means of the word, when I see a video of someone saying they are fluent I’m always waiting for a little demonstration. A self introduction or something :D. I just enjoy seeing other foreigners speak Korean it’s very motivating.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER VIDEO LIKE THIS!!!! I loved it thank u it was really helpful!!!!!:)
Oh hey! You made a full length video 😊. Keep it up 💪
Thank you for sharing. It’s so helpful.
Yes! I’d love to see a more in depth video on language school and Yonsei or wherever you took language classes. That’s something i want to do in the future so any info from someone who’s experienced that would be so appreciated 🙂🙂
Hi Marlon! I found very interesting your experience on korean textbooks and educational programms being abroad and inside Korea. However for people outside korea and who wants to learn this language is always the same: King Sejong books (1 to 11 level) and of course it´s not very updated. Languages changes all the time; semantics, expresions, etc. Another thing that is very common is that being outside korea is sooooo hard to find someone to practice...korean inmigrant people doesn´t want talk on in his native; they found strange or they dont want to. Personally listening to korean´s podcasts and watch and read korean news is a good help too. Thanks 4 taking your time to share!!!
yup king sejeong books are also pretty popular, but university books are my strong reccomendation! and like you said immersion, talking to korean people if possible, podcasts, youtube or tv programs are always so helpful. keep studying and overtime you’ll look back and be so surprised with your progress :-)
@@marlonaleister 언젠가는 한국어 공부를 완료하고 제주도 사투리를 배울 수 있기를 희망해요!!! Thanks again and keep on doin your videos!!!! 💪💪
For beginner I recommend Coursera course. It's really good and helpful. As for apps Busuu is good too and I recommend Teuida for helping with the pronunciations.
TTMIK was a concrete foundation for my knowledge of Korean, and I think the way that they teach is instrumental to forming a solid basis for Korean grammar (which is very important as a native English speaker where grammar is very different). I think their first few levels of study are very very good for the purpose they are aiming for, but you are right that some of the later things do begin to feel like a little bit of a drag. I don't know when it happened, but at some point I went from using their resources every day (and feeling like I was very much benefitting from them) to suddenly superceding TTMIK and just let myself loose into the world of online language exchange along with other substitute resources on CZcams and the like. Your experience is very interesting, and is very different from my own as I never used hard copy textbooks for my learning but speak Korean comfortably after 4 years. I think all people need is a little foundational grammar and vocabulary and then to just dive into language exchange.
Can you please tell me exactly how you did it ? I am so confused about what resources I should use
@@saralemzerri9934 I started with videos on youtube that cover Hangeul, (Specifically Korean Unnie's series where she covers letters one at a time, and then wrote down her entire lessons and examples for each character in a notebook. Doing this thoroughly is important I think, listening to how the teacher pronounces each letter, and writing it on the page whilst reading it and saying it aloud a few times. Need to distance yourself from 'oh this letter is like the alphabet A', just focus on the sound that comes out of the teacher's mouth and realise 'ㄱ sounds like this sound, not like ____ sound from English' - I did this for a few days and I think it helped me set up a solid foundation for pronunciation.
Then I just methodically went through TTMIK's lessons in levels 1 through 3 over the course of about a year and a half, whilst complimenting it with various grammar/culture lessons via videos on youtube (Yes culture is integral to learning language). Then after about a year and a half of studying I jumped into HelloTalk, a language exchange app and just unapologetically went for it, talking to as many people as I can, making friends, downloading Kakaotalk and adding the language exchange friends I'd met there, and just talking daily. If I were to do it again, I would have started language exchange earlier. The sooner you can get talking to a REAL PERSON, the better.
Then from there... I didn't really have to formally study. I got by with just youtube, dramas, occaisional grammar lesson when I felt like it but mostly I just talked with the same language partners day in and day out, and it helped my speaking tremendously. I hit a plateau eventually though, where what I was able to speak had caught up with the knowledge of the language in my brain, and I needed to go back to studying - I did a level test and I was at about level 9 on TTMIK, despite studying none of their lesson plans inbetween. I don't doubt studying those would have been beneficial, but you only really need foundational grammar before you can unleash yourself into the world and start talking, where you will improve at a tremendous rate.
So TLDR - Study Hangeul like your life depends on it for a week or two, then foundational grammar for a while suplemented by some grammar lessons on youtube to keep it fun. Don't bore yourself to death, make learning fun. Then, language exchange x1000, eventually it will just become normal conversation and you will wake up one day and go 'Oh my god I actually speak Korean, since when?'
Hope this helps! Everyone's experience will be different, but I wish you luck. 한국어를 공부하기 화이팅하세요!
same@@saralemzerri9934
Thank you so much for making this video. I would love to see one more in depth about the language programs. I was just in Korea and am learning the language but it is a little confusing to me so this video definitely shed some light on the matter. Thank you so much ❤
I hope to make another video about study strategies and how I personally study language :-) hopefully sunday or the following sunday
Definitely do a video about signing up for the language learning courses! I'm a bit lost and would love to do it soon!
THANK YOUUU! I'm a completely beginner in korean and this video help me so muuuuch
I am on book 6 of TTMIK series. (I’m finishing it because I did NOT spend all that money for them to collect dust) I am having AMAZING conversations with my family members. The only problem I had with this series is that it doesn’t teach you enough vocabulary. It focuses on grammar points and fixed expressions…
Yeah that’s the point of that book series, to focus on grammar. They have other books on vocab.
Marlon Happy New Year🎉Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge 🙏🥰 loving your channel, im soo living vicariously through you hehehe. Sending light from Melbourne 🇦🇺💖
For those that don't have the option to go to Korea, I'd suggest learning at the Korean consulate/embassy in your nearest big city. They offer collegiate level beginner-intermediate Korean classes for about $70 usd per semester. I used TTMIK as well and I enjoy it and use it for review and refreshing. However, I got better at Korean much quicker with an instructor and the college books they used. (Active Korean by SNU)
Also a few colleges (like Middlebury) here in the states offer intensive courses if you can afford it.
in my city, the korean culture center offers korean classes for free and it goes to a level 7! maybe check if your area have it
I would love to know more about the language learning visa and the price of staying in the country for that length of time. With my country, I can stay in S.Korea without a visa for 6 months. But if I could go for 6 months to a language school, leave and come back for another 6 months, that would be even better.
thanks! bought Sogang 1a on your recommendation.
We need a room tour!!
I had no time to get to a KIIP class so I just bought their books and used them to learn along with speaking and listening to Koreans and it worked out!
Loved the video! Do you think it's possible to keep a remote job in America and go to a language program in Korea? I would love to know more about the visa process if you could please do a video on it!
Can you talk more about the language programs?
Thank you Marlon for doing this video. Your advice are actually so useful !!!! But I have a question, where can I found and order the Yonsei University textbook if i'm from Canada (Quebec) ? And also do you know which korean topics or grammar points should I learn ? (idk if it's clear 😅) Anyways thank you for your help ❤
Could you make a separate video going into more detail on language school?
Thank you!
I would love to know about the language program. As a teenager I already saving up to reach my goal of moving to Korea and putting in effort for it bc of the job I want to do there, so i have to put in extra
Could you please link the books you used the yonsai particularly in the description, i own ttmik but i want to try different books as i feel I'm not improving and just am stuck at a point.
Yesss information about the language school please
Interesting, because for Mandarin Chinese the first six HSK books cover the basic level, however, they lack a lot of information that is covered by professors, meaning it's not a good resource by itself. I wonder if that's the reason why TTIK has so many books for the basic level.
And can you talk about what jobs you got as a translator and/or you do now?
I don’t really like my Yonsei books. I studied abroad, enrolled in the very beginner level class, and found the books to be way too formal to start off with. I can’t use it in everyday conversation. And the directions are all in Korean, so I don’t understand it. I prefer the TTMIK books as they’re easier to understand. My dream is to work in Korea for a year. Need to find the best resources to get to TOPIK level 4+.
There is a Korean Center in the city near me that has events and zoom / in-person classes at all levels. I think I’ll try them, gotta save up. It’s $400+ per class.
So what if I live in a country that doesn't have anything like Korean courses and so, and also online courses are VERY expensive in here? Regardless, I've been learning korean for a while now through CZcams and I'm still a beginner actually but my skills have really improved and I learned quite many grammars through a CZcams Korean grammar course and started to build vocabulary and listening skills so I'm pretty satisfied with that. So I'm asking if it is possible for me to reach a point where I can confidently speak Korean through free online stuff? I have pretty much time like three years and so and I'm planning to continue my studies or to work in Korea. I hope you talk more about this topic in future.
At first, I really struggled with learning Vietnamese. But once I discovered Immersive Translate and started using it, that was when everything turned around. Ever since I started using Immersive Translate to watch Netflix and CZcams, I’ve becoming more and more fluent in Vietnamese. I’ve already learned a lot so far, which is really great.
For the university books, are there any that provide English translation? I am only just learning, I’m not sure if I can do books in all Korean. Maybe I can but 😅
6:48 i would really love to sign up to learn korean more i have an online teacher who goes through the Sejong books with me but it would help to have more or even live in kroea for a bit
What’s are the best university Korean name books I’m a beginner in Korean and I really want to learn the language cause it’s a beautiful language also after you learn the Korean alphabet did also learn batchim as well and than if you did what do you do after learning the whole alphabet in Korean did you start on grammar pronunciation vocabulary writing or listening skills or did you do shadowing in Korean
Hi thank you for this video. Could you drop a link of where I could find the university books?
안녕하세요, 저는 한국에서 왔으며, 한국에 있는 동안 한국어를 제대로 배우신 것에 대해 존경한다는 말씀을 드리고 싶습니다. 제가 너무 심하게 말씀드리는 것일 수도 있는데, 저는 사람들이 여행지에 와서 그 나라의 모국어로 된 기본적인 문장조차 배우려고 하지 않는 것을 싫어하기 때문일 수도 있습니다!!
다시 쓰기: 간단히 말해서 저는 여러분이 우리말을 배우는 것을 존경합니다! 한국에서의 즐거운 시간을 보내시길 바랍니다.
좋은 말씀을 해주셔서 감사합니다! 저는 한국 생활에 대한 큰 꿈을 가지고 있고 그 꿈을 이루기 위해서 한국어가 큰 역할을 하는 것 같습니다 ㅎㅎ 한국에서 계속 열심히 하겠습니다 좋은 말씀 다시 한번 감사합니다!
Hey! Where can I buy the New Yonsei Korean book? I'm from Chile 🇨🇱 and there's not so much info about these kind of books here. Nice video btw! :)
what’s your opinion on online resources like how to study korean? is there that big of a difference between it and the university books?
Do you have any recommendations for books, like graded readers or novels that aren't too hard to read? I've been trying to read and immerse more but as a very high beginner/lower intermediate, finding ressources to read has been hard.
this kind of resource is great, and I have some recs, specifically things like korean mythology or folktales for kids! I will make a video on more resources/how I study coming up soon, so I’ll include more book series like that there :-)
What are the names of the books you used?
under what search can i find those university books if i'm looking to purchase them?
Is it possible to take these university courses online? There's just no way I can live in Korea.
Can you tell us where we can get the books you recommended?
SNU
Can you share the Title of those university books and where to get them? Im planning to go to Seoul and I would like to buy level 1 and 2. Do they sell them at regular bookstores? Thanks
Where can we purchase the University books?
I totally agree about TTMIK. I feel like they’re way overrated. I’m on EPIK and they gave us free access to the course. The majority they talk to you in English and teach you with very traditional and in my opinion slow methods. It assumes the learner is a westerner who will never understand the complexities of Korean and needs to be treated like a baby. I prefer stuff like immersive reading and listening coming from my experience having learned Japanese to fluency before coming to Korea.
Where can I buy?
What language courses did you go to?? Drop the links
What is your definition of fluent?
Do you feel you could do this whole video again in Korean?
yup! I plan to make videos going forward using only korean, but not so often hahah I have an english speaking audience, and it could get off putting if I am speaking too frequently in korean however I do plan to make full videos of only using korean going forward :-)
Which language school did you sign up for?
Do you have a student visa to stay six months to go to the university?
Also what university textbooks did u use?? I’ve gotten to level 4 in TTMIK but it’s going slow and I wanted to get the books u mentioned after watching this video AND which order should I study them in??
yonsei’s “new yonsei korean” book is the best option in my opinion, if you are still using TTMIK I would reccomend starting off with Level 1 of any Korean Unversity language book series, there is so much grammar and vocab throughout level one that TTMIK doesn’t really cover in my experience. yonsei, hanyang, sogang, look these names up and you’ll find some great books anywhere online :-)
Thank you sm!!:)
I'm personally learning with Sogang which has been recommended to me, loved it so far! Start with 1A and getting a grammar book has been beneficial too :)
which university’s textbooks would you strongly recommend for an upper beginner like me?
SNU
5:15 hii im curious about which book this is!
the book is 한양 한국어 1-1
How to sign up for language school
my biggest recommendation is to look up the university programs website! for example, head to google and look up yonsei’s korean language program, or other unis on korea, then check out the info on their page :-)
I think the website of TTMIK I'd much better than the textbooks.
As the website has many things added that can be used to improve Korean while in progress of learning.
How is your English easy to hear? Pronounciatio is clear for English learner like me. Why other ppl dont speak like you here in Canada... I want to see you speak Korean to see if how much fluent.. cuz I am Korean.
It’s because English is his native tongue, so you can hear his pronunciation clearly. I am also from Canada,and I’m living in seoul now. 새해 복 많이 받으세요 :)
Hi Kate! This is a CZcams video, he plans what he wants to say, he cuts out any unnecessary bits whilst editing and you are able to control the volume you hear him in. All these factors make the difference in comprehension when having a real life conversation with someone.
My native language is Portuguese 🇵🇹 I had the same issue when I moved to England as a teen, I promise you it gets better (provided you’re learning English?) - I would recommend trying to immerse yourself into the language more, watch vids in English (anything you want to watch search in English), series, movies etc even if you need English subtitles at first to follow along. Books (actual reading books not the teaching ones) are also good, a lot of people like Harry Potter for languages. It starts off easy and then as the books go it gets more complicated which helps you increase your vocab.
Maybe English is your native language and the accent is what you’re having issues with, most of what I said would still apply, you’d just have to find vids, series, movies etc in the Canadian accent (basically American so it should be alright)
good luck :)
Does anyone have a link to the books he recommended
i think one is called Yonsei University Press/연세 한국어 1-1 영어 English, Learning Korean for Foreigners
Yes You can check out in the community of my channel have made a video in this topic where all the links of all books pdf are available for feee❤
I follow talk to me in korean but didn't buy their book, they released too many books, i took their level test in youtube, i'm level 4 or 5 in their books, they have 7 or 8 level books, it's a lot but i'm just in topik 2, not 3 or 4 yet
Not quite sure about your take on TTMIK. There’s obviously a reason why they’re one of the biggest Korean teaching companies out there. In my opinion TTMIK is the most beginner friendly Korean resource out there, thus offering a simplicity which is very much needed for a beginner in a language like Korean that is just so different from many other languages. Moreover we shouldn’t undermine their very aesthetically pleasing designs of basically everything that they offer, which makes learning more fun and endurable. They are so interactive with their learners and offer an abundant amount of very useful content, far beyond their grammar books. TTMIK is literally the ideal gateway into the very complex world of the Korean language and it will definitely help you solidify the basics in a very fun and colourful way. Very dry and overly formal university textbooks containing stiff and awkward expressions aren’t necessarily going to benefit the longevity of your studies, as that can really take away some necessary excitement. That’s my personal take on TTMIK as someone who started out with TTMIK and who has reached a very strong lower advanced level in the language.
I understand your take as I also started off with TTMIK as my first introduction to the Korean Language, and at the time I thought the same things you said here! But as I mentioned in the video, the main reason I feel like TTMIK (at least the 1-10 series) is far too long of a series for it to be just the “beginning”. 10 books, plus workbooks and other books in their series, just for a remidial level of language is not worth it in my personal opinion.
as you said, the books can be very aesthetically appealing or inviting - but you said the university books aren’t, and I strongly disagree. if you look at Yonsei or Hanyang Universities series of language books (the ones I studied and recommended), they are so full of color and fun informative content, and even personalized characters with funny and engaging stories from all different background.
I’d also like to say that their free resources like their podcasts and youtube channels are extremely useful, and I always recommend those resources of theirs all the time! when it comes to the books, I think there are better options out there.
I’m not saying you are wrong, but these are my own personal opinions and experiences after getting to an advanced level and looking back at what I REALLY took away from the beginning phase of learning Korean :)
@@marlonaleister fair enough. I guess I was using the wrong textbooks then lol
I’d like to hear you speak Korean. That would be a lot more convincing than you just saying you’re fluent.
Check out the short where he lost his credit card
I dont get it why people buy books this days... Of course u can buy few of them like 2-4, but the whole rest is on Internet, CZcams, apps and chat gpt
Different strokes for different folks. Personally I work in front of a computer for 9 hours a day. So I don't like to also be on the computer/phone outside of these hours. I find using books to study is relaxing.
Even making korean bf is also not a bad option
I like to write, especially in workbooks. Can’t really hand write with a computer.
Can I kiss you
Umm...
😂😂 you can go to Korea without even kissing him lol