As a language teacher (and learner), I’d say teachers will probably say “I’ll teach it to you on the next lesson” or say they’ll prepare a lesson because it’s probably an advanced or complicated grammar point that requires a refresher for the teacher herself. At least that’s been the reason why I say that to my students. I think as a teacher becomes more experienced they are able to teach on the spot but that requires years and years of experience. I try to always answer or clarify things on the spot but as a teacher with 10 years of experience teaching, if I’m not 100% sure of my explanation, I would rather study it carefully, bring good examples and exercises, rather than teaching it on the spot and missing an important point or perhaps confusing the student more. Also, this mostly happens with the most commonly misused words or confusing and complicated grammar points even for native speakers. I wouldn’t feel bad if a teacher does that because I would rather get a full, clear explanation in a full lesson rather than a quick one that leaves me even more confused. But I definitely understand what you’re saying. As a learner, it can be frustrating to hear that. I just wanted to point that out since I definitely felt called out when I heard that comment in your video. 😅
Yeah, I understand why a teacher would say it~ But, from my experience, I rarely need a full lesson but rather just a refresher. So much so that the teachers feel a bit 당황스럽다 when they realize they don't need all the material they prepared and have to find something else to fill the remaining time in the lesson 😬😬😬
About the reading point: while reading our brain doesn't just read every single letter, it recognizes the word like it's an image. We don't need to "read" the word "hello", we just look at it and know it. We don't go like h-e-l-l-o. While learning a foreign language, especially if this language is using a different alphabet it can just be hard to get your brain from actually reading to recognizing. I guess just reading more would help. Some people are just slow readers in general, even in their native language and for me, reading more has helped.
@@NataliaGarza omg im literally in the same boat the opposite way haha, ive tried to start learning korean several times over but i run out of motivation for it very quickly. and thank you!
I have been stuck at intermediate for about 3 years now, I feel like there are some moments where I sound totally advanced and other times where I don't even know how to formulate a basic sentence. I'm ALWAYS wondering if I'm always going to have gaps in my knowledge, or if I'm even worthy of being an intermediate learner. I've had some tutors say I'm upper beginner level, I've had others that have told me I'm upper intermediate/advanced. I never seem to know what my level is and I feel like my doubt is consuming sometimes. And sometimes it's like I don't even know what to study because I feel like I know nothing and have no idea where or when to review things. I love watching your videos, it always makes me feel validated, like someone can understand my struggles. Even if I'm not advanced yet, I hope to eventually reach native fluency someday 💜
I know exactly what you mean. I think it's just that we have gaps in our learning so when a teacher that doesn't know us well happens upon one, they assume we are one level but then when they move on to other material they realize we aren't that level but just needed to work on certain topics/grammar points. It's something I struggle with every time I start studying with a new teacher. They need a few weeks to accurately assess my level~
Regarding expectations of reaching native level, hard truth, but personally i would scratch it.. I moved to Germany when I was 20 with the goal to not only become native level but also assimilate so much that no one will realize im not from here. From appearance, that's possible for me here but I quickly noticed that unless you moved to the country when you were max 15 years old, there is a really low change of reaching native. I've passed C2 level and decided to focus on life long improvement. Not a tangible goal, but I take notes daily at work on more professionally expressions, read work related books etc and notice progress in real life.
I love your videos. I have entered intermediate level and have been wondering about sooo many of the topics you've talked about. I especially realted to feeling pretty good in certain situations, only to be totally thrown off five seconds later. It's weirdly nice to know that continues into advanced learning, because at least I know I'm not totally failing 😂😂
Coming to Korea this fall to study as an exchange student WOOO! So I'm watching more videos and studying to prepare. Thinking I might give that story learning thing a try!
Hey Natalia! Apologies if you're already aware of this book, but I just saw it in the bookshop and it seems like something you might enjoy (it's way above my level rn hahaha): Korean Conversations and Debating: Learn to Talk About Current Topics in Korean by Juno Baik, Eunjin Gye & Julie Damron (published by Tuttle). It's got chapters like "Can we fall in love with AI?" and your fave topic ahahahahaha, "The Low Birth Rate". Anyway hope you're doing well~
I'm not beginner level anymore, more intermediate level but not advanced. I have a online korean teacher, i speak to him in korean and in my language, i feel confortable and he helps me, he stopped me or come back to my mistake and correct me, i repeat, it doesn't bother me and i don't have korean friends, i don't live in South Korea and i feel confortable because he speaks to me not too formally and i memorize words and understand more when he speaks to me in korean too
Omg! A new video. Let me like it before watching. I went to bed last night thinking I had a question for you 😃. You once mentioned that you were very good at conjugating and properly using honorific 시다 in speech. I was curious if that has been helpful in the workplace. P.S. Oh you answered my IG question, thank you
I always hate it when teachers correct my careless mistakes as if they’re knowledge mistakes. So when I help people with their English I’m careful to try not to do the same thing. Obviously native speakers make careless mistakes when speaking. It makes sense foreigners will make more. I can see how this sort of correction becomes more frustrating the more advanced you get but it’s already frustrating when I’m a beginner. I make mistakes speaking I can already self correct but I’m just juggling too many things in my head and don’t have language pattern habits built up in my brain yet so I can spit stuff out while thinking about something else. I’ve been having trouble finding good Korean teachers I click with on italki. I finally found one and then discovered to my dismay that you need to book her lessons a month and a half in advance because she’s too popular 😂.
That's a good way to put it -- careless mistakes and knowledge mistakes. Yes, it's rather frustrating... Especially because stopping the teacher to, in an essence, say "I already know this so please stop" is rude. Or at least, I think it's rude. On the bright side, I think this mainly happens with teachers that are still trying to evaluate my level. The teacher I've had for 4 years or so rarely stops me for careless mistakes. Ah yes.... I've worked with a teacher before who was similar in popularity. It's not fun to have to book lessons in advance like that, but at the same time if they're good, they're good.
Ahh your videos are just so chill and motivating i love it! I was wondering how long it took you to complete being a beginner in korean? Im trying to gage how far i can get to try and motivate myself
My only knowledge for the Korean language is knowing how to read the language. I do not know how Korean grammar works, and I know a very limited amount of vocabulary in the Korean language. South Koreans are some of the most respectful people in the world.
Reading is not the same as speaking. That's not my case, because I'm generally a poor language learner, but I can still have a great grasp of grammar and vocabulary and still have a problem with reading. Actually, knowing vocabulary and grammar can be more problematic than not knowing because you will assume what the text says, but it will be wrong. Especially in texts that aren't alphabetized. And just such Korean, which has about a million exceptions in reading vs what is written, is even worse.
Also im hoping to go to korea for a summer program (6 weeks) next year and japan for a bit too and i was wondering if you feel safe being in korea as a foreign woman alone? Im worried about my safety while im there as im heard some very mixed things
Regarding hanja - i wonder if you mean that hanja characters are not worth learning (100% agree), while 한자어 does make sense. I find it boring to learn 한자어 since it's just cramming vs learning in narural context like podcasts. But whenever I connect the dots to other words with same origin, it's like man... let's get to it.
yes, she means the letters only. hanja is just the written version of 한자어. 한자어 is COMPLETELY unavoidable, but its not necessary to learn the letters (for example 대 means big and is written as 大) its not necessary to know 大. most koreans only know basic characters like she said. if a word is 한자어 then when you search its meaning on naver it will have the corresponding characters. i do think looking up the meaning of those hanja to understand the word can be more helpful than just reading the translation (depending on the word). i dont even think learning 한자어 in the context of cramming is even important. if you look up words on naver, and then look up the corresponding hanja, youll naturally learn (대 大 refers to big and 여 女 refers to female) etc. basically, youll naturally learn 한자어 through repetition. im assuming you mean youre making lists like 대 big 소 small 남 male etc but if you mean actual words 태양 sun 대학교 university then im not sure how effective that is (especially since alot of 한자어 have native korean words like 해 for 태양/sun) i personally think context learning is more effective but thats just my learning style 😅
As a language teacher (and learner), I’d say teachers will probably say “I’ll teach it to you on the next lesson” or say they’ll prepare a lesson because it’s probably an advanced or complicated grammar point that requires a refresher for the teacher herself. At least that’s been the reason why I say that to my students. I think as a teacher becomes more experienced they are able to teach on the spot but that requires years and years of experience. I try to always answer or clarify things on the spot but as a teacher with 10 years of experience teaching, if I’m not 100% sure of my explanation, I would rather study it carefully, bring good examples and exercises, rather than teaching it on the spot and missing an important point or perhaps confusing the student more. Also, this mostly happens with the most commonly misused words or confusing and complicated grammar points even for native speakers.
I wouldn’t feel bad if a teacher does that because I would rather get a full, clear explanation in a full lesson rather than a quick one that leaves me even more confused. But I definitely understand what you’re saying. As a learner, it can be frustrating to hear that. I just wanted to point that out since I definitely felt called out when I heard that comment in your video. 😅
Yeah, I understand why a teacher would say it~ But, from my experience, I rarely need a full lesson but rather just a refresher. So much so that the teachers feel a bit 당황스럽다 when they realize they don't need all the material they prepared and have to find something else to fill the remaining time in the lesson 😬😬😬
About the reading point: while reading our brain doesn't just read every single letter, it recognizes the word like it's an image. We don't need to "read" the word "hello", we just look at it and know it. We don't go like h-e-l-l-o. While learning a foreign language, especially if this language is using a different alphabet it can just be hard to get your brain from actually reading to recognizing. I guess just reading more would help. Some people are just slow readers in general, even in their native language and for me, reading more has helped.
a new vid!! im a japanese learner, not korean, but i still watch every new video because theres just something comforting about your video style!
I'm glad you feel that way haha Best of luck with Japanese~ I've been wanting to learn, but I just don't have enough commitment 😓😓😓
@@NataliaGarza omg im literally in the same boat the opposite way haha, ive tried to start learning korean several times over but i run out of motivation for it very quickly. and thank you!
I have been stuck at intermediate for about 3 years now, I feel like there are some moments where I sound totally advanced and other times where I don't even know how to formulate a basic sentence. I'm ALWAYS wondering if I'm always going to have gaps in my knowledge, or if I'm even worthy of being an intermediate learner. I've had some tutors say I'm upper beginner level, I've had others that have told me I'm upper intermediate/advanced. I never seem to know what my level is and I feel like my doubt is consuming sometimes. And sometimes it's like I don't even know what to study because I feel like I know nothing and have no idea where or when to review things.
I love watching your videos, it always makes me feel validated, like someone can understand my struggles. Even if I'm not advanced yet, I hope to eventually reach native fluency someday 💜
I know exactly what you mean. I think it's just that we have gaps in our learning so when a teacher that doesn't know us well happens upon one, they assume we are one level but then when they move on to other material they realize we aren't that level but just needed to work on certain topics/grammar points. It's something I struggle with every time I start studying with a new teacher. They need a few weeks to accurately assess my level~
Regarding expectations of reaching native level, hard truth, but personally i would scratch it.. I moved to Germany when I was 20 with the goal to not only become native level but also assimilate so much that no one will realize im not from here. From appearance, that's possible for me here but I quickly noticed that unless you moved to the country when you were max 15 years old, there is a really low change of reaching native. I've passed C2 level and decided to focus on life long improvement. Not a tangible goal, but I take notes daily at work on more professionally expressions, read work related books etc and notice progress in real life.
I just got so excited when I saw you posted a new video. You’re always so motivating and encouraging
Ahahah I'm glad you find my content helpful~~
I love your videos. I have entered intermediate level and have been wondering about sooo many of the topics you've talked about. I especially realted to feeling pretty good in certain situations, only to be totally thrown off five seconds later. It's weirdly nice to know that continues into advanced learning, because at least I know I'm not totally failing 😂😂
Coming to Korea this fall to study as an exchange student WOOO! So I'm watching more videos and studying to prepare. Thinking I might give that story learning thing a try!
Hey Natalia! Apologies if you're already aware of this book, but I just saw it in the bookshop and it seems like something you might enjoy (it's way above my level rn hahaha):
Korean Conversations and Debating: Learn to Talk About Current Topics in Korean by Juno Baik, Eunjin Gye & Julie Damron (published by Tuttle).
It's got chapters like "Can we fall in love with AI?" and your fave topic ahahahahaha, "The Low Birth Rate". Anyway hope you're doing well~
hi natalia!! yay a new video! happy summer
Thank you! You too~! ☀️☀️☀️
Yes! A new video! 🎉💜🇰🇷
Finally hahaha
안녕하세요, Natalia! 저는 한 년동안 한국어 공부하고 있고 Natalia의 유투브 비디오들 저한테 정말 재밌어요. 이 비디오들 만들었어서 감사합니다. 그거들 저를 많이 도와주고 있어요. (죄송해요, 한국말 아직 잘 못해요 🥲. 더 연습할 거예요. 화이팅 :)
Hey! 😊 so glad for posting ❤
Hahah finally~~!
I'm not beginner level anymore, more intermediate level but not advanced. I have a online korean teacher, i speak to him in korean and in my language, i feel confortable and he helps me, he stopped me or come back to my mistake and correct me, i repeat, it doesn't bother me and i don't have korean friends, i don't live in South Korea and i feel confortable because he speaks to me not too formally and i memorize words and understand more when he speaks to me in korean too
Hello, can I know more about your online course?
@@AlexShadow2112 it's from Italki an application and website, you can choose your teacher from a lot of teacher
@@newjeansfan238 thankyou. I'm just starting. I'll take a look at the website.
@@AlexShadow2112 ok ^^
Omg! A new video. Let me like it before watching. I went to bed last night thinking I had a question for you 😃. You once mentioned that you were very good at conjugating and properly using honorific 시다 in speech. I was curious if that has been helpful in the workplace.
P.S. Oh you answered my IG question, thank you
I always hate it when teachers correct my careless mistakes as if they’re knowledge mistakes. So when I help people with their English I’m careful to try not to do the same thing. Obviously native speakers make careless mistakes when speaking. It makes sense foreigners will make more.
I can see how this sort of correction becomes more frustrating the more advanced you get but it’s already frustrating when I’m a beginner. I make mistakes speaking I can already self correct but I’m just juggling too many things in my head and don’t have language pattern habits built up in my brain yet so I can spit stuff out while thinking about something else.
I’ve been having trouble finding good Korean teachers I click with on italki. I finally found one and then discovered to my dismay that you need to book her lessons a month and a half in advance because she’s too popular 😂.
That's a good way to put it -- careless mistakes and knowledge mistakes. Yes, it's rather frustrating... Especially because stopping the teacher to, in an essence, say "I already know this so please stop" is rude. Or at least, I think it's rude.
On the bright side, I think this mainly happens with teachers that are still trying to evaluate my level. The teacher I've had for 4 years or so rarely stops me for careless mistakes.
Ah yes.... I've worked with a teacher before who was similar in popularity. It's not fun to have to book lessons in advance like that, but at the same time if they're good, they're good.
Ahh your videos are just so chill and motivating i love it! I was wondering how long it took you to complete being a beginner in korean? Im trying to gage how far i can get to try and motivate myself
My only knowledge for the Korean language is knowing how to read the language. I do not know how Korean grammar works, and I know a very limited amount of vocabulary in the Korean language. South Koreans are some of the most respectful people in the world.
Hi i'd like to watch your vlog where you speak korean!
남아프리카에서 온 사랑 언니😊
I'm learning korean. But it's so hard if you're working at the same time
Reading is not the same as speaking. That's not my case, because I'm generally a poor language learner, but I can still have a great grasp of grammar and vocabulary and still have a problem with reading. Actually, knowing vocabulary and grammar can be more problematic than not knowing because you will assume what the text says, but it will be wrong. Especially in texts that aren't alphabetized. And just such Korean, which has about a million exceptions in reading vs what is written, is even worse.
Hi, Hello!
Hello~!
Also im hoping to go to korea for a summer program (6 weeks) next year and japan for a bit too and i was wondering if you feel safe being in korea as a foreign woman alone? Im worried about my safety while im there as im heard some very mixed things
Regarding hanja - i wonder if you mean that hanja characters are not worth learning (100% agree), while 한자어 does make sense. I find it boring to learn 한자어 since it's just cramming vs learning in narural context like podcasts. But whenever I connect the dots to other words with same origin, it's like man... let's get to it.
yes, she means the letters only. hanja is just the written version of 한자어. 한자어 is COMPLETELY unavoidable, but its not necessary to learn the letters (for example 대 means big and is written as 大) its not necessary to know 大. most koreans only know basic characters like she said. if a word is 한자어 then when you search its meaning on naver it will have the corresponding characters. i do think looking up the meaning of those hanja to understand the word can be more helpful than just reading the translation (depending on the word). i dont even think learning 한자어 in the context of cramming is even important. if you look up words on naver, and then look up the corresponding hanja, youll naturally learn (대 大 refers to big and 여 女 refers to female) etc. basically, youll naturally learn 한자어 through repetition.
im assuming you mean youre making lists like
대 big
소 small
남 male
etc
but if you mean actual words
태양 sun
대학교 university
then im not sure how effective that is (especially since alot of 한자어 have native korean words like 해 for 태양/sun)
i personally think context learning is more effective but thats just my learning style 😅
If you were talking about proverbs then when is the right time to start learning idioms like 뒷복치다 or 두 손 두 발 다 들다 stuff like that
뒷북치다 두손두발 is too hard expression and Korean don't use 뒷북치다 with friends it usually using by newspaper headline
@@user-bb2xt9tv2m 감사합니다
I think I am not able to speak my native language as fluently as you speak English😂😂
Regarding the reading speed section. I disagree purely as a hyperlexic dyslexic. 🥹 amazing video as always