i've been studying korean on and off for so many years and i'm only at lower intermediate, staying consistent is a bit challenging for me and honestly i find your ways suit me the most out of other youtubers that i've watched!! thank you for showing us your routine
I'm so glad you found it useful!! I'm positive you'll be able to tweak the routine to make it work for you and make learning Korean engaging again 화이팅! There are so many resources (podcasts, short animations) popping up on CZcams these days compared to a couple years ago too so I'm trying to take advantage of that hehe
I laughed when you said you've been studying for about 3.5 years but *really* studying for about 1.5, because I'm exactly the same and same times 😅 I've been making a study plan this week so this is a timely video, thank you 😊 수고했습니다!
I wonder what it was 3.5 years ago that made us both start learning Korean at the same time 😆 or the fact that there was a cumulative 2 year break in between :)) For me I started learning cuz I had just graduated college and had some spare time on my hands. And I started learning Korean specificially cuz I had a friend group where everyone spoke Korean except for me so sometimes I was clueless as to what was going on lol
@@caddberrie I'm unfortunately a cliché and that's when I got into K-pop 😅 I often hear people joke about people learning Korean because of K-pop but I can now speak more Korean than I can of my second language (Irish) so I'm proud of how I've been continuing with it ☺️ do you have an Instagram where you post similar content btw? Trying to fill my IG with good language learning accounts also
@@BinBahngBubu That's a W for sure and now you've got at least 3 languages! Kpop didn't get me started but it definitely kept me going at points :)) Unfortunately I don't have a studygram-type account 🥲 but if you find some good ones holler at ya girl!
@@BinBahngBubuomg another irish person? Do you have any study accounts? I've been focusing more on irish and spanish recently but if you want a friend to chat with and motivate you let me know!
For dramas and movies to become study material, recommand this : - you watch your series/movie as usual intertaining activity - then you start using it by : listening again with english sub - listening with korean sub - listen without sub The best way is of course to do the sub steps like you do in your scholar language oral comprehension class, like 10 minutes of the series/movie per days ^^
the reasons for the length you been learning... feels like you speaking for me too hahaha... been trying to learn Korean on and off since 2014 ... and for the same reasons I had those "gaps" between learning and stopping to learn Korean. But I have to admit that since I joined a language course in university, helped me to stay consistent !! For everyone who is on the same page, I suggest to join a study group or if it's possible to join a language course !! Good luck to everyone, who is studying Korean or any other language!
A language course in uni sounds like so much fun! I wish I had known that I had interest in Korean sooner I would've enrolled in a course while I was still in college 🥲 Thanks for stopping by and best of luck on your language journey as well! ✨✨
@@caddberrie Right!!! It really was amazing! Actually, in 2014 I was still in school and only had Japanese classes taught by a German :(. I really do not recommend it... I would rather have a native than someone who learned it themselves. When I was motivated to finally start learning Korean properly again, I chose to try a Korean class with a native Korean and it was something I wish I had before! Thank you so much! I wish you a lot of luck with studying too! I am always up to it if there is a need for support or studying together!
@@arinaaaarr (I'm sorry I must've missed this comment :')) Honestly I think learning a foreign language with a non-native speaker can have its perks, like they can explain it in the way you process your mother tongue, if the two languages are too different. But they also need to have the teaching skills to do so, and most of all, accurate pronunciation. That's one thing I get wary about because when I start of with a new language, I totally cannot tell what is accurate or inaccurate pronunciation 🥲and knowing that I can mimic other people's pronunciation pretty quickly (regardless of whether it's accurate or not) I agree with you that in that case, it's better to learn from a native speaker 💫 Best of luck with your studying too!! I'd be down to support each other and/or study together ✨my discord handle is also @caddberrie if you're on that platform! If not, where else can I find you?
@@caddberrie Don't worry, it can happen :D. I would call myself a “perfectionist” if it comes to pronunciation since I use all languages in oral form, not much of the written form. I am an immigrant in Germany. I learned German from natives but foreign languages like English, French and Japanese from non-natives. It's true (and I experienced it myself), that learning or getting help from non-natives gives you a better and smoother approach if it comes to understanding grammar. But pronunciation is sometimes difficult because of certain accents, and difficulties in pronouncing a word correctly. (Example: an Asian sometimes can't pronounce certain letters since they don't have it in their own alphabet system. Europeans have difficulties pronouncing certain words because they sound the same, but for Asians it's different because of the "tone".). I feel like if you master to get out of your shell and start >>speaking
@@arinaaaarr Yess I agree getting out of your shell and speaking, even with mistakes, is sorta the only way to go and make progress 💪 I just made a Kakaotalk under the same handle, see you there!!
Interesting, I just read webtoons and watch k dramas once in English and then once in Korean 😂 the webtoons give a lot of context with the pictures for reading and watching the drama in English first lets me enjoy the story, then when I watch in Korean I can just focus on the words and how they say the sentence. I remember what they said in English so it makes everything so much more understandable and engaging.
That sounds like a great approach actually!! But now that I think about it, it makes total sense cuz you build your understanding through English first, and then when you read/watch it again in Korean, you attach the new Korean words to that understanding + images, and don't have to go through translation (which was my problem by just looking up new words in the translator each and every time). Thanks for sharing your approach - definitely smt that hasn't occured to me before and I'll definitely incorporate it into my language learning ✨🌞
Super thankful that we're on a similar level, it's hard to find intermediate to advanced learners online! Also, the fact that the description is so organised says a lot about you... I would love to study together to share resources!! I can also help you with French as a native speaker if you ever need. 😊 (And the uniqlo bottle as a mic I mean... I dig your aesthetic!)
Thank you so much!! Yus I'd be down to study Korean together and thanks for the offer with French as well 💫 I think the detailed description makes it easier to access the key info even if you don't end up watching the vid, which is something I've always appreciated about other people's videos. (The Uniqlo bottle was hanging out in my room in the right place at the right time so it's destiny got changed to being a mount for my mic 😆)
Hi i'm Korean. I happened to come across your video😊 You're amazing at speaking English. I'm glad and thankful that you're interested in studying Korean. Be happy❤❤❤
This video was great! I’ve been studying for 3 months total so far and I’ve already found myself trying to find ways to make it more fun. Right now, I’m decoding k-pop songs I like at least twice a week. But I never thought to type it out, I’ll add that into that study session. I’m not intermediate yet but I found bits and pieces of your routine very useful! 감사합니다!
Oh as an English and Korean learner this video came in the right time, it helped me with the listening through your clean speaking and all the routine that you gave was absolute great and suitable, thankssss >
I randomly stumbled on your channel and you really gave some amazing advice! Even though I am trying to learn Japanese at the moment, I will definitely use the tips you mentioned in your video for my language learning journey as well! Good luck to you!!😃
Thanks so much for stopping by! Also kudos to you for doing languages and medicine at the same time. It must be quite the juggle but a rewarding one nevertheless. Good luck to you as well! 💪💪✨
It’s always so interesting to see how similar or different others learn languages than me. You give so many good tips here that I def need to incorporate in my studies ⭐️
Oh also, for speaking and writing practice. I take a weekly conversation class via italki with a native speaker (single handedly the best thing I've done for my language learning) and also i used a language exchange website to make some korean friends and we message each other to practice 😊
hi there! would you mind sharing the teacher that you're working with on italki? i've been trying out classes with some people but still haven't been able to find the perfect match unfortunately
For writing, you could journal/write down something that happened that day.Maybe even write down comments about the drama /show that you're watching, like I liked such a d such scene because....... or I cant believe that.....happened
That's a good pointer thank you! I dig the tip on commenting about a show you're watching, cuz the content varies, which means that what I write out will also vary. I tried journalling for a while and because my daily life revolves around the same couple of things, I found myself using the same group of vocab over and over again :))) as for my complex thoughts, I don't have enough vocab to express them yet 😆 so commenting on drama scenes is gonna be a great in-between 💪
🤩📔 Thank you for the insights and a well laid out guide, I'm advancing my Chinese studies and this would be a perfect plan to try out. Love the references to weightlifting!! 😇
Weightlifting's got a good routine going for itself I tell ya wut💪although I don't lift anymore, it's still cool to see those core principles applied elsewhere. Didn't know you were picking up Chinese again :o best of luck nhé bạn tốt!!
Wow Emma !! Your video popped up into my fyp and I’ve been so lost in my studying journey, you bring the motivation and the courage to me And now I think I have a good study plan that I will write down right now, thanks for this content I love you and I love your content ❤
Hey hey I'm really glad you got smt useful out of the video ✨the routine probably will need a little bit of tweaking to really fit your study style but I'm sure you'll be able to really customize a plan that works for you!!
Thanks for sharing your routine! I think it's very well focused, which is something I've been lacking for a while. I was doing something similar (TTMIK levels for grammar, Asian boss street interviews, Winnie the Poo book and conversation lessons once a week), but not stopping to review the material, so when I stop studying for a few days I just forget most of the new things I learnt. I think I've become very impatient, so I usually skim through materials and videos. Anyways, this video has given me newfound motivation to take more time to learn what I'm checking! I have been studying Korean on and off for 11 years now, and I'm just at intermediate/higher intermediate level, so I've been feeling stuck😅 I actually watched your previous video on using podcasts to study pronunciation and intonation and gave it a go, but I found it a bit overwhelming so I stopped 🥲 I might give it another try with a slower podcast. Keep doing what you're doing! I hope to continue seeing you grow, so I'm finally subscribing
Ohmagash Winnie the Pooh was my favorite series growing up (in English) and I've never thought to try read it in Korean. Thank you for sharing! Sometimes I have conversation lessons on italki as well, and when I don't jot anything down or review what my tutor typed for me in the chatbox, I will literally forget everything, so when I do remember to do so, I try to screenshot the chatbox and then review it the following day or smt. And as for the podcast shadowing thing, shadowing something slower sounds like a good idea! Or maybe customizing it a bit by adding or omitting a step or two might do the trick in finding a happy balance for you :) Even with less steps, so long as it keeps you excited and motivated, it should be more effective than smt that is overwhelming. Thanks for tuning in again and see you around!! 😉
@@caddberrie it's a book for 'grown ups' with Winnie the Pooh illustrations and quite good for intermediate imo! It's called 곰돌이 푸, 행복한 일은 매일 있어 if you want to check it out at some point😊 And thanks for the tips! I will try them~ (My teacher is used to me forgetting to review. I'm a terrible student 🥲😂)
this is amazing, thank you! my biggest struggle with learning korean is consistency, and i guess one way to tackle that is by having a solid routine. how do you not get sick of the same text or learning material so that you're able to watch or listen to something multiple times over and over again?
Hey there! I think I don't get bored ther material after 1 round because I usually choose something that's slightly challenging for me, meaning I hardly ever understand the entire thing in 1 go. Each round I use it again, I understand a little bit more, and the extra depth is what makes it feel 'newer'. If the material was too easy for me, and I already understood it fully the first time through, then I agree that there is no longer an incentive for me to keep repeating it :)) it would do my head in. Also because I try to work with a different skill each time so it doesn't feel too repetitive, at least for me. Like for a piece of reading, I might handwrite it once, then type it up once, but I wouldn't handwrite it twice or type it out twice, ya know what i mean. Honestly I'd get pretty bored. (touch typing in Korean still doesn't feel that natural to me yet so I'm happy to continue working on it. I may eventually skip this step once I don't feel like I need it anymore). And then depending on the week, if I don't feel like doing all the steps, then I just skip some, it's chill :> Even though I'm just focusing on one main skill each round, the repetition still helps all the other skills that I worked on on the other rounds. And by the end of it, I feel like I've understood a lot more out of a piece of material that was initially challenging for me, and it feels encouraging, and I guess that's what's keeps me goin 💪 Hope this helps!
Definitely a great approach for many! I saw someone on youtube do and and tried it too! but somehow, as visual learner, my eyes stopped registering them as words with meanings altogether and just saw them as shapes, as part of the furniture instead :)))
i listen also to didis podcast i like the way he speaks naturally and also podcast in spotify.. my level is beginner-intermediate.. im studying KIIP here in korea too... listening is very important and grammar points.... i love kpop, kdrama and i want to immerce myself in korean culture so that i can be more fluent in understanding and speaking soon
That's great that you're in Korea and got that environment to practice and immersion into the culture. Have fun on behalf of the rest of us who haven't gone yet 💪 and best of luck!
I love this so much! I've been trying to learn Chinese, and it's been on and off for about 3 years. I'll be sure to use these tips in the future! Quick question: what note-taking software do you use? It looks super useful!
Hi!! The note-taking app i'm using on my laptop is Notion! On my tablet (Samsung) I use J-notes. If you're using an Ipad then GoodNotes would probably do the trick? Anyways, thanks for stopping by and best of luck with Chinese 💪✨️💛
Hey there! I just came across your video, and it really helped me rethink how I’m studying. I was feeling pretty lost, but your tips inspired me to try new methods I hadn’t considered before. One of the toughest parts of learning something new is staying consistent after a couple of years. It’s a real challenge and something we have to deal with all the time. Also we need to make our study habits fit into our daily lives, which is something we figure out as we go. I’m Brazilian, but most of my study materials are in English or Korean, which can be tricky, but I think I’m getting the hang of it. I also use the Pomodoro Technique because staying focused can be hard for me sometimes 😅 I like to write in a journal before bed. It helps me reflect on my day, think about what I want for the next day, and practice basic sentences and grammar. It's also a good way to work the handwriting! 암튼, I really admire how organized you are with your study routine. It’s really inspiring!!! The most important thing is to be kind to ourselves and recognize our limits. Sometimes, we push too hard and don’t see how much progress we’ve made, but it’s definitely there! We’ll become fluent in our own time, and that’s perfectly okay. I love your channel and will keep watching your videos. I wish you a fun and successful learning journey! 공부 방벙을 나눠 주셔서 감사합니다 ❤
Hey there, thanks for sharing and thanks for your encouragement!! I agree that it can def be a challenge to stay consistent after a while. But maybe that just means that we've outgrown our old selves and our old routines, and that we're growing as people :) And ditto to being kind to ourselves! with anything and everything really. I think one of the most important things I've learnt so far is to talk to/about myself the way I talk to my best friend, and that really shifted the way I viewed myself, my journey, my progress.
well, i'm not the didi that you were probably hoping to comment on this video, but! i have watched one of didi's podcast videos and i enjoyed it so much! i want to watch more and learn more from her as well. how cool that you like her videos too ^^ thank you for this video, i got many ideas as to how i can better get the most out of my learning resources and and reaasurance about how i'm learning currently. i'm still like an intermediate-ish beginner with my korean (and japanese) after learning on and off for like 8 years with 1 year of actual learning, so i'm right there with you ha ha! i like to dabble around with the complexity of the things i learn and methods i use so i don't get too bored, but i am still working on making consistent progress in overall which has been a bit of a journey but showing myself that i can show up consistently even if it's for small tasks has been a great help. plus i'm having fun! so i consider that a bit of a win. great video! :))
Hehe you're a Didi I'd love to have around nonetheless 😊 showing up is definitely a win in my books too. some weeks when I don't have the brainspace to process much I might just listen to one podcast, omit the rest, and call it a week, or just watch a couple K-drama episodes for enjoyment :) Are you learning Korean and Japanese simultaneously? I'm sure learning one of them will help with the other but do you get the 2 languages mixed up?
@@caddberrieoh thank you ^^ so true and during those times when you take learning a little slow, it’s so surprising when you get to see how much your understanding has progressed which is sometimes hard to see when studying diligently and actively. it can be a nice lil bonus. yes i am learning them at the same time! i would like to say i don’t get things mixed up but that is definitely not true lol my brain definitely has quite the time keeping things straight. i have moments where i want to read a word or sentence in one language, but the way i keep making sense of it is in the other, so i end up with a mixture of the two and have to use my brain to will out the language i’m trying to use and make things make proper sense. it happens sometimes even with small things like just the other day, i wanted to read sentences with numbers in korean but for some reason, the japanese counterparts kept popping up in my head, which took some brainpower to straighten out. then throw my elementary background in mandarin chinese into the mix and it’s quite a party. for example, every time i try to think of the word “friend” in japanese, it doesn’t want to stick because ‘friend” in chinese (朋友) won’t let it lol. it’s kinda funny sometimes honestly. but i like having this background in all three because it helps me a lot to draw connections between the three languages and to make some decent guesses at meanings of new words and such. am i frying my brain a bit? probably. is it fun? absolutely!
@@justmedidi it must be even easier to mix things up between Hanzi and Kanji cuz they probably use the same characters but are pronounced slightly different 🤔like you look at the character and then your brain has to decide what language you're learning and therefore what to pronounce :)) i just started learning some basic basic Mandarin and was really amused to find the the words for hotpot in Korean and Mandarin are basically the same (minus the tones). I'm sure there's gonna be tons of those moments down the line too. Can't wait 😆
@@caddberrieoh for sure. literally just now (i am definitely supposed to be studying lol) my brain struggled to read 歌 when i literally know that the sentence i’m reading is in japanese lol. i hope you enjoy learning mandarin! i love and miss it but had to take a break, i hope to get back into it someday ^^ it’s cool to see the connections between languages especially among korean, mandarin chinese, and japanese even though it can be confusing on the brain >< also, i had no idea about that! that’s so neat. now i want to try hotpot even more haha!
thank you for this video this came at an amazing time!! i've been consuming kpop content for years and have picked up a good amount of korean naturally that way, and since late last year i've been studying korean more intentionally/seriously but only since a couple weeks ago am i trying to really structure my studying more and be more organized about it. i haven't seen many videos about study methods really suited towards beginner-intermediate learners like this!! your style is very similar to me (i have a similar podcast routine and attitude towards watching interviews vs. dramas/variety shows for study!) so i think the extra tips i got from this video will be very helpful (like adding writing summaries after listening to a podcast to my routine, and looking into graded reader books)!! this comment ended up way too long haha, but this video was perfect for me so thank you so much!
Aw thanks for sharing, I love reading your guys' comments so dw!! with a more structured routine, you're probably gonna see a lot of things fall into place quickly from all the things you've picked up naturally over the years (definitely more quickly than the regular learner starting out from scratch). It's like, you already know them, but just now reorganizing it :) Anyways, best of luck with learning Korean 💪imma be right here rooting for you
@@caddberrie yes for sure!! studying korean is extra rewarding for me because of that haha! it's super fun recognizing things that i've already heard and have kind of formed an idea of what it means/how it works, and to gain the last bit of understanding that helps me piece it all together! my goal now is to be able to understand more complex sentences and spend more time turning this foundation into my own output, super excited to use your tips for this next step :D thank you so much, and you too! and thank you for taking the time to reply (i love talking about studying korean as much as i love studying korean HAHA) i'll be here for your future videos and rooting for you as well 🙌🙌
@@anya-md1pi Getting to produce output kinda feels like finally seeing the fruits of your labor - it's incredibly motivating! I'm excited to get better at output for myself as well hehe
K-Drama recommendations; Class of Lies, it’s so good and underrated IMO! Mask Girl was insane to watch. Revenge of Others! Doona (idk why people hate it but I enjoyed it) and I literally just finished Mouse yesterday 🥲
The best thing I did to progress my Korean learning was finding a language partner. I found a native Korean speaker who is practicing English. We meet on Zoom every Friday for an hour of language/culture sharing. She gives me tips and challenges me to practice during the week.
Thanks for sharing! You guys are very diligent to meet on a regular basis like that. And ditto @misakisad's question, would you mind sharing how you guys found each other? I feel like finding people on certain apps who actually want to study can be a hit or miss sometimes.
Youre very cute and your speaking, intonation is so perfect, naturally. My voice is worst, monotonic and I also lack expressiveness, as well as any discipline to learn. Your routine is very hard. I will think about trying Didi's podcast and start writing notes on notion. Maybe u should upload your notion journal for us to copy. Kisses and hugs
Ahh thank you for the encouragement my pronunciation is all thanks to the podcasts. Yes I agree, this full routine is probably not for the faint of heart either :)) I do this for maybe 18 weeks (=18 chapters in the coursebook = 1 level) over 6 months (26 weeks), and I tweak it to make it accommodate my week. On other weeks I'm flexible and just pick and choose whatever I wanna do so it's chill. Sure maybe I could do a video or smt with my Notion page one day! but my templates are very simple 😆 I haven't explored too much on the potentials of Notion yet
@@caddberrie you should just share your whole korean notion vocabulary section for us to copy, for those lazy ones like myself. I think templates too don't work for me as I am unable to carry on with any organized routine. About your intonation, I meant your English speaking. It's very perfect naturally the way you speak, youre a natural good speaker. It's all about the brain, I don't think someone like me can learn to speak like that. :)
Tipp for the filming 😊 you dont need to say that u have script 😊 thats totally normal and fine! and if you feel that u look to often on it than say the scrip sentence for sentence 😊 and edit everything out when you look on it 😊 that its feels more naturell the video!
Hey there!! Thank you for the filming tip 💪 Imma do what you suggested and try to find a happy balance between looking at the script too much and having to edit too much 😅🙏
Thank you!! 😊✨ editing is such an interesting process like, there are so many moving parts, but I always love watching other people's different editing styles, and then trying to figure out how to recreate it here and there hehe
I got a premium for Bussu because I knew I was going to be consistent and do everything the language masters asked us to and I stopped after French started being so hard, I couldn't keep the verbs and adverbs and the male && female thing going on, there was a lot of things you needed to keep in mind and I gave up literally uurhgh
French gender conjugation got me good too 😆 i can take my chances sometimes when I'm speaking but for writing? so many braincells need to be activated for that activity to spell correctly :') Maybe it's a good thing you're taking a break. It sounds like you already gave it a solid shot so some time away from it might give you a better perspective on those icky spots when you return 💪
Hi😊Please continue posting videos like this❤. I am learning 🇰🇷 and this motivates me. Can you give more tips for beginner learners, I am struggling with vocabulary and listening. How did you start learning Korean? Thank.
Hey there! Im glad this was helpful and I'll try to make a video more specifically about the questions you gave! But briefly speaking, I'd say with listening, the thing with Korean is that the final consonant of words is always carried over onto the next word, so it's hard to tell what word you're hearing at first when your vocab is lower. So I would suggest perhaps using some easier podcasts (i linked some in the description btw!), listen to the audio while reading the transcript or whatever animation is on the screen, maybe do that once or twice before you do a round of just listening! That way I think you'll start figuring out how certain ending consonants carry over to the next word. With vocab, a mistake i made at first was memorizing vocab without context. It took a lot of work and i also forgot them pretty quickly 😆 so maybe that's not the best way to go about it :)) i think working with a coursebook just to have some structure, and picking material (podcast or reading) that you feel will have vocab that is relevant to your everyday life first might make it more appealing to study. Hope this helps!!
The KIIP workbooks and textbooks are similar to the books she is using to learn. The methods 밤법 of learning are the same. And yes, you cannot translate English to Korean, it is wrong
Thank you for your very detailed video, I will try to incorporate podcasts in my studying. I think your method is very complete and could be really fun. I have trouble retaining the vocabulary and what you said about translating it right away makes a ton of sense, I’m always looking up words in the dictionary 😂. So I will try to not do that and also the doodles instead of the translation! I’ve been studying Korean for a year and I’m level beginner 2. 😅
That's great progress you're making! Haha yeah I used search up in the dictionary asap :)) I still sometimes use translations, but usually as the last step, after I have tried a few other methods to try to understand the word. I saw someone comment that they studied foreign languages by first reading a book in a language they're already fluent in, so they really understand and 'feel' what's going on, and then read the story again in their target language, and their brain automatically fills in the blank for new words with meaning/feeling that they got from the first time reading it in their fluent language. That way you're going through the pathway of: fluent language --> meaning --> target language. I haven't tried it out yet but it kinda makes sense no? Anyways best of luck with your language studies!!
@@caddberrie Yes, that makes a lot of sense. I did buy the first Harry Potter book in Korean to try to do just that but that may not be the best choice with all the invented words in it... I might give it a try although I am a bit scared that I will understand nothing! Thank you for the encouragement and for the great videos!
@@theowlhook ooh that's a useful thing you pointed out, with the invented words and all. The first book I ever attempted in Korean was also Harry Potter :)) and then I switched over to more folktales and stuff. I do wanna revisit HP later down the line tho!
Hi! I wanna say thank you so much for this video. I’ve been wanting to learn Korean for a while, and a little lost about where to start with. This gave me a direction! I love these types of videos, please keep going! And I wanted to ask how I could purchase the course book you mentioned, I couldn’t find any online books. Because I want to use my ipad to study. Thank you so much!
Thanks for your encouragement and I'm glad the vid was helpful! I don't think they sell e-versions, haven't been able to find those anywhere. But I downloaded the pdf (probably scanned) from VKontakte (a Russian social media website) vk.com/wall-134601479_961 You can browse around for other books as well! (*edit: I just updated the links to all the SNU books in the video description for easier access!)
I'm learning Brasilian Portuguese and Spanish, but for Spanish I understand everything but cannot speak so I have to work on my vocabulary mostly. I'd like to learn russian, french and Yoruba. What languages are you guys learning?
hi! thank you for the video! i wanted to ask if you have a set weekly routine? like for example 2x a week you are reading and 2x listening to a podcast and so on, or do you do a little bit of everything every day?
Hi! That's a great question that I should've clarified in the video. On a normal week, I essentially do x1 coursebook chapter, x1 podcast and x1 reading. That means I will go through all the little steps (of the 'compound exercises') once. I just do whichever I feel like or have the time for that day (sometimes that's a whole coursebook chapter in one day, or maybe I just study the vocab, and then I listen once to a podcast, leave the rest for another day). It's really flexible so that I don't get unnecessary stressed out. And then the 'accessories' are just a free for all :)) I usually don't keep tabs on that at all and just enjoy it. That said, I have found myself falling into this breakdown most weeks: Day 1: - Coursebook: half a chapter Day 2: - Coursebook: the other half of a chapter - Podcast: Listen once (choose a podcast that is the same topic as the coursebook chapter) Day 3: - Workbook (of the coursebook) - Podcast: Listen again + shadow (with audio) Day 4: - Podcast: shadow again (w/o audio) + type up a comment - Reading: read a chapter in my graded reader (just about 2 pages) Day 5: - Reading: handwrite + type up Sometimes, on busy weeks, I don't get through it all, and that's ok too. It might take a little tweaking to fit the way you study best :) maybe you might need to add or omit a step or two. I hope you find the breakdown that works for you! Hope this helps :)
QUESTION: I see places where I can buy the Seoul National University Korean language textbook and I see where I can download the audio files but where can I get the electronic book or software that you're using on your computer? (Around 4:06)
I don't think they sell e-versions, haven't been able to find those anywhere. But I downloaded the pdf (probably scanned) from VKontakte (a Russian social media website) vk.com/wall-134601479_961 You can browse around for other books as well!
@@caddberrie Hi. I was able to get PDFs from the link but they're for lesson books that start at level 4-5. I'm sorry to be a pest (I did browse around as best I could and I even downloaded the audio files) but could you put a link to the PDFs for beginner books 1-3? If not, I understand you're probably busy and thank you for what you did provide. Again - thank you, so much!
@CrixusHeart Sure thing! My bad I forgot to clarify that it's easier to search through Google: VK + [book title] (for any other book you might need in the future) than to browse directly in VK. - Student book 1A: m.vk.com/wall-166228260_3410?lang=en - Student books 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B: m.vk.com/wall-166228260_3358?lang=en - Workbooks 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B: m.vk.com/wall-166228260_5757?lang=en - Workbook 3A, 3B: vk.com/wall-190174213_270 - Level 4 all books: vk.com/wall-166228260_18537 - Level 5 all books: m.vk.com/wall-170846807_9417 - Level 6 all books: m.vk.com/wall-166228260_14640?lang=en This was a great suggestion thank you! I'll leave the links in the description for others to access easily as well :) Happy studying!
Do you keep track stuff like your vocab list and to-do list on notion? What other things do you keep track of? I'd like to try and become more organized too haha
Ahaha for vocab, I honestly don't :))) Although I do type up all the new vocab from my grammar coursebook, I can never bring myself to review those vocab lists again on a regular basis, so I just do all these different activities with built-in repetition in hopes that the word sticks more (and with this routine, I already go through a word 3-4 times). And then I just wait until the word pops up again in other material I'm consuming. As for my Korean-learning-related to-do list, I just have one with 4 bullet points (coursebook, workbook, reading, podcast) that I tick off and I think this has much less to do with 'keeping track of things' and more so to do with feeling ✨accomplished✨ :)) As for daily things, I generally set out a couple minutes every night to write down a couple things I wanna get done the following day on a piece of paper. Sometimes I go into vacay mode, or resting mode for a whole week where I don't write any to-do lists at all and just live spontaneously. Other than that, this year I just started doing a vision-board type thing (on Notion), just to spend more time thinking about the person I wanna become in the long run. I jot down some core values and try to revisit them every 3 months or so to remind myself, or edit it if need be. I do have some 2024 goals, and quarterly goals, but they tend to be much more qualitative than quantitative (= I focus less so on numbers and more so on the type of experiences I want to have). It's only my first year properly doing so so I'm still tryna figure things out! :)
Hello! Great video! I’m currently learning Korean right now, and I’m trying to find some content to watch that I like, but it’s been very difficult. 😅 Do you have any videos or content to recommend for me that are in the Korean language? If you know who Dhar Mann is, he makes videos that are similar to moral stories, life lessons, and lesson-learning videos. Do you know any videos/content in the Korean language that are similar to that?
Hey there! Unfortunately I haven't come across any channels similar to Dhar Mann, but there is this one K web drama channel I watch that has short episodes (so doesn't enable my binging lol). They're less moral stories / life lessons but more just depicting real life situations. www.youtube.com/@PICKGO If I find anything else I'll leave another comment :) And likewise, if you find anything else, please leave me a link as well thankyou!!
If I took out all the procrastination and distractions 😆, it would probably average out to around 1h-1h30mins/day 5 days-ish a week? Some days more, some days less. It's nice that the routine is flexible :)
I think they've only got previews on like Amazon or other sites that sell the physical versions. I'm not sure if they sell pdf versions in general? which is strange. I downloaded the pdf version (probably scanned) from VKontakte (a Russian social media website) vk.com/wall-134601479_961 You can browse around for other books as well! (edit: I just updated the links to all the SNU books in the video description for easier access!)
do you use notion for tracking everything? if possible, can you share how you make and use it? i've been trying to make one, but it's really confusing where to start and what to add 😣
Hey there! tbh I am no Notion potion master either 😅 but I started off with this tutorial here and then once I was more aware of the features of Notion, I started playing around with it just a tiny bit, nothing crazy :) czcams.com/video/XgAW1Gt968I/video.html This channel has a bunch of other Notion tutorials too which I think you might enjoy. I essentially only use Notion to jot down my Vision board / annual goals type things (cuz I gotta tweak them every quarter or so, so it's nice to have an editable, somewhat aesthetic document to work on) and scripting videos. As for language learning, my physical notebooks are still the main media I use, and Notion is simply a fun-looking document to encourage me to retype my material on there :)))
ahh I wanna spend a few months in Korea and do a language course or two as well!! Please enjoy Korea for the rest of us who haven't experienced it yet :)
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You can order the physical versions off of Amazon or from a shop that sells Korean textbooks in your country - that's what I did at first. And then I found the pdf versions on VKontakte (a Russian social media website) and have been downloading from there ever since. vk.com/wall-134601479_961
Hello Emma! I was so happy to see you posted a new video about Korean. Everytime I am amazed by the fact that our approach is sooooo similar. Most videos I watched on CZcams have a bit of a different approach and I couldn't really relate for that reason. But your approach is 90% similar to mine with a bit of variations which is super nice because it means I get new ideas when watching your videos, while keeping a similar routine that suits me. Actually I even took some notes when watching your video to be able to answer more thoroughly later on but I am afraid that if I write it all down it might a way too long comment... haha. Also I saw @aell.e comment. Just like @aell.e, I had a similar thought last time I was watching one of your videos. I also would love to talk with you (and @aell.e) more in depth about our language learning method. I was wondering if you would be interested in a informal online meeting to talk about that casually? And if we want we can do it again and get more in depth with certain specific approaches. I know it might be weird to suggest this since we do not know each other but I feel like it could be super beneficial and interesting for both of us (or 3 of us if @aell.e is interested too). What do you think? 🤔. Don't feel pressured though if you are not comfortable with this suggestion there is no problem. I would definitely understand 😊
Hey I'd say this is one of the great things about the internet is that we can connect to so many more people beyond our local vicinity so I'm totally on board with your suggestion with an online get-together! I think it's really cool how ideas work. I read a theory that any and all ideas are just out there floating in a sea of ideas. And then on one fine day, our mind is able to grab a hold of one specific idea, and express that idea through our mind and body. And at the same time, somewhere else, someone else's mind is also able to grab a hold of that same idea, and express it in their own way. Which satisfies my question on how there are so many similar ideas popping up all over the world. Maybe we were able to both grab a hold of the same idea 😉
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i've been studying korean on and off for so many years and i'm only at lower intermediate, staying consistent is a bit challenging for me and honestly i find your ways suit me the most out of other youtubers that i've watched!! thank you for showing us your routine
I'm so glad you found it useful!! I'm positive you'll be able to tweak the routine to make it work for you and make learning Korean engaging again 화이팅! There are so many resources (podcasts, short animations) popping up on CZcams these days compared to a couple years ago too so I'm trying to take advantage of that hehe
water bottle mic holder - you've gained my full attention now
😆😆it certainly proved more useful than I was initially expecting
I laughed when you said you've been studying for about 3.5 years but *really* studying for about 1.5, because I'm exactly the same and same times 😅 I've been making a study plan this week so this is a timely video, thank you 😊 수고했습니다!
I wonder what it was 3.5 years ago that made us both start learning Korean at the same time 😆 or the fact that there was a cumulative 2 year break in between :)) For me I started learning cuz I had just graduated college and had some spare time on my hands. And I started learning Korean specificially cuz I had a friend group where everyone spoke Korean except for me so sometimes I was clueless as to what was going on lol
@@caddberrie I'm unfortunately a cliché and that's when I got into K-pop 😅 I often hear people joke about people learning Korean because of K-pop but I can now speak more Korean than I can of my second language (Irish) so I'm proud of how I've been continuing with it ☺️ do you have an Instagram where you post similar content btw? Trying to fill my IG with good language learning accounts also
@@BinBahngBubu That's a W for sure and now you've got at least 3 languages! Kpop didn't get me started but it definitely kept me going at points :))
Unfortunately I don't have a studygram-type account 🥲 but if you find some good ones holler at ya girl!
@@BinBahngBubuomg another irish person? Do you have any study accounts? I've been focusing more on irish and spanish recently but if you want a friend to chat with and motivate you let me know!
As an English learner, I sincerely appreciate your language strategy. I can apply it to my studying exactly the same way.
I'm glad you found it helpful. And best of luck with your English journey 😊✨️
For dramas and movies to become study material, recommand this :
- you watch your series/movie as usual intertaining activity
- then you start using it by : listening again with english sub
- listening with korean sub
- listen without sub
The best way is of course to do the sub steps like you do in your scholar language oral comprehension class, like 10 minutes of the series/movie per days ^^
That sounds gr8 thanks for sharing! I'll give it a go with some of my favorite series. Let's see if I binge watch less with each round of rewatching 🥲
the reasons for the length you been learning... feels like you speaking for me too hahaha... been trying to learn Korean on and off since 2014 ... and for the same reasons I had those "gaps" between learning and stopping to learn Korean. But I have to admit that since I joined a language course in university, helped me to stay consistent !!
For everyone who is on the same page, I suggest to join a study group or if it's possible to join a language course !!
Good luck to everyone, who is studying Korean or any other language!
A language course in uni sounds like so much fun! I wish I had known that I had interest in Korean sooner I would've enrolled in a course while I was still in college 🥲 Thanks for stopping by and best of luck on your language journey as well! ✨✨
@@caddberrie Right!!! It really was amazing! Actually, in 2014 I was still in school and only had Japanese classes taught by a German :(. I really do not recommend it... I would rather have a native than someone who learned it themselves. When I was motivated to finally start learning Korean properly again, I chose to try a Korean class with a native Korean and it was something I wish I had before!
Thank you so much! I wish you a lot of luck with studying too! I am always up to it if there is a need for support or studying together!
@@arinaaaarr (I'm sorry I must've missed this comment :')) Honestly I think learning a foreign language with a non-native speaker can have its perks, like they can explain it in the way you process your mother tongue, if the two languages are too different. But they also need to have the teaching skills to do so, and most of all, accurate pronunciation. That's one thing I get wary about because when I start of with a new language, I totally cannot tell what is accurate or inaccurate pronunciation 🥲and knowing that I can mimic other people's pronunciation pretty quickly (regardless of whether it's accurate or not) I agree with you that in that case, it's better to learn from a native speaker 💫
Best of luck with your studying too!! I'd be down to support each other and/or study together ✨my discord handle is also @caddberrie if you're on that platform! If not, where else can I find you?
@@caddberrie Don't worry, it can happen :D.
I would call myself a “perfectionist” if it comes to pronunciation since I use all languages in oral form, not much of the written form. I am an immigrant in Germany. I learned German from natives but foreign languages like English, French and Japanese from non-natives. It's true (and I experienced it myself), that learning or getting help from non-natives gives you a better and smoother approach if it comes to understanding grammar. But pronunciation is sometimes difficult because of certain accents, and difficulties in pronouncing a word correctly. (Example: an Asian sometimes can't pronounce certain letters since they don't have it in their own alphabet system. Europeans have difficulties pronouncing certain words because they sound the same, but for Asians it's different because of the "tone".).
I feel like if you master to get out of your shell and start >>speaking
@@arinaaaarr Yess I agree getting out of your shell and speaking, even with mistakes, is sorta the only way to go and make progress 💪 I just made a Kakaotalk under the same handle, see you there!!
Interesting, I just read webtoons and watch k dramas once in English and then once in Korean 😂 the webtoons give a lot of context with the pictures for reading and watching the drama in English first lets me enjoy the story, then when I watch in Korean I can just focus on the words and how they say the sentence. I remember what they said in English so it makes everything so much more understandable and engaging.
That sounds like a great approach actually!! But now that I think about it, it makes total sense cuz you build your understanding through English first, and then when you read/watch it again in Korean, you attach the new Korean words to that understanding + images, and don't have to go through translation (which was my problem by just looking up new words in the translator each and every time). Thanks for sharing your approach - definitely smt that hasn't occured to me before and I'll definitely incorporate it into my language learning ✨🌞
Do you have any recs for the webtoons in Korean? I’ve been trying to read more but I haven’t found that I’ve really liked yet😭
Super thankful that we're on a similar level, it's hard to find intermediate to advanced learners online! Also, the fact that the description is so organised says a lot about you...
I would love to study together to share resources!! I can also help you with French as a native speaker if you ever need. 😊
(And the uniqlo bottle as a mic I mean... I dig your aesthetic!)
Thank you so much!! Yus I'd be down to study Korean together and thanks for the offer with French as well 💫 I think the detailed description makes it easier to access the key info even if you don't end up watching the vid, which is something I've always appreciated about other people's videos.
(The Uniqlo bottle was hanging out in my room in the right place at the right time so it's destiny got changed to being a mount for my mic 😆)
Hi i'm Korean. I happened to come across your video😊 You're amazing at speaking English. I'm glad and thankful that you're interested in studying Korean. Be happy❤❤❤
Thank you for the encouragement!! 한국어를 계속 열심히 공부하겠습니다 💪 소미 씨도 건강하고 행복하세요 :)
This video was great! I’ve been studying for 3 months total so far and I’ve already found myself trying to find ways to make it more fun. Right now, I’m decoding k-pop songs I like at least twice a week. But I never thought to type it out, I’ll add that into that study session. I’m not intermediate yet but I found bits and pieces of your routine very useful! 감사합니다!
making the process fun is most def the way to go 😊 I hope you can build out a process that really works for you! 화이팅!!
Oh as an English and Korean learner this video came in the right time, it helped me with the listening through your clean speaking and all the routine that you gave was absolute great and suitable, thankssss >
I'm so glad you found smt useful!! That's amazing that you're learning both English and Korean. Best of luck with your journey ✨️💛
Finished the video and was so thrilled to see all the videos and resources mentioned linked below. Thanks for putting in that extra work 😊
Hehe wouldn't want to make you guys scour through a 21min video again to get what you need 💪 im glad you found it useful!
I randomly stumbled on your channel and you really gave some amazing advice! Even though I am trying to learn Japanese at the moment, I will definitely use the tips you mentioned in your video for my language learning journey as well! Good luck to you!!😃
Thanks so much for stopping by! Also kudos to you for doing languages and medicine at the same time. It must be quite the juggle but a rewarding one nevertheless. Good luck to you as well! 💪💪✨
@@caddberrie Thanks so much! You got this as well! 💪💪
I'm actually in a time where I feel stuck on my Korean learning. This video gave me a lot of ideas and also encouraged me. 진짜 고마워요 😊
I hope you have fun with them!! 열심히 공부합시다!
i learnt something new from you, trying different exercises with the same material, definitely gonna do it.
Hope you have fun with it!
It’s always so interesting to see how similar or different others learn languages than me. You give so many good tips here that I def need to incorporate in my studies ⭐️
Right?! It's cool to see what our approaches have in common and then different ways to add onto that :) Best of luck with your studies!
Oh also, for speaking and writing practice. I take a weekly conversation class via italki with a native speaker (single handedly the best thing I've done for my language learning) and also i used a language exchange website to make some korean friends and we message each other to practice 😊
Ah that is solid advice thank you so much!! I should probably hop back on that italki train then. 고마워요~~
hi there! would you mind sharing the teacher that you're working with on italki? i've been trying out classes with some people but still haven't been able to find the perfect match unfortunately
For writing, you could journal/write down something that happened that day.Maybe even write down comments about the drama /show that you're watching, like I liked such a d such scene because....... or I cant believe that.....happened
That's a good pointer thank you! I dig the tip on commenting about a show you're watching, cuz the content varies, which means that what I write out will also vary. I tried journalling for a while and because my daily life revolves around the same couple of things, I found myself using the same group of vocab over and over again :))) as for my complex thoughts, I don't have enough vocab to express them yet 😆 so commenting on drama scenes is gonna be a great in-between 💪
🤩📔 Thank you for the insights and a well laid out guide, I'm advancing my Chinese studies and this would be a perfect plan to try out. Love the references to weightlifting!! 😇
Weightlifting's got a good routine going for itself I tell ya wut💪although I don't lift anymore, it's still cool to see those core principles applied elsewhere. Didn't know you were picking up Chinese again :o best of luck nhé bạn tốt!!
Wow Emma !! Your video popped up into my fyp and I’ve been so lost in my studying journey, you bring the motivation and the courage to me And now I think I have a good study plan that I will write down right now, thanks for this content I love you and I love your content ❤
Hey hey I'm really glad you got smt useful out of the video ✨the routine probably will need a little bit of tweaking to really fit your study style but I'm sure you'll be able to really customize a plan that works for you!!
Thanks for sharing your routine! I think it's very well focused, which is something I've been lacking for a while. I was doing something similar (TTMIK levels for grammar, Asian boss street interviews, Winnie the Poo book and conversation lessons once a week), but not stopping to review the material, so when I stop studying for a few days I just forget most of the new things I learnt. I think I've become very impatient, so I usually skim through materials and videos.
Anyways, this video has given me newfound motivation to take more time to learn what I'm checking!
I have been studying Korean on and off for 11 years now, and I'm just at intermediate/higher intermediate level, so I've been feeling stuck😅 I actually watched your previous video on using podcasts to study pronunciation and intonation and gave it a go, but I found it a bit overwhelming so I stopped 🥲 I might give it another try with a slower podcast.
Keep doing what you're doing! I hope to continue seeing you grow, so I'm finally subscribing
Ohmagash Winnie the Pooh was my favorite series growing up (in English) and I've never thought to try read it in Korean. Thank you for sharing!
Sometimes I have conversation lessons on italki as well, and when I don't jot anything down or review what my tutor typed for me in the chatbox, I will literally forget everything, so when I do remember to do so, I try to screenshot the chatbox and then review it the following day or smt. And as for the podcast shadowing thing, shadowing something slower sounds like a good idea! Or maybe customizing it a bit by adding or omitting a step or two might do the trick in finding a happy balance for you :) Even with less steps, so long as it keeps you excited and motivated, it should be more effective than smt that is overwhelming.
Thanks for tuning in again and see you around!! 😉
@@caddberrie it's a book for 'grown ups' with Winnie the Pooh illustrations and quite good for intermediate imo! It's called 곰돌이 푸, 행복한 일은 매일 있어 if you want to check it out at some point😊
And thanks for the tips! I will try them~
(My teacher is used to me forgetting to review. I'm a terrible student 🥲😂)
@@lucybloom5258 Even the title is adorable. I'll definitely need to get meself one of those copies 💪
Omg I love Didi’s Korean podcast too
this is amazing, thank you! my biggest struggle with learning korean is consistency, and i guess one way to tackle that is by having a solid routine. how do you not get sick of the same text or learning material so that you're able to watch or listen to something multiple times over and over again?
Hey there! I think I don't get bored ther material after 1 round because I usually choose something that's slightly challenging for me, meaning I hardly ever understand the entire thing in 1 go. Each round I use it again, I understand a little bit more, and the extra depth is what makes it feel 'newer'. If the material was too easy for me, and I already understood it fully the first time through, then I agree that there is no longer an incentive for me to keep repeating it :)) it would do my head in.
Also because I try to work with a different skill each time so it doesn't feel too repetitive, at least for me. Like for a piece of reading, I might handwrite it once, then type it up once, but I wouldn't handwrite it twice or type it out twice, ya know what i mean. Honestly I'd get pretty bored. (touch typing in Korean still doesn't feel that natural to me yet so I'm happy to continue working on it. I may eventually skip this step once I don't feel like I need it anymore). And then depending on the week, if I don't feel like doing all the steps, then I just skip some, it's chill :>
Even though I'm just focusing on one main skill each round, the repetition still helps all the other skills that I worked on on the other rounds. And by the end of it, I feel like I've understood a lot more out of a piece of material that was initially challenging for me, and it feels encouraging, and I guess that's what's keeps me goin 💪 Hope this helps!
I saw someone adding post it to items in their house so they could learn the vocabulary easier. It's smart, if you live alone 😂
Definitely a great approach for many! I saw someone on youtube do and and tried it too! but somehow, as visual learner, my eyes stopped registering them as words with meanings altogether and just saw them as shapes, as part of the furniture instead :)))
i listen also to didis podcast i like the way he speaks naturally and also podcast in spotify.. my level is beginner-intermediate.. im studying KIIP here in korea too... listening is very important and grammar points.... i love kpop, kdrama and i want to immerce myself in korean culture so that i can be more fluent in understanding and speaking soon
That's great that you're in Korea and got that environment to practice and immersion into the culture. Have fun on behalf of the rest of us who haven't gone yet 💪 and best of luck!
I love this so much! I've been trying to learn Chinese, and it's been on and off for about 3 years. I'll be sure to use these tips in the future! Quick question: what note-taking software do you use? It looks super useful!
Hi!! The note-taking app i'm using on my laptop is Notion! On my tablet (Samsung) I use J-notes. If you're using an Ipad then GoodNotes would probably do the trick? Anyways, thanks for stopping by and best of luck with Chinese 💪✨️💛
Hey there!
I just came across your video, and it really helped me rethink how I’m studying. I was feeling pretty lost, but your tips inspired me to try new methods I hadn’t considered before.
One of the toughest parts of learning something new is staying consistent after a couple of years. It’s a real challenge and something we have to deal with all the time. Also we need to make our study habits fit into our daily lives, which is something we figure out as we go. I’m Brazilian, but most of my study materials are in English or Korean, which can be tricky, but I think I’m getting the hang of it. I also use the Pomodoro Technique because staying focused can be hard for me sometimes 😅 I like to write in a journal before bed. It helps me reflect on my day, think about what I want for the next day, and practice basic sentences and grammar. It's also a good way to work the handwriting!
암튼, I really admire how organized you are with your study routine. It’s really inspiring!!! The most important thing is to be kind to ourselves and recognize our limits. Sometimes, we push too hard and don’t see how much progress we’ve made, but it’s definitely there! We’ll become fluent in our own time, and that’s perfectly okay.
I love your channel and will keep watching your videos. I wish you a fun and successful learning journey!
공부 방벙을 나눠 주셔서 감사합니다 ❤
Hey there, thanks for sharing and thanks for your encouragement!! I agree that it can def be a challenge to stay consistent after a while. But maybe that just means that we've outgrown our old selves and our old routines, and that we're growing as people :) And ditto to being kind to ourselves! with anything and everything really. I think one of the most important things I've learnt so far is to talk to/about myself the way I talk to my best friend, and that really shifted the way I viewed myself, my journey, my progress.
well, i'm not the didi that you were probably hoping to comment on this video, but! i have watched one of didi's podcast videos and i enjoyed it so much! i want to watch more and learn more from her as well. how cool that you like her videos too ^^ thank you for this video, i got many ideas as to how i can better get the most out of my learning resources and and reaasurance about how i'm learning currently. i'm still like an intermediate-ish beginner with my korean (and japanese) after learning on and off for like 8 years with 1 year of actual learning, so i'm right there with you ha ha! i like to dabble around with the complexity of the things i learn and methods i use so i don't get too bored, but i am still working on making consistent progress in overall which has been a bit of a journey but showing myself that i can show up consistently even if it's for small tasks has been a great help. plus i'm having fun! so i consider that a bit of a win. great video! :))
Hehe you're a Didi I'd love to have around nonetheless 😊 showing up is definitely a win in my books too. some weeks when I don't have the brainspace to process much I might just listen to one podcast, omit the rest, and call it a week, or just watch a couple K-drama episodes for enjoyment :) Are you learning Korean and Japanese simultaneously? I'm sure learning one of them will help with the other but do you get the 2 languages mixed up?
@@caddberrieoh thank you ^^ so true and during those times when you take learning a little slow, it’s so surprising when you get to see how much your understanding has progressed which is sometimes hard to see when studying diligently and actively. it can be a nice lil bonus. yes i am learning them at the same time! i would like to say i don’t get things mixed up but that is definitely not true lol my brain definitely has quite the time keeping things straight. i have moments where i want to read a word or sentence in one language, but the way i keep making sense of it is in the other, so i end up with a mixture of the two and have to use my brain to will out the language i’m trying to use and make things make proper sense. it happens sometimes even with small things like just the other day, i wanted to read sentences with numbers in korean but for some reason, the japanese counterparts kept popping up in my head, which took some brainpower to straighten out. then throw my elementary background in mandarin chinese into the mix and it’s quite a party. for example, every time i try to think of the word “friend” in japanese, it doesn’t want to stick because ‘friend” in chinese (朋友) won’t let it lol. it’s kinda funny sometimes honestly. but i like having this background in all three because it helps me a lot to draw connections between the three languages and to make some decent guesses at meanings of new words and such. am i frying my brain a bit? probably. is it fun? absolutely!
@@justmedidi it must be even easier to mix things up between Hanzi and Kanji cuz they probably use the same characters but are pronounced slightly different 🤔like you look at the character and then your brain has to decide what language you're learning and therefore what to pronounce :)) i just started learning some basic basic Mandarin and was really amused to find the the words for hotpot in Korean and Mandarin are basically the same (minus the tones). I'm sure there's gonna be tons of those moments down the line too. Can't wait 😆
@@caddberrieoh for sure. literally just now (i am definitely supposed to be studying lol) my brain struggled to read 歌 when i literally know that the sentence i’m reading is in japanese lol. i hope you enjoy learning mandarin! i love and miss it but had to take a break, i hope to get back into it someday ^^ it’s cool to see the connections between languages especially among korean, mandarin chinese, and japanese even though it can be confusing on the brain >< also, i had no idea about that! that’s so neat. now i want to try hotpot even more haha!
thank you for this video this came at an amazing time!! i've been consuming kpop content for years and have picked up a good amount of korean naturally that way, and since late last year i've been studying korean more intentionally/seriously but only since a couple weeks ago am i trying to really structure my studying more and be more organized about it. i haven't seen many videos about study methods really suited towards beginner-intermediate learners like this!! your style is very similar to me (i have a similar podcast routine and attitude towards watching interviews vs. dramas/variety shows for study!) so i think the extra tips i got from this video will be very helpful (like adding writing summaries after listening to a podcast to my routine, and looking into graded reader books)!!
this comment ended up way too long haha, but this video was perfect for me so thank you so much!
Aw thanks for sharing, I love reading your guys' comments so dw!! with a more structured routine, you're probably gonna see a lot of things fall into place quickly from all the things you've picked up naturally over the years (definitely more quickly than the regular learner starting out from scratch). It's like, you already know them, but just now reorganizing it :) Anyways, best of luck with learning Korean 💪imma be right here rooting for you
@@caddberrie yes for sure!! studying korean is extra rewarding for me because of that haha! it's super fun recognizing things that i've already heard and have kind of formed an idea of what it means/how it works, and to gain the last bit of understanding that helps me piece it all together!
my goal now is to be able to understand more complex sentences and spend more time turning this foundation into my own output, super excited to use your tips for this next step :D
thank you so much, and you too! and thank you for taking the time to reply (i love talking about studying korean as much as i love studying korean HAHA) i'll be here for your future videos and rooting for you as well 🙌🙌
@@anya-md1pi Getting to produce output kinda feels like finally seeing the fruits of your labor - it's incredibly motivating! I'm excited to get better at output for myself as well hehe
@@caddberrie yess for sure!! it's so fun ^^
K-Drama recommendations; Class of Lies, it’s so good and underrated IMO! Mask Girl was insane to watch. Revenge of Others! Doona (idk why people hate it but I enjoyed it) and I literally just finished Mouse yesterday 🥲
yusss thanks so much for the recs 💪💪
This was such a great video! Super informative! I'm stagnant on my language learning so I think that this may be the perfect setup for me 😊
The routine might need some tweaking to make it really fit your style and I'm glad it was helpful :) Best of luck with your learning journey!!
The best thing I did to progress my Korean learning was finding a language partner. I found a native Korean speaker who is practicing English. We meet on Zoom every Friday for an hour of language/culture sharing. She gives me tips and challenges me to practice during the week.
How were you able to find this language partner? I’d love to find that for myself
Thanks for sharing! You guys are very diligent to meet on a regular basis like that. And ditto @misakisad's question, would you mind sharing how you guys found each other? I feel like finding people on certain apps who actually want to study can be a hit or miss sometimes.
Youre very cute and your speaking, intonation is so perfect, naturally. My voice is worst, monotonic and I also lack expressiveness, as well as any discipline to learn. Your routine is very hard. I will think about trying Didi's podcast and start writing notes on notion. Maybe u should upload your notion journal for us to copy. Kisses and hugs
Ahh thank you for the encouragement my pronunciation is all thanks to the podcasts. Yes I agree, this full routine is probably not for the faint of heart either :)) I do this for maybe 18 weeks (=18 chapters in the coursebook = 1 level) over 6 months (26 weeks), and I tweak it to make it accommodate my week. On other weeks I'm flexible and just pick and choose whatever I wanna do so it's chill.
Sure maybe I could do a video or smt with my Notion page one day! but my templates are very simple 😆 I haven't explored too much on the potentials of Notion yet
@@caddberrie you should just share your whole korean notion vocabulary section for us to copy, for those lazy ones like myself. I think templates too don't work for me as I am unable to carry on with any organized routine.
About your intonation, I meant your English speaking. It's very perfect naturally the way you speak, youre a natural good speaker. It's all about the brain, I don't think someone like me can learn to speak like that. :)
maybe I wil be able to start writing if I have an already existing collection of sentences.; coz starting anew is the most diff thing.
Tipp for the filming 😊 you dont need to say that u have script 😊 thats totally normal and fine! and if you feel that u look to often on it than say the scrip sentence for sentence 😊 and edit everything out when you look on it 😊 that its feels more naturell the video!
Hey there!! Thank you for the filming tip 💪 Imma do what you suggested and try to find a happy balance between looking at the script too much and having to edit too much 😅🙏
ahh your editing is so cleaaaan! also totally agree with your tips!!
Thank you!! 😊✨ editing is such an interesting process like, there are so many moving parts, but I always love watching other people's different editing styles, and then trying to figure out how to recreate it here and there hehe
@@caddberrie yusss i agree, takes up a lot of time but always worth it :))
I got a premium for Bussu because I knew I was going to be consistent and do everything the language masters asked us to and I stopped after French started being so hard, I couldn't keep the verbs and adverbs and the male && female thing going on, there was a lot of things you needed to keep in mind and I gave up literally uurhgh
French gender conjugation got me good too 😆 i can take my chances sometimes when I'm speaking but for writing? so many braincells need to be activated for that activity to spell correctly :') Maybe it's a good thing you're taking a break. It sounds like you already gave it a solid shot so some time away from it might give you a better perspective on those icky spots when you return 💪
Hi😊Please continue posting videos like this❤. I am learning 🇰🇷 and this motivates me. Can you give more tips for beginner learners, I am struggling with vocabulary and listening. How did you start learning Korean? Thank.
My 1st language is Spanish. I'm learning Korean (begginer Level2) and English (Upper Intermediate).😊
Hey there! Im glad this was helpful and I'll try to make a video more specifically about the questions you gave! But briefly speaking, I'd say with listening, the thing with Korean is that the final consonant of words is always carried over onto the next word, so it's hard to tell what word you're hearing at first when your vocab is lower. So I would suggest perhaps using some easier podcasts (i linked some in the description btw!), listen to the audio while reading the transcript or whatever animation is on the screen, maybe do that once or twice before you do a round of just listening! That way I think you'll start figuring out how certain ending consonants carry over to the next word.
With vocab, a mistake i made at first was memorizing vocab without context. It took a lot of work and i also forgot them pretty quickly 😆 so maybe that's not the best way to go about it :)) i think working with a coursebook just to have some structure, and picking material (podcast or reading) that you feel will have vocab that is relevant to your everyday life first might make it more appealing to study. Hope this helps!!
The KIIP workbooks and textbooks are similar to the books she is using to learn. The methods 밤법 of learning are the same. And yes, you cannot translate English to Korean, it is wrong
Let's gooooo great video!!!!
Let's get ittt 💪💪💪 you and me both
Thank you for your very detailed video, I will try to incorporate podcasts in my studying. I think your method is very complete and could be really fun. I have trouble retaining the vocabulary and what you said about translating it right away makes a ton of sense, I’m always looking up words in the dictionary 😂. So I will try to not do that and also the doodles instead of the translation! I’ve been studying Korean for a year and I’m level beginner 2. 😅
That's great progress you're making! Haha yeah I used search up in the dictionary asap :)) I still sometimes use translations, but usually as the last step, after I have tried a few other methods to try to understand the word. I saw someone comment that they studied foreign languages by first reading a book in a language they're already fluent in, so they really understand and 'feel' what's going on, and then read the story again in their target language, and their brain automatically fills in the blank for new words with meaning/feeling that they got from the first time reading it in their fluent language. That way you're going through the pathway of: fluent language --> meaning --> target language. I haven't tried it out yet but it kinda makes sense no? Anyways best of luck with your language studies!!
@@caddberrie Yes, that makes a lot of sense. I did buy the first Harry Potter book in Korean to try to do just that but that may not be the best choice with all the invented words in it... I might give it a try although I am a bit scared that I will understand nothing! Thank you for the encouragement and for the great videos!
@@theowlhook ooh that's a useful thing you pointed out, with the invented words and all. The first book I ever attempted in Korean was also Harry Potter :)) and then I switched over to more folktales and stuff. I do wanna revisit HP later down the line tho!
Hi! I wanna say thank you so much for this video. I’ve been wanting to learn Korean for a while, and a little lost about where to start with. This gave me a direction! I love these types of videos, please keep going!
And I wanted to ask how I could purchase the course book you mentioned, I couldn’t find any online books. Because I want to use my ipad to study. Thank you so much!
Thanks for your encouragement and I'm glad the vid was helpful!
I don't think they sell e-versions, haven't been able to find those anywhere. But I downloaded the pdf (probably scanned) from VKontakte (a Russian social media website) vk.com/wall-134601479_961
You can browse around for other books as well!
(*edit: I just updated the links to all the SNU books in the video description for easier access!)
Context instead of translation is the best yh
What a clever idea: She's using the water bottle as a stand for her microphone. 😁😁😁😁
And it definitely won't be the last time :)))
화이팅 ~ 🔥 🔥 🔥
I'm learning Brasilian Portuguese and Spanish, but for Spanish I understand everything but cannot speak so I have to work on my vocabulary mostly. I'd like to learn russian, french and Yoruba.
What languages are you guys learning?
Are you learning all 3 languages at the same time? How do you make time for all of them and not get them mixed up? Hat's off to you!
hi! thank you for the video! i wanted to ask if you have a set weekly routine? like for example 2x a week you are reading and 2x listening to a podcast and so on, or do you do a little bit of everything every day?
Hi! That's a great question that I should've clarified in the video. On a normal week, I essentially do x1 coursebook chapter, x1 podcast and x1 reading. That means I will go through all the little steps (of the 'compound exercises') once. I just do whichever I feel like or have the time for that day (sometimes that's a whole coursebook chapter in one day, or maybe I just study the vocab, and then I listen once to a podcast, leave the rest for another day). It's really flexible so that I don't get unnecessary stressed out. And then the 'accessories' are just a free for all :)) I usually don't keep tabs on that at all and just enjoy it.
That said, I have found myself falling into this breakdown most weeks:
Day 1:
- Coursebook: half a chapter
Day 2:
- Coursebook: the other half of a chapter
- Podcast: Listen once (choose a podcast that is the same topic as the coursebook chapter)
Day 3:
- Workbook (of the coursebook)
- Podcast: Listen again + shadow (with audio)
Day 4:
- Podcast: shadow again (w/o audio) + type up a comment
- Reading: read a chapter in my graded reader (just about 2 pages)
Day 5:
- Reading: handwrite + type up
Sometimes, on busy weeks, I don't get through it all, and that's ok too. It might take a little tweaking to fit the way you study best :) maybe you might need to add or omit a step or two. I hope you find the breakdown that works for you! Hope this helps :)
@@caddberrie that helps a lot, thank you!! :)
QUESTION: I see places where I can buy the Seoul National University Korean language textbook and I see where I can download the audio files but where can I get the electronic book or software that you're using on your computer? (Around 4:06)
I don't think they sell e-versions, haven't been able to find those anywhere. But I downloaded the pdf (probably scanned) from VKontakte (a Russian social media website) vk.com/wall-134601479_961
You can browse around for other books as well!
@@caddberrie You're awesome! Thanks!
@@caddberrie Hi. I was able to get PDFs from the link but they're for lesson books that start at level 4-5. I'm sorry to be a pest (I did browse around as best I could and I even downloaded the audio files) but could you put a link to the PDFs for beginner books 1-3? If not, I understand you're probably busy and thank you for what you did provide. Again - thank you, so much!
@CrixusHeart Sure thing! My bad I forgot to clarify that it's easier to search through Google: VK + [book title] (for any other book you might need in the future) than to browse directly in VK.
- Student book 1A: m.vk.com/wall-166228260_3410?lang=en
- Student books 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B: m.vk.com/wall-166228260_3358?lang=en
- Workbooks 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B: m.vk.com/wall-166228260_5757?lang=en
- Workbook 3A, 3B: vk.com/wall-190174213_270
- Level 4 all books: vk.com/wall-166228260_18537
- Level 5 all books: m.vk.com/wall-170846807_9417
- Level 6 all books: m.vk.com/wall-166228260_14640?lang=en
This was a great suggestion thank you! I'll leave the links in the description for others to access easily as well :) Happy studying!
I found almost everything I was looking for. THANKS SO MUCH!
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@@caddberrie thank you so much Emma. 😊🤩 Do you have Instagram or Facebook? I'm really looking forward to your next videos.
Do you keep track stuff like your vocab list and to-do list on notion? What other things do you keep track of? I'd like to try and become more organized too haha
Ahaha for vocab, I honestly don't :))) Although I do type up all the new vocab from my grammar coursebook, I can never bring myself to review those vocab lists again on a regular basis, so I just do all these different activities with built-in repetition in hopes that the word sticks more (and with this routine, I already go through a word 3-4 times). And then I just wait until the word pops up again in other material I'm consuming.
As for my Korean-learning-related to-do list, I just have one with 4 bullet points (coursebook, workbook, reading, podcast) that I tick off and I think this has much less to do with 'keeping track of things' and more so to do with feeling ✨accomplished✨ :))
As for daily things, I generally set out a couple minutes every night to write down a couple things I wanna get done the following day on a piece of paper. Sometimes I go into vacay mode, or resting mode for a whole week where I don't write any to-do lists at all and just live spontaneously. Other than that, this year I just started doing a vision-board type thing (on Notion), just to spend more time thinking about the person I wanna become in the long run. I jot down some core values and try to revisit them every 3 months or so to remind myself, or edit it if need be. I do have some 2024 goals, and quarterly goals, but they tend to be much more qualitative than quantitative (= I focus less so on numbers and more so on the type of experiences I want to have). It's only my first year properly doing so so I'm still tryna figure things out! :)
Hello! Great video! I’m currently learning Korean right now, and I’m trying to find some content to watch that I like, but it’s been very difficult. 😅 Do you have any videos or content to recommend for me that are in the Korean language? If you know who Dhar Mann is, he makes videos that are similar to moral stories, life lessons, and lesson-learning videos. Do you know any videos/content in the Korean language that are similar to that?
Hey there! Unfortunately I haven't come across any channels similar to Dhar Mann, but there is this one K web drama channel I watch that has short episodes (so doesn't enable my binging lol). They're less moral stories / life lessons but more just depicting real life situations. www.youtube.com/@PICKGO
If I find anything else I'll leave another comment :) And likewise, if you find anything else, please leave me a link as well thankyou!!
Great video! But how long do you study or do this per day?
If I took out all the procrastination and distractions 😆, it would probably average out to around 1h-1h30mins/day 5 days-ish a week? Some days more, some days less. It's nice that the routine is flexible :)
@@caddberriecan relate to the distractions part😆wow! I see thank you ❤
thnks for the video its very helpful .
I'm glad it was helpful!! Happy studying :>
did you have to buy the two ponds books? I swear i remember opening them on the site but I can't seem to find how to do that now
I think they've only got previews on like Amazon or other sites that sell the physical versions. I'm not sure if they sell pdf versions in general? which is strange. I downloaded the pdf version (probably scanned) from VKontakte (a Russian social media website) vk.com/wall-134601479_961
You can browse around for other books as well!
(edit: I just updated the links to all the SNU books in the video description for easier access!)
do you use notion for tracking everything? if possible, can you share how you make and use it? i've been trying to make one, but it's really confusing where to start and what to add 😣
Hey there! tbh I am no Notion potion master either 😅 but I started off with this tutorial here and then once I was more aware of the features of Notion, I started playing around with it just a tiny bit, nothing crazy :)
czcams.com/video/XgAW1Gt968I/video.html
This channel has a bunch of other Notion tutorials too which I think you might enjoy.
I essentially only use Notion to jot down my Vision board / annual goals type things (cuz I gotta tweak them every quarter or so, so it's nice to have an editable, somewhat aesthetic document to work on) and scripting videos. As for language learning, my physical notebooks are still the main media I use, and Notion is simply a fun-looking document to encourage me to retype my material on there :)))
@@caddberrie thank u sm!! it's my first time coming across your content. this video really helped me ㅜㅜ
Im living in korea right now and my level is just level 2, im not improving haha Im so lazy to study
ahh I wanna spend a few months in Korea and do a language course or two as well!! Please enjoy Korea for the rest of us who haven't experienced it yet :)
@@caddberrie Im feeling it soon you can visit here in korea. You are better than me in speaking korean
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Where can I get the course books?
You can order the physical versions off of Amazon or from a shop that sells Korean textbooks in your country - that's what I did at first. And then I found the pdf versions on VKontakte (a Russian social media website) and have been downloading from there ever since. vk.com/wall-134601479_961
@@caddberrie thank you 😊
I just updated the links to all the SNU books in the video description for easier access!
Hello Emma! I was so happy to see you posted a new video about Korean. Everytime I am amazed by the fact that our approach is sooooo similar. Most videos I watched on CZcams have a bit of a different approach and I couldn't really relate for that reason. But your approach is 90% similar to mine with a bit of variations which is super nice because it means I get new ideas when watching your videos, while keeping a similar routine that suits me. Actually I even took some notes when watching your video to be able to answer more thoroughly later on but I am afraid that if I write it all down it might a way too long comment... haha.
Also I saw @aell.e comment. Just like @aell.e, I had a similar thought last time I was watching one of your videos. I also would love to talk with you (and @aell.e) more in depth about our language learning method. I was wondering if you would be interested in a informal online meeting to talk about that casually? And if we want we can do it again and get more in depth with certain specific approaches. I know it might be weird to suggest this since we do not know each other but I feel like it could be super beneficial and interesting for both of us (or 3 of us if @aell.e is interested too). What do you think? 🤔. Don't feel pressured though if you are not comfortable with this suggestion there is no problem. I would definitely understand 😊
I'm the same when I write comments... 😆
I'd be happy to study together! I don't know how to get in touch though 🥲
Hey I'd say this is one of the great things about the internet is that we can connect to so many more people beyond our local vicinity so I'm totally on board with your suggestion with an online get-together!
I think it's really cool how ideas work. I read a theory that any and all ideas are just out there floating in a sea of ideas. And then on one fine day, our mind is able to grab a hold of one specific idea, and express that idea through our mind and body. And at the same time, somewhere else, someone else's mind is also able to grab a hold of that same idea, and express it in their own way. Which satisfies my question on how there are so many similar ideas popping up all over the world. Maybe we were able to both grab a hold of the same idea 😉
You can find me @caddberrie on either instagram or discord! And then we can set something up :> either on one of those platforms or somewhere else 😊
@@caddberrie Sounds great for me! See you there both of you :)
What's your discord server link ?