become fluent in korean

my studying of Korean has faltered considerably. In part because I am planing to go back to England next summer and also because I have been lazy. I will do my best to get back on top of this.

Well, I’ve always thought that Korean was a beautiful language, so I want to learn it. Right now I’m testing the waters with Pimsleur (Not expecting much; I’ve never had amazing results with Pimsleur), but if I find that Korean seems possible for me, I’ll pursue it and learn the writing, vocabulary and grammar. SHINee and SS501 are helping me on my way. Wish me luck~

I have been studying for 4 months… Love it and hope to find work in Korea soon!!!

I started new lessons in Korean yesterday. It was really fun. Its at a hagwon, but i’m not being taught by the teacher, but by a student that wants to learn English, I guess she is practicing her English when she tells me the vocabulary, and then I explain how to say the same sentence in English correctly, so we are both benefiting from it.

Today, I put the words I learned from yesterday into my BYKI program and went through them in there, so if i can keep this up, I think that i will get much better at korean quickly. BTW my classes are everyday.

being a first generation korean american, i’ve been bilingual for as long as i could remember! It’s really quite an asset being able to speak more than one language! Lately I’ve been picking up spanish and it’s quite interesting! They do say that languages open up new doors to places we may never have imagined ;p

So, I’m korean, and I live in korea, but I’m not fluent in Korean. Thatz cuz i wuz born in Boston, went to elementary in LA and went to a foreign middle school in korea and a boarding school in the states.
A lot of the time, I know enough Korean to get around, but once in a while, something like this happens:
I’m in the subway with a bunch of my friends (in Seoul, Korea) and we’re speaking in English because thatz just what we’re more comfortable speaking. Then, all of the sudden this old man comes up to us and scolds us for not speaking Korean and tells us to GO BACK TO OUR MOTHERLAND… and then smacks me on the head. (prob. cuz I was the smallest amongst my friends) Stuff like this happens all the time. And now, I can’t even try to spark up a convo w/ random korean girls if i go to a bar.

now i realize that I really need to improve my korean, but I’m in the states and all my friends here are white. So, I’ve been thinking 1) watch a korean TV show, 2) call my parents more and speak w/ them… but i dunno if either will be enough.

Anyone have any suggestions on how I can do this? I’ve taken Korean going on 3 years now, and I still feel like my speaking and listening skills suck ass. My mom is Korean and has suggested I watch a bunch of Korean dramas, since she learned English by watching American soap operas. I plan on doing this (since I love kdramas anyway…sooooooo addicting), but I’m open to other suggestions.

A few weeks ago I bought Rosetta Stone Korean Level 1. It wasn’t cheap but it’s really good, and not too boring, so I’ve managed to stick with this and studying it very well.

I’m learning a lot from it, and it’s definitely improving my fluency,

I’m still using BYKI, and the sogang university site, so I’m very happy with the way this is going.

With the BYKI program, my learning is flying by, I’m learning so much new vocabulary a day. I just need to pick up my confidence and use it a lot more rather than just the simple stuff that I use now.

I have at least two free periods at work at the moment, so during this time I usually study Korean, I’m picking it up slowly and I’m sure I will get there eventually.