tips to self study for a new language.

[Semidevil]

as I am out of school and only working from morning till early evenings, I have plenty of times on my hand.

I want to learn to speak Korean, but I am having trouble with the motivation process.

Is buying a phrase book and memorizing the best way? what is the most effective way for self study? any suggestion would be appreciated. My main problem is that it is rather hard to just memorize and I get disinterested after a few weeks(maybe due to tedious dry memorization).

 

[Farang]

A friend of mine in Thailand learned to speak Lao, Thai, and Isaan (dialect of Thai) by going to the markets around where he lived in the states and practicing with immigrants. He would study on his own with books and then get the immersion necessary to be fluent from the community. Realistically you're not going to be fluent unless you have a way to practice, so you need to find where Korean-speaking people hang out and befriend them.

 

[mrkun]

Move to LA.

 

[Epic Fail]

date a korean....

 

[Perknose]

Search/Post on Craig's list for a Korean language study group, or just get in an argument with your dry cleaner.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Isn't wanting to learn something but being inhibited by the motivational process a massively obvious semantic evasion of the fact that you don't really want to learn it at all? /me thinking

I hear rosetta stone is good.

 

[mrkun]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Isn't wanting to learn something but being inhibited by the motivational process a massively obvious semantic evasion of the fact that you don't really want to learn it at all? /me thinking

No.