How to learn Korean

Korean is one of the most popular languages ​​today. In order to learn it, it is enough to understand its logic and work out the most comfortable tactics and strategy for studying it.

Instruction manual

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Understand the logic

Before learning a language, you need to find its place in the language family, determine the next of kin and the type of language. Yes, oddly enough, reading books on linguistics makes life easier for people who study languages ​​with a form of writing that is significantly different from their own. All newcomers should know that the Korean language belongs to the Tungus-Manchu group of languages ​​of the Altai family. This is an agglutinative language, which means that the sentence is built according to the scheme "submission - verb - object". That is, not "I go to the food store", but "I am food - because I go - the store." Verbs are not conjugated, nouns do not have a gender, but there are special conjugate endings of verbs in order to appeal to friends, mother and father, as well as older people and high rank. It seems strange at first, but experts are sure that Korean is one of the easiest languages.

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All-round attack

In order to learn any language, one should not only study theory, dive into grammar and build up vocabulary, but also read, listen, write coherent texts and, of course, communicate. There are many free resources on the Internet to help Korean lovers. For example, the resource http://www.lingq.com/ offers texts, podcasts in Korean for students of various levels - from beginner to advanced. A network user reads a text, at the same time listens to it, memorizing the pronunciation of a native speaker and “linking” new words. From words you can make cards, download them, download them to your mobile phone or receive by mail. Another educational network where you can learn Korean is livemocha.com. A free course includes more than fifty lessons: theory, verification exercises, quizzes and two tasks that test a native speaker - oral and written. Courtesy and respect are the two pillars on which the study of language in educational Internet networks is based.

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Serious preparation

If a student learning Korean needs a certificate or confidence that the best teachers are working with him, then you should sign up for free Korean courses at the Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea: http://russia.korean-culture.org/welcome. do You can also learn Korean for free at the Won Gwan language school http://www.wonkwang.ru/. There you can download free audio courses and purchase educational literature. In addition, Korean is taught in courses at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in departments at the Russian State Social University, Russian State Humanitarian University, MGIMO, ISAA and others. These educational institutions train professional Korean students.

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In the Korean language, six dialects are distinguished, and in the vocabulary there are historically Korean words and expressions borrowed from Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Jurchen, Manchurian, Sanskrit, and even Russian and English.

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