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Disclaimer: I am not fluent and I& #39;m currently studying for TOPIK exam. I hope these tips and materials will help you too
1. Korean alphabet
I think this is self-explanatory. You have to study νκΈ if you are a beginner. There are a lot of materials and youtube videos which can help you with this. Practice the sounds by listening to natives.
here is a worksheet I used https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-5YLcq4mpU1EWrBJ_2U9PCQ8KEB61b5G/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-...
I think this is self-explanatory. You have to study νκΈ if you are a beginner. There are a lot of materials and youtube videos which can help you with this. Practice the sounds by listening to natives.
here is a worksheet I used https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-5YLcq4mpU1EWrBJ_2U9PCQ8KEB61b5G/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-...
2. Korean Grammar
It is quite complicated and different from English. But don& #39;t be scared, there is nothing impossible.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb">Tip: learn a grammar form and write your own sentences, use Hello Talk for checking whether they are right.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π" title="Ledger" aria-label="Emoji: Ledger">materials: Korean grammar in usehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="ππ»" title="Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)"> link
It is quite complicated and different from English. But don& #39;t be scared, there is nothing impossible.
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https://m.vk.com/wall-43895696_10380">https://m.vk.com/wall-4389...
3. TEXTBOOKS https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π" title="Ledger" aria-label="Emoji: Ledger">
If you enjoy studying with textbooks, I recommend the Yonsei series.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb">good vocabulary, dialogues, audio materials, texts, writing, etc.
DOWNLOAD HEREhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="ππ»" title="Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)"> https://www.koreantopik.com/2018/02/yonsei-korean-pdf-textbook-123456.html?m=1">https://www.koreantopik.com/2018/02/y...
If you enjoy studying with textbooks, I recommend the Yonsei series.
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4. YouTube https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="βΆοΈ" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">
some channels I found very useful
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="βΆοΈ" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> Talk To Me In Korean
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="βΆοΈ" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> MasterTOPIK
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="βΆοΈ" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="βΆοΈ" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> Conversational Korean
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb">watch vlogs that have Korean subtitles, write down the words/phrases you don& #39;t know.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb">pay attention to pronunciation
some channels I found very useful
Korean Vloggers https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="ππ»" title="Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)">
these are my favorite vloggers I enjoy watching. I am sure you can find the one for you as wellhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="βΊοΈ" title="Smiling face" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π" title="High brightness symbol" aria-label="Emoji: High brightness symbol"> ondoμ¨λ
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π" title="High brightness symbol" aria-label="Emoji: High brightness symbol"> μλsueddu
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π«" title="Dizzy symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Dizzy symbol"> subscribe to JAESIX!!! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π" title="Smirking face" aria-label="Emoji: Smirking face"> @Jae_Day6
these are my favorite vloggers I enjoy watching. I am sure you can find the one for you as well
5. Vocabulary https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π" title="Scroll" aria-label="Emoji: Scroll">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb"> categorize! start off with your house, learn all the words for different objects that surround you i.e TV, shelf, bed, etc. once you learn that category move on to your family, hobby, sports, etc.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb"> practice, practice, practice! use them in your speech
Song lyrics https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="πΆ" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb"> write down the lyrics of your favorite Korean songs, translate and learn the words you don& #39;t know. It is again a good method to enrich your vocab! I mean who doesn& #39;t want to be able to sing along?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="πΆ" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="πΆ" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="πΆ" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes">
Short Stories https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π" title="Page facing up" aria-label="Emoji: Page facing up">
there are some short stories you can read out loud, translate and retell.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb"> memorize some good sentences or phases. it& #39;s all about memorizing https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π€·π»ββοΈ" title="Woman shrugging (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman shrugging (light skin tone)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb"> try not to translate everything, stick to Korean more
DOWNLOADhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="ππ»" title="Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)"> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FChNVRZY7ygQaxRMrHcHwUocbUonOV-2/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F...
there are some short stories you can read out loud, translate and retell.
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extra tips:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb"> sometimes not everything will make sense. don& #39;t give up! Try to memorize it and move on. Believe me later, you& #39;ll use it naturally in your speech
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb"> surround yourself with Korean as much as you can i.e. change your phone language to Korean
at first you& #39;ll find it very intimidating but it& #39;s not that complicated at all! learn about the difference of μ‘΄λλ§ and λ°λ§, about how and with whom to use them! watch videos on YT
also check this out!
https://www.verbix.com/languages/korean.html">https://www.verbix.com/languages...
6. Writing https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π" title="Lower left crayon" aria-label="Emoji: Lower left crayon">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb"> practice your writing, for example, by tweeting in Korean, chatting, writing grocery lists, to-do lists etc.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π‘" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb"> keep a diary or write short stories
TOPIK Writing Practicehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="ππ»" title="Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (light skin tone)"> https://keytokorean.com/resources/topik/all-previous-topik-writing-topics-for-all-levels/">https://keytokorean.com/resources...
TOPIK Writing Practice
7. Speaking https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π’" title="Public address loudspeaker" aria-label="Emoji: Public address loudspeaker">
this is perhaps the hardest point. But no worries.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="β«οΈ" title="White small square" aria-label="Emoji: White small square">if you have Korean friends talk with them! you& #39;re really lucky! practice your knowledge.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="β«οΈ" title="White small square" aria-label="Emoji: White small square">film yourself while talking
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="β«οΈ" title="White small square" aria-label="Emoji: White small square">talk to yourself out loud
talk, talk, talkhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π£" title="Speaking head in silhouette" aria-label="Emoji: Speaking head in silhouette">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π" title="Speaker with three sound waves" aria-label="Emoji: Speaker with three sound waves">
this is perhaps the hardest point. But no worries.
talk, talk, talk
and....https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π₯" title="Drum" aria-label="Emoji: Drum">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π₯" title="Drum" aria-label="Emoji: Drum">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π₯" title="Drum" aria-label="Emoji: Drum">
in the end I want to remind you
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π«" title="Dizzy symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Dizzy symbol">nothing is impossible! You can do it, just like others could do it. It& #39;s all about enjoying the process, learning should be fun!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π«" title="Dizzy symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Dizzy symbol">try to stay motivated and don& #39;t lose your perseverance.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="π«" title="Dizzy symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Dizzy symbol"> it takes time. one step at a time
in the end I want to remind you
YOU CAN DO IT FRIENDS
