Iāll start learning Korean in September. Iām not sure what the library lacks here, but itās been short on intermediate content in other languages. Also, I donāt know if itās allowed to post them in the library, but Korean TV show scripts (in Korean) will be much appreciated. I normally read TV show scripts instead of books because I find them more interesting.
hey palā¦ I miss more begginer 1 content. More like daily basic conversations, massive amounts of daily basic phrases to repeat. ahehaehe Thatās what I miss the most, perhaps something with the top 100 most common phrases in diferent contextsā¦ My opinion.
While I am not studying Korean, I want to thank you for the offer to load content as that is what makes Lingq so great. In the studying that I do a wide variety of content is nice to have. Upload some stories or information you find interesting. I enjoy Sergeās daily news stories in French. It is helpful for language learners to be exposed to stories that they may have heard in their own language. Other content which I find quite helpful are the conversational series and travel stories. Thanks for helping make Lingq a great community.
Iām on a continued quest for Korean audiobooks. From what I can tell, they either donāt really produce them over there, or at least they are a very small segment of the market and hard to find. So, when I say Iām on a quest, I really mean I keep hoping that either Amazon / Audible make inroads into Korea ā I think they have Audible Japan now ā or a local company emerges that sees market potential in publishing audiobooks.
Have you heard or seen anything new in this particular segment? There is a company called Audien, but I havenāt been able to figure out their website yet. The other thing people suggest is the audio version of the Bible, which is easily available, but Iām more interested in modern stories.
Let us know if you have any suggestions on this. Thanks!
Yes, youāre right. I think there isnāt much of a market for audiobooks here in Koreaā¦not to mention for books in general hah.
Are you looking for audiobooks of Korean novels? What sort of material would be ideal for you?
The novels I like to read are mysteries and adventures. I find those to be the best for language learning ā for me anyway. Iām currently on a quest to read different novels of the Jack Reacher series in different languages and currently working my way through one of those āThe Affair,ā in Korean, doing comparative reading side by side with the English version.
What I would like to see is more intermediate, and advanced intermediate material but not as light and playful as the Talk to me in Korean series. This can be monologues on things, peopleās views on life in Korea or elsewhere, dialogues between people etc. I have paid to have some Korean podcasts transcribed but these are still a little difficult. I will be getting back to Korean in a week or so. Hannah who is here taking part in our LingQ Academy Live has promised to record her blog. It is all good!! Thanks for the offer.
Yes to all of the above - beginner content, dialogues, tv show scripts, kpop songs, historyā¦ It would be great to have dialogues in various politeness forms as well. I find it difficult to understand tv shows when the people are speaking panmal. Anything new would be much appreciated.
Thank you so much!!!
I am learning Korean. I think there is a lack of material in the upper beginner range.
There is the really simple content with simple sentence structure, and then a jump to content of the TalkToMeInKorean Iyagi series which is certainly hitting the intermediate level.
Also there is a lack of interesting material, but thats very relative. āInterestingā to one person is not the same to the next. For me Iād enjoy reading (and listening!) to talk about Korean life and culture.
As an example we already have ārestaurant talkā where there is some conversation between two people at a restaurant. Thats certainly worth working through because itās intended to show how to have a conversation.
HOWEVER another take on the same theme would be for a Korean person to talk about eating out, foods, traditional foods, influence of cooking techniques from other countries, etc.
Those are just my thoughts. I look forward to any content you might add! Let us know if you do
genix79, have you tried the My Korean 1 & 2 course? I havenāt done those myself, but it seems like theyād be around the right range for what youāre talking about. And they are available here on Lingq.
Also, there is the Berkley Korean, beginner and intermediate course thatās available free from Cal Berkeleyās website and you can import to Lingq (There are links to them in the suggested content links in the import window) The intermediate content is built nicely around Korean culture and history.
My particular track so far has been: Living Language Complete Korean - then - Berkeley Intermediate Korean via Lingq import - then -Talk to Me in Korean complete Iyagi course via Lingq imports -then - comparative book reading and podcast listening
This seemed to do the trick as far as āproperā progression as far as I could tell ā at least so far.
I have done the My Korean courses, thanks t_harangi.
However I did not know of the Berkley Korean content. I am looking at that now - it seems very much more applicable to where I am at than the TTMIK Iyagi series (which I am currently working through). This could be the filler for the āgapā I have experienced in content.
Hi kpnagle
Iām Hanna from Korea and now Iām participating in LingQ Academy.
I started a blog in Korean (EN CE MOMENT : ė¤ģ“ė² ėøė”ź·ø) and you can read my journey in Vancouver. I have already imported one blog post as a lesseon and If you want to check it out, here is the link! Login - LingQ
I hope my lesson can help you to learn Korean. You can also see my Korean video on the LingQ Academy Youtube channel. You can see all our other great videos there too. I hope you enjoy, and donāt forget to subscribe to our channel. Thanks!